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VOICES

Publication of the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society

Last updated 1999 July 21

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Volume 1, Number 1 -- Winter 1998

Note: This issue only is missing its graphics.

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Volume 1, Number 2 -- Fall 1998

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Volume 1, Number 3 -- Winter 1998

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Volume 1, Number 4 -- Spring 1999

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Acknowledgements

EDITORIAL BOARD

DR. FRANCIS ADU FEBIRI
PETER GOLDEN
JUDY MAS
LESLIE MCGARRY
ROMINA MIRANDA
DAVID SOUTHERN
KEVIN WORTH

STAFF

PROJECT COORDINATOR & ART DIRECTOR
RAHNGHILD WATSON REINARTZ
EDITOR
#1: SARA SHIELDS
#s 2,4: SUE WEST
COPY EDITOR
#3: SUE WEST
ASSISTANT EDITOR
#1: LORRAINE MURRAY

VOLUNTEERS

IMAGE TECHNICIAN
#3: GILBERTO TALERO

PUBLISHER

VICTORIA IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE CENTRE SOCIETY
305 - 535 YATES STREET
VICTORIA, BC, V8W 2Z6
PHONE (250) 361-9433
FAX (250) 361-1914

INTERNET EDITION

DARREN 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

Person Beating Drum

Cafe Merengue

1st & 3rd Friday of every month
Ukranian Cultural Centre
3277 Douglas Street

Info: 361-9433, Ex. 215 & 212
Presented by Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society

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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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