Dear members,
Please read on for general CUPE BC announcements and to learn more about upcoming events, learning resources, and community engagement opportunities. If this email was forwarded to you and you wish to be added to our mailing list, please send an email request to info@cupe.bc.ca.
VDLC | Spring Workshops | Feb-Jun 2026
New spring courses are available through Vancouver & District Labour Council Education, committed to offering high-quality and affordable instruction to members and affiliates. Course offerings include Collective Bargaining, History and TRC, WCB and more. See full brochure here.
BCFS | Tuition Hike Protest Rally | Jan 31
Next Saturday, the British Columbia Federation of Students is holding a rally to defend affordable, accessible public education at the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library. All are invited to participate and to share event details widely. Date & Time: January 31, 2026 | 11:30am – 1:30pm (Pacific)
Location: VPL Courtyard at 350 West Georgia St, Vancouver
CoDev | International Solidarity Conference | Feb 28
CoDevelopment Canada warmly invites you to join us for the 7th International Solidarity Conference, a gathering of union leaders, IS and Education committees, and members, who believe that international solidarity can be a path for social transformation. See event poster here. Date & Time: Saturday, February 28, 2026 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm (registration opens at 8:30 am)
Location: BCGEU Lower Mainland Area Office at 2920 Virtual Way, Vancouver
Fee: $60/person (lunch and refreshments included)
Registration: Click here to register prior to the February 26 cutoff
Red Ribbon Skirt Project | Feb 14
The Red Ribbon Skirt Project aims to bring women together in healing and ceremony as they create and sew Red Ribbon Skirts to gift to the families of MMIWG2S victims, ongoing in the Vancouver area until Feb 14th. Click here for more information.
BCOHRC | Systemic Discrimination Webinar | Jan 26
All are invited to join Systemic discrimination: What we can do, a free 90-minute educational session hosted by BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner. See comprehensive video learning module here, with PDF resources available to download. Date & Time: Jan 26, 2026 | 6:30pm – 8:00pm (Pacific)
Registration: Click here for Zoom registration or contact engagement@bchumanrights.ca
BC Gov | 7-Day Access Central Support Lines
Expansions have been undertaken to provincial addictions support with all-week Access Central phone lines now active in Fraser Health, Interior Health and Island Health regions.
Fraser Health: 1-833-866-6478 from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Interior Health 1-866-777-1103 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Island Health: 1-888-885-8824 from 9 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Vancouver Coastal Health: 1-866-658-1221 from 9 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.
BCLHC | All About Ginger Goodwin
Legendary organizer Albert “Ginger” Goodwin, fatally shot by a constable during a strike for Trail smelter workers’ 8-hour day, and whose funeral precipitated the first general strike in Canada, has lived on in labour history and continued to inspire activists for more than a hundred years to date. Read more about Ginger here in the BC Labour Heritage Centre special collection, including family interview footage and labour heritage moment short documentary.
DMC | History of Solidarity in 1980s BC
The economic downturn of the current historical moment has several precedents, including conditions in our province in the 1980s. Read here about the Solidarity Protest, its causes and effects from the Community Stories multimedia collection of Digital Museums Canada.
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