VOICES
Publication of the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society
- Volume 1, Number 1 -- Summer 1998
- Volume 1, Number 2 -- Fall 1998
- Volume 1, Number 3 -- Winter 1998
- Volume 1, Number 4 -- Spring 1999
- Acknowledgements
- Culture Update / Happenings
- Resources
Last updated 1999 July 21
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Volume 1, Number 1 -- Winter 1998
Note: This issue only is missing its graphics.
- COVER IMAGES
- SHORELINE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
- GREETINGS
- GUEST EDITORIAL -- RACISM AS A HUMAN PHENOMENON
- HUMAN RIGHTS: THE GREY ZONE
- EDITORIAL BITES -- MARCH 21
- YOU SAY NO, I SAY UH UH, SHE SAYS FORGET IT
- IMPACT OF SCHOOLS ON IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
- HYDRO PLUGS IN TO MULTICULTURALISM
- POETRY CORNER
- TOURISTS WELCOME IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH
- IMMIGRANTS IN OUR OWN LAND
- THOUGHTS ON TRYING TO BE AN ALLY
- OUT FROM THE SHADOWS
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Volume 1, Number 2 -- Fall 1998
- COVER IMAGES
- UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- GREETINGS
- GUEST EDITORIAL -- CONNECTING
- WHY I TOOK DOUG COLLINS...TO A BC HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL
- MUTANG URUD: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
- BUT I WANT A BURGER! -- FAMILY MATTERS
- RAINBOW FAMILIES
- FREEDOM OF SPEECH
- POETRY CORNER
- FILM REVIEW -- SMOKE SIGNALS
- RACISM AT WORK
- YOUTH HAVE THEIR SAY
- THE EBCO STORY
- A LOOK AT: BUSINESS RESULTS THROUGH DIVERSITY
- GETTING TO KNOW YOU
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Volume 1, Number 3 -- Winter 1998
- COVER IMAGES
- GUEST EDITORIAL -- RE-THINKING ANTI-RACISM
- CULTURAL CORNERS
- LEGISLATED DISCRIMINATION IN CANADA
- BLACK PIONEERS TO BRITISH COLUMBIA
- BRIDGING THE DISTANCE
- LISA AND LISA: A DIALOGUE
- MAKING HISTORY: THE NISGA'A TREATY
- FILM REVIEW -- AMERICAN HISTORY X
- HATRED - A CANADIAN VALUE?
- REFLECTIONS ON EMERY BARNES
- NEW DIRECTION
- NEW VIEWS
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Volume 1, Number 4 -- Spring 1999
- COVER IMAGES
- THE MYTHS AND FACTS: MULTICULTURALISM
- GUEST EDITORIAL -- DIVERSITY: BUILDING A BETTER CANADA
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- IN THE EYES OF A TEEN
- IS EVERYTHING 'A OKAY' ON SESAME STREET?
- DIVERSITY AMID RELATIONSHIPS
- A COMMUNITY SEARCH FOR MEANING
- POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
- ETHNIC CONFLICT AWAY FROM HOME
- CONFLICT AND COMMUNITY
- HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING...
- MIXED FEELINGS
- MOSAIC VS MELTING POT
- EXPRESSION
- HUMAN RIGHTS: DEFINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CANADA
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Acknowledgements
EDITORIAL BOARDDR. FRANCIS ADU FEBIRI
STAFFPROJECT COORDINATOR & ART DIRECTOR
VOLUNTEERSIMAGE TECHNICIAN
PUBLISHERVICTORIA IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE CENTRE SOCIETY
INTERNET EDITIONDARREN DUNCAN |
Voices gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by the Department of Canadian Heritage. Voices is an educational quarterly about anti racism and multicultural initiatives and issues in and around the community. The volunteer Editorial Board of community activists hope to provoke discussion and inspire projects that identify and extinguish racism in any form. WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR.We welcome all letters; however, as space is limited they may be edited for brevity and clarity. Letters must include the writer's name, address, telephone number, and signature. Voices is published every three months by the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society with funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage. Views expressed in Voices do not necessarily reflect those of its publisher, financial supporters, or Editorial Board. Voices is printed at Society Press, Victoria, BC. ANY PORTION OF VOICES MAY BE REPRODUCED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WHEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS GIVEN. |
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Culture Update / Happenings
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Info: 361-9433, Ex. 215 & 212
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Resources
If you would like more information on a subject covered in this issue, or if you need to contact someone to assist you with a problem of race-based discrimination, or if you just want to research further
Agencies
AMES - New Views
S-20, C-9, Galiano Island, V0N1P0
Phone: (250) 539-5904
Fax: (250) 539-3290
Email: ames@gulfislands.com
BC Black History Awareness Society
P.O. Box 45042, Mayfair Postal Outlet
Victoria, V8Z 7G9
Phone: (250) 479-2539
BC Human Rights Coalition
1101-510 West Hastings, Van., V6B 1L8
Phone: (604) 689-8474
Advocacy Group
BC Human Rights Commission
844 Courtney Street, Victoria, V8V 1X4
Phone: (250) 387-3710
Registering complaints of discrimination
BC Ministry of Attorney General
End Hate Crimes
Toll Free 1-800-563-0808
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Phone: (604) 666-2251 collect calls accepted
For complaints against the federal government or
federally regulated businesses like Bands and airlines
Capital Region Race Relations Association
Anti Racism Support Centre
620 View Street, Victoria, V8W 1J6
Phone & Fax: (250) 380-7311
Resource and counselling for racism-related incidents
Dispute Resolution Centre
Wharf Street, Victoria, V8W 1T8
Phone: (250) 383-4412
Mediation or training in conflict resolution
Ebco Industries
7851 Alderbridge Way
Richmond, V6X 2A4
Phone: (604) 278-5578
First Nations Education, District #61
SJ Willis School
923 Topaz Avenue, P.O. Box 700
Victoria, V8W 2R1
Phone: (250) 360-4388
Fax: (250) 360-4371
HEMS
Hydro Employees' Multicultural Society
BC Hydro - Edmonds Podium C - 2nd Floor
6900 Southpoint Drive
Burnaby, BC V3N 4X8
Inter-Cultural Association; Youth Group
930 Balmoral Road, Victoria, V8T 1A8
Phone: (250) 388-4728
Fax: (250) 386-4395
Multicultural services
Not In Our College
Camosun College
3100 Foul Bay Road
Victoria, V8P 5J2
Phone: (250) 370-3000
Paideia Educational Consulting
185 - 911 Yates Street, Suite 610
Victoria, V8V 4Y9
Phone: (250) 386-7424
Support services for European Canadians adopting children of African heritage
Prostitutes Empowerment Education & Resource Society
Phone: (250) 388-5325
Parent Support Circles
B.C. Parents in Crisis
941 Kings Road, Victoria,
Phone: (250) 384-8042
Support services for parents
Sarawak Peoples Campaign
P.O. Box 344, Station A
Vancouver, N6C 2ML
email: spc@vcn.ba.ca
Victoria Coalition for the Survivors of Torture
932 Balmoral Road, Victoria, V8T 1A8
Phone: (250) 393-1422
Providing resources for survivors of trauma and torture
Victoria Immigrant & Refugee Centre
305-535 Yates Street, Victoria, V8W 2Z6
Phone: (250) 361-9433
Fax: (250) 361-1914
Services for immigrants and refugees
Victoria Native Friendship Centre
220 Bay Street, Victoria, V9A 3K5
Phone: (250) 384-3211
Services and counselling for First Nations
Victoria Police Department
850 Caledonia Avenue, Victoria, V8T 6J6
Corporal Todd Wellman (Diversity Unit)
Phone: (250) 995-7287
Fax: (250) 384-6141
Volunteer Victoria
Multicultural Access Project
211 - 620 View Street, Victoria, V8W 1J6
Phone: (250) 386-2269
Promoting community integration for newcomers by encouraging volunteering
YouthSpeaks
930 Mason Street, Victoria, V8T 1A2
Phone: (250) 385-1305
Fax: (250) 385-1605
Email: yspeaks@islandnet.com
Related Readings
Multiculturalism BC
Anti-Racism / Multicultural Terminology
Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism
British Columbia
Bishop, Ann. Becoming an Ally: Breaking
the Cycle of Oppression. Halifax:
Fernwood Publishers, 1994.
Cartwright, Peggy. Black Pioneers in Gold Rush
Days, Victoria, Manning Press Limited, 1993.
Gould, Jan. Women of British Columbia, Saanichton,
Hancock House, 1975.
Related Web Sites
BC Human Rights Coalition
http://www.bchrc.gov.bc.ca
BC Ministry Responsible for Multiculturalism and Immigration
http://www.mrmi.gov.bc.ca
Information on multiculturalism
Canadian Human Rights Commission
http://www.chrc.ca
Department of Canadian Heritage
http://www.pch.gc.ca
Information on multiculturalism and anti-racism
Making History, Constructing 'Race'
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/racecon
Information on race, racialisation and racism
Nisga'a Tribal Council
http://www.ntc.bc.ca
Includes a range of material about the Nisga'a Nation
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