12 pm to 1:30 pm Potluck Luncheon

2pm to 3:30 Presentation

Confronting the detrimental impacts of globalization, the work of Jolom Maya’etik and K’inal Antzetik fosters women’s economic autonomy while strengthening the capacity of indigenous peoples to maintain a stronghold on their land, language, culture and traditional livelihoods.

Celia Sánchez is the current president of Jolom Maya'etik, an independent, democratically run cooperative of 300+ indigenous women and Marla Gutiérrez of K'inal Antzetik has a long history of working with social justice and women's movements throughout Chiapas. They will be speaking about indigenous peoples and women’s rights in the context of globalization in Mexico.

The beautiful work of Jolom Maya’etik’s artisans will be available to purchase at the event.

 

 

The VIU Students' Union is proud to sponsor a day to celebrate a great year in the dorms. Free food, games and music, join staff from the residences and your students' union in end of year celebration. 

Sorry, this event is only for students who live in Res.

For the past 10 years now the VIU Students' Union has been working to ensure that our members get to send another academic year off with a bang. This year we are building on previous concerts that have included performances from Shayne Philip, Current Swell, Wide Mouth Mason and Bif Naked to name a few.

This year we are proud to announce our end of year concert will feature Berkley California based Bukue One with special guest Del the Funky Homosapien. Our event will also feature an opening performance from the Victoria based Mindil Beach Markets.

In addition to our exciting musical acts, in an effort to get the crowd moving, we have free salsa demonstrations and lessons for VIUSU member. 

As always there will be plenty of burgers and hotdogs for our members (yes we will have veggie burgers and dogs). So come on down and celebrate an end to another year and more importantly the beginning of another summer.

Come and get your sing for the final time this year at the VIU Students' Union Pub. Open Mic Night continues to be one of the most popular events in the history of the Pub. Come and support students, come and support your pub.

Come and get your sing on at the VIU Students' Union Pub. Open Mic Night continues to be one of the most popular events in the history of the Pub. Come and support students, come and support your pub.

Join the VIUSU Womens' Collective in this pre-event to the regular and weekly open mic night. From 7pm to 9pm women performers will be given priority.

 

Presented by VIU Dancers Club and local dancer Tailong Son

Come and get your sing on at the VIU Students' Union Pub. Open Mic Night continues to be one of the most popular events in the history of the Pub. Come and support students, come and support your pub.

Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis.

Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.

Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question "CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?"

Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround.