BURNABY—This Sunday (March 21) is the United Nations Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, an occasion for people around the world to focus their attention on racism and to help promote racial harmony.

This year’s Anti-Racism Day marks the 50th anniversary of the date it was chosen to commemorate: the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa, when police opened fire on hundreds of South Africans protesting against Apartheid's passbook laws, killing 67 and wounding 186.

“CUPE BC encourages its members to commemorate this day with their families, friends, and co-w

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VANCOUVER—With sweltering heat and sunny skies expected once again for this year’s Pride event in Vancouver, CUPE BC is hoping to see a loud and proud contingent of LGBT members and allies marching with the Multi-Union Pride contingent as festivities get under way on Sunday (August 2).

The Multi-Union Pride group is gathering at Robson Street between Thurlow and Burrard. With the committee and volunteers arriving at 9 a.m., marchers are expected to arrive by 11 a.m. and the parade to start at noon sharp.

“Lights, Camera, Access” is a non-profit charitable organization whose primary mission is to connect persons with disabilities who are artists or performers to employment opportunities in Canada’s entertainment and media industries, as well as to create greater public awareness.

VANCOUVER—CUPE’s commitment to diversity, equality, inclusiveness and social justice was recognized recently at the 14th annual cultural DIVERSEcity awards for business, sponsored by the Community Resources Society.

CUPE was a finalist in the not-for-profit category, along with the Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society (PICS). This year’s winner was YWCA Vancouver.

Myths exist that are keeping many people with disabilities away from employment in the tourism industry.

We are looking for discussion starters and discussion participants to share ideas about why that is, and what can be done to increase employment for people with disabilities in the tourism sector.

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Find out what SPARC BC's Access Awareness Day, June 6, 2009, is all about.

VICTORIA—A recent Court of Appeal decision striking down two sections of the federal Indian Act as unconstitutional redresses a longstanding injustice against aboriginal women and is an encouraging development for future generations of aboriginal peoples in Canada, says CUPE BC.

In the unanimous ruling, the court found that two sections of the Act continue to discriminate against aboriginal women who married non-aboriginal men and, crucially, their children when it comes to conferring Indian status.