Aboriginal Peoples

New segment of BCGEU TV on National Aboriginal Day, including event information

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.

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BCGEU president Darryl Walker calls for homeless shelter funding

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 »

UBCIC resolution on murdered and missing women

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 »

Aboriginal Solidarity Day - June 21, 2009

Meeting Aboriginal people on the path to reconciliation

A message from BCGEU President Darryl Walker: Read more »

Aboriginal Solidarity Day events - 2009

National Aboriginal Day Celebration 2009
June 21, 2009, 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Adams Lake
250-679-8841 Read more »

Walk4Justice - Vancouver to Prince Rupert

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 »

Aboriginal Solidarity Day -- moving to equality

A message from BCGEU President Darryl Walker:

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 »

Aboriginal Solidarity Day events - 2008

Saturday, June 21 is Aboriginal Solidarity Day. People around the province will be celebrating the event.

Click here for a complete list.