Chilliwack – Chilliwack MLA Dan Coulter says multiculturalism grant funding will help local organizations fight systemic racism throughout the Chilliwack area. This year, priority was given to projects addressing anti-Indigenous, anti-Asian and anti-Black racism. “We know that Indigenous, Black and People of Colour in Canada experience pervasive…
Fraser Valley – For Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra, the co-chair of the Race and Antiracism Network (RAN) at UFV, the work is not done. Not even close. After a historic year for social justice reform globally, Sandhra still sees a contradiction…
Paris/Chilliwack(with files from CP/MSN/CBC) – Two kids in love. One was a Vancouver Whitecap and now a European Soccer Star with Bayern Munich. He’s 20. The other is a girl from Chilliwack who plays professionally in Paris. She’s 19. Jordyn…
Fraser Valley – FVN AM News Monday December 14, 2020. Canada Soccer Speaks Out on Racist Remarks re – Two Kids in Love – Alphonso Davies and Chilliwack’s Jordyn Huitema. BufferFacebookTwitterLinkedinemail
Vancouver – Fraser Health Board Chair Jim Sinclair, Fraser Health president and CEO Dr. Victoria Lee and the Fraser Salish Regional Caucus issued the following joint statement in response to the report from Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, “In Plain Sight Addressing…
Victoria – The following is a statement of support for anti-racism from Rob Fleming, Minister of Education, and the First Nations Education Steering Committee, First Nations Schools Association, BC School Trustees Association, BC Teachers’ Federation, CUPE BC, BC Confederation of Parent…
Abbotsford – Content Warning: White Supremacy, Racism, Ableism, Sexism, Bigotry, Strong Language. In the December 3rd, 1925 edition of the “Abbotsford, Sumas and Matsqui News”, an article reported that American organizers of the Klu Klux Klan held a meeting recruiting…
Fraser Valley – FVN AM News Tuesday June 23, 2020. UFV and MetisBC Racism Concerns, Mosquitoes ! TWU Fundraiser. BufferFacebookTwitterLinkedinemail
Fraser Valley – Over the weekend, UFV released a Twitter statement on how they do not condone racism. On other social media platforms including Instagram, there were racist slurs against Asian students that were the basis of the UFV post….
Chilliwack – A statement on racism was released June 9 by Rohan Arul-pragasam, Chilliwack’s Interim School Superintendent: Over the last several days, several citizens have shared with me either their own experience or what they observed others experience concerning racism…