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Join your fellow students and faculty in marching in solidarity for Jane Doe. We'll be meeting outside the nest at 11:00am to start with an art jam to make posters before starting the march at 12:00. The march will end at 1pm near Forestry, followed by a vigil at 1:10pm at the field behind the totem pole.

The plan:

11:00 am - Meet at the field outside the nest to make posters and signs (bring your own supplies)

12:00 pm - The march starts at the field outside the nest.

1:00 pm - The march ends at forestry.

1:10 pm - Vigil at the field behind the totem pole near forestry.

Hope to see you all there!

Friendly reminder to vote in the BC election.

If you’re a UBC student, faculty, or staff, it’s worth knowing that OneBC has an explicit 2026 petition calling to “Defund the Radical Leftist University of British Columbia.”

There’s also a documented history of BC Conservative candidates advocating for defunding UBC.

Current polling points to either a Conservative majority or a minority government that could potentially receive support from OneBC. Polling and projections can change, so it’s worth checking the latest numbers before voting: https://338canada.com/bc/districts.htm

Worth taking a couple minutes to look at the actual positions before voting.

Voting information: https://elections.bc.ca/2026-provincial-election/ways-to-vote/

OneBC’s petition: https://1bc.ca/petitions/defund-ubc

Background on the former BC Conservative candidate who advocated defunding UBC: https://www.reddit.com/r/UBC/s/TK2kosP53z

One of the ways sexual assault policy has been a failure is the city’s lack of preparedness to the intimate violence during the world cup, seeing a 37.2% increase compared to last year’s period. This left volunteers at Battered Women Support Services to help the influx of calls from people reaching for support. Vancouver needs to do better. Reminder that if you live on campus you may not be able to vote for Mayor and council but you can for school board!!!

Downplay Detector for candidates in BC: https://www.bwss.org/survivor-centred-safety-where-do-bc-cities-stand/

Lack of correlation with police funding and crime (including sexual assault) https://utppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3138/cpp.2022-050

It has been incredibly disheartening having people focus on calling for punishing of perps and hold zero aid for survivors while also not fighting rape culture irl.

This is a first try in making a media post type thing so bear with me, just wanted to share some calls to action.