1pm – Grace Burke (CNC social work student) & Shauna Russell (UNBC social work student) organizers of the recent community event Standing Up Against Increased Involuntary Care share information about the need for adequate resources to ensure compassionate voluntary care is available in our communities. Further information is available at https://www.facebook.com/NorthernSolidarityAction or https://www.instagram.com/northernsolidarity/ .
1:30pm – Dr. Indrani Margolin, a Leadership Team member for Northern Feminist Institute for Research & Evaluation (Northern FIRE) and Women North Network shares information about their recently released, and electronically accessible, Resource Guide for Survivors of Violence in Northern BC available at https://www.unbc.ca/sites/default/files/block/nfire-resource-guide-august-2024-edition0.pdf or by contacting wnn@unbc.ca