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Victoria
International Workers March & Award Ceremony

May 1st, 2019

Join us this International Workers’ Day

for an "all ages" celebration of Victoria’s socialist activists featuring a vegan dinner, drinks, music, and prizes! Victoria is home to a number of activists and organisers who dedicate their efforts to the cause of labour, decolonization, the environment, and a variety of struggles against the effects of capitalism, and we’d like to recognise their contributions with the first ever Victoria Socialist Awards ceremony!

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Schedule - Wednesday May 1st, 2019

5:30: Assembly at Centennial Square
5:50: March to the Victoria Event Centre
6:00-7:00: Food Served
7:00: Program Begins. MC's: Antonia Paquin and Florian Castle
7:00-7:10: Territory Acknowledgement: Kolin Sutherland-Wilson
7:10-7:20: Music: Rama DelaRosa
7:20-7:30: Speech on the 100th Anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike - Carlos Flores
7:30-7:45: Music: Art Farquharson
7:45-8:00 Keynote Address on System Change: Howard Breen
8:00-8:35: Awards Ceremony
8:35-8:45: Raffle
8:45-9:00: Special Announcement from Tyson Strandlund, Rob Duncan & Kimball Cairou
9:00: DJ Walt Parsons

We respectfully acknowledge these events will be taking place on stolen unceded land. So called Victoria and the surrounding areas lie on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish and Lkwungen-speaking peoples, including the Esquimalt, Songhees, and W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations.

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Accessibility:
- The Victoria Event Centre currently does not have an operational elevator, and there is one long flight of stairs at the venue entrance. If you would like to attend the event but require assistance with accessing the space, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and VEC staff will do their best to accommodate.
- More detailed venue accessibility info is available at https://victoriaeventcentre.ca/attendees/accessibility/
- Washrooms are for all genders.