Check out the latest segment of In Conversation with BCGEU president Darryl Walker on BCGEU TV. This segment features Gladys Radek, founder of the Walk4Justice speaking about the 2010 walk to Winnipeg and National Aboriginal Day events scheduled for June 21, 2010.
BCGEU president Darryl Walker is urging B.C. Housing Minister Rich Coleman to find the funding to keep three year-round shelters in Vancouver open. The shelters are slated for closure at the end of April. Walker is also encouraging community organizations to join the fight by contacting Coleman. Read more »
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has passed a resolution regarding the missing and murdered women in the province. The BCGEU has worked with the Walk4Justice, providing support for their work. The resolution is reproduced below: Read more »
Walk4Justice is organizing a walk from Vancouver to Prince Rupert to raise awareness of the issues faced by marginalized, missing and murdered women, children and their families. They will be demanding a public inquiry into the unsolved cases of missing and murdered women and children in the last ten years. Read more »
In 1982 the National Indian Brotherhood, (now the Assembly of First Nations) began the call for the creation of a day to recognize and honour aboriginal peoples in our country. In June 1996 the Governor General of Canada formally declared June 21, Aboriginal Peoples Day. Read more »
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