Summer Hours ~ staff are away intermittantily

From July 12 – 31 VIPIRG will largely be closed, as staff and volunteers are out of town. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes. If you have resource library items to return, please slide them under the door (SUB B122) or if it's between 1 & 4pm leave them in VIPIRG’s mailbox at the General Office next door (B128).

Staff will away on these dates and will respond as soon as possible unpon return.

• Tamara away July 26-August 9th
  
• Rebecca tentatively away July 10-August 6th
  
• Joanne away July 15-27th

Nate Moss and Rose Henry will be keeping the resource centre open intermittantly during this time. See VIPIRG's office hours sign at SUB B122 for times.

VIPIRG's Priorities

Our current focus is on making poverty visible and addressing its root causes. We see the rest of our priorities through this lens. Our work prioritizes:

-ongoing relationships with local Nations, communities, territories and ecosystems,
-local groups,
-safer spaces & dynamics, and personal & collective learning processes,
-actively challenging inter-locking aspects of oppression including, ableism, capitalism, colonialism, classism, heterosexism, racism and sexism,
-action-based research,
-environmental justice, self-determination, and decolonization,
-skill sharing between campus population and the greater community,
-increasing student involvement with VIPIRG and other local groups,
-groups with limited access to other sources of funding

New VIPIRG Sponsorship and Endorsement Request Form

VIPIRG provides sponsorship and endorsement to events, projects and groups upon request. Our
sponsorship and endorsement committee evaluates the requests we receive on a monthly basis. Please ensure that you have filled out and submitted this form to us at least one month before the date when you’d like to receive sponsorship and/or endorsement.

Please submit the completed form either by email to outreach@vipirg.ca or else by mail to: VIPIRG, P.O. Box 3035 Stn Csc, Victoria, Lekwungen and WSANEC Territories, V8W 3P3.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at outreach@vipirg.ca or phone us at 250-472-5170.

Check Out the New Social Justice Studies Program at UVic

VIPIRG is on the Community Advisory Council for UVic's new Social Justice Studies program.

The program aims, "To provide students with a thorough understanding of the range of ways in which scholars, researchers and activists address and engage with issues surrounding social injustices and initiatives promoting social justice in the contemporary world."

"SJS is available to undergrads both as a Minor and as a free-standing Diploma. The Diploma is also available to participants who already hold an undergraduate degree or who have a combination of education and relevant work/life experience. The program takes up the full range of social justice issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. It focuses both on the conditions that create and perpetuate various kinds of inequality and oppression – class, environmental, racial, gender, sexual etc. – and on the social movements, policies and visions that strive to create a just world."

For more information, download the SJS brochure here, or check out the website.

VIPIRG Priorities

Over the past year, VIPIRG has been busy internally with staff transitions and a strategic visioning process. The 2008-2009 year saw VIPIRG’s activities re-emerge, renewing the organization’s presence both on campus and among local communities. VIPIRG’s current main focus is working with students and community organizations to research, educate, advocate and take action around local poverty issues. During the 2008-2009 year, VIPIRG was active with many research projects and campaigns, which are detailed in our Annual Report.