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Michael Stewart

UBC's unions challenge net-zero mandate while managers get raises

| March 21, 2012
Journalists for Human Rights

jhr reports: Reporting in Indigenous Communities

March 16, 2012
| jhr Montreal correspondent Adam Bemma speaks to Duncan McCue in Vancouver about Reporting in Indigenous Communities, a new initiative for journalists and students.

9:22 minutes (4.29 MB)

Ghetto Palestine: Resisting Israel's Occupation with Jon Elmer

Dec 2 2011 - 7:00pm
Dec 2 2011 - 8:30pm

Location

Woodward Room 1 Vancouver, BC
Canada
49° 15' 40.4136" N, 123° 6' 50.1372" W

The dynamics of the Israel-Palestine conflict are increasingly being defined by the 700-km wall encircling Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza. The Wall has fundamentally altered and reshaped the possibilities and challenges of both the armed struggle and the popular resistance to Israel's occupation.

 

Writer and photojournalist Jon Elmer, based in Bethlehem, speaks about Palestine, the Wall, political prisoners (particularly in light of the recent prisoner exchange), and the future for Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation.

 

Redeye

Stopping animal research at UBC

January 6, 2011
| UBC conducts extensive research on a variety of animals, including pigs, primates, cats and rabbits. Much of that research is funded by the public, through taxpayer dollars and student fees.

16:52 minutes (15.44 MB)
Redeye

Israel Awareness Club challenges donation to Gaza Aid Flotilla

December 11, 2010
| In November, members of the Israel Awareness Club at UBC attended the AGM of the Social Justice Centre and demanded they revoke funding to the Gaza Aid Flotilla and a talk by George Galloway.

14:11 minutes (12.99 MB)

Give a gift, send a message: Help us break the siege of Gaza

| December 9, 2010

UBC Foreshore Cleanup

Apr 22 2010 - 3:00pm
Apr 22 2010 - 6:00pm

Location

University of British Columbia
2329 West Mall
Vancouver
Canada
49° 15' 38.6388" N, 123° 15' 11.4084" W

UBC's Health Safety and Environment staff will be enjoying our second annual foreshore cleanup along the waterfront below the campus. We will scavenge the beaches for garbage left by visitors and that was left by the tide. All waste will be segregated and recycled as possible.

 

Contact name: 
Craig Smith
Contact email: 
Aw@l

Student Activism and the Olympics - Resisting the University Conference at UBC

February 11, 2010
| What is the Role of the Student and the University in Olympics Resistance?

53:28 minutes (48.96 MB)

UBC student leaders file complaint with UN against Canadian government; impeachment threats follow

| January 5, 2010
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