this Thursday: Why InSite won, a forum on the community struggle for Vancouver's supervised injection site
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VIPIRG Communications and Outreach
May 29, 2012, 2:13:18 PM5/29/12
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this Thursday ~ free tickets still available, reserve a seat at the link below!
"Why InSite won:
A forum on the community struggle for Vancouver's supervised injection site"
Thursday, May 31st, 7pm-9pm (doors 6:30pm)
Ambrosia Event Centre – 638 Fisgard
Ever wonder what it took for InSite to win at the Supreme Court of Canada?
Interested in the implications of InSite’s victory on our local communities?
We've invited speakers from the front lines of the struggle to share with us how
community involvement, research, policy, and legal strategies led to the success of Canada's most discussed harm reduction service. Join us for this community event in honour of Community Solidarity for Harm Reduction week.
Speakers:
Liz Evans - Portland Hotel Society
Dean Wilson - Community Activist
Kenneth Tupper – Director, Problematic Substance Use Prevention, BC Ministry of Health
Scott Bernstein - Lawyer with Pivot Legal Society
Moderated by Gregor Craigie, from CBC's On the Island
FREE! Be sure you get a seat by getting advance tickets at: www.whyinsitewon.eventbrite.com
Presented by: Pivot Legal Society, AIDS Vancouver Island, VIPIRG, SOLID, VARCS,
Harm Reduction Victoria, The Beddow Centre, and Allies of Drug War Survivors
"Why InSite won:
A forum on the community struggle for Vancouver's supervised injection site"
Thursday, May 31st, 7pm-9pm (doors 6:30pm)
Ambrosia Event Centre – 638 Fisgard
Ever wonder what it took for InSite to win at the Supreme Court of Canada?
Interested in the implications of InSite’s victory on our local communities?
We've invited speakers from the front lines of the struggle to share with us how
community involvement, research, policy, and legal strategies led to the success of Canada's most discussed harm reduction service. Join us for this community event in honour of Community Solidarity for Harm Reduction week.
Speakers:
Liz Evans - Portland Hotel Society
Dean Wilson - Community Activist
Kenneth Tupper – Director, Problematic Substance Use Prevention, BC Ministry of Health
Scott Bernstein - Lawyer with Pivot Legal Society
Moderated by Gregor Craigie, from CBC's On the Island
FREE! Be sure you get a seat by getting advance tickets at: www.whyinsitewon.eventbrite.com
Presented by: Pivot Legal Society, AIDS Vancouver Island, VIPIRG, SOLID, VARCS,
Harm Reduction Victoria, The Beddow Centre, and Allies of Drug War Survivors
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Rebecca Taylor
Outreach and Communications Coordinator
Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group
Student Union Building Room B120 & B122
PO Box 3050 STN CSC
University of Victoria
Victoria BC, V8W 3P3
phone: 250.472.5170
www.vipirg.ca
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