Thursday August 30th
Doors at 5:30 pm, Program at 6 pm
Gallery Gachet (88 East Cordova)
For more information email noii-van@resist.ca or call 778 848 0722
Sanctuary Health is an alliance of concerned citizens and health care providers formed in response to Bill C-31 (The Refugee Exclusion Act) and cuts to IFH coverage for refugees. Our membership includes health care providers and service professionals, refugees and migrants, representatives from organizations supporting refugees and migrants, and concerned members of the public. We believe access to healthcare is a fundamental right for all people including refugees and migrants. We recognize the role of refugees and immigrants in building and enriching Canadian communities.
Nicholas Keung
Immigration Reporter
Grassroots advocacy groups are enlisting doctors, nurses and other health professionals who will defy Ottawa and continue to treat refugee patients ineligible for coverage.
This August, the 3rd Annual Unis’tot’en Action Camp against propose and approved mining and pipeline projects will be held in Wet’suwet’en territory. The Lhe Lin Liyin, who are hosting the camp, have sent out an open invitation, including a special invitation to Indigenous land defenders to attend. Indigenous peoples are disproportionately impacted by industrial development with high rates of toxic waste, pollution and ill health in their communities, as well as systemic poverty through the encroachment into and destruction of their territories. Indigenous efforts stop this destructive path, for the future generations, for the biodiversity, and for solidarity will be strengthened by being able to share their histories, cultures, stories, and struggles across different communities and nations.
