Please note:
– All members who identify as Indigenous are also welcome to join the Indigenous Education Committee.
– All members who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Colour) are also welcome to join the BIPOC Educators Committee.
![Happy Diwali! November 12, 2023](https://vsta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023-Diwali-shareable-1080x675.jpg)
Happy Diwali! November 12, 2023
This year, Diwali begins Sunday, Nov. 12.
The five-day festival celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil.
![National Indigenous Veterans Day – November 8, 2023](https://vsta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Indigenous_Veterans_Day.jpg)
National Indigenous Veterans Day – November 8, 2023
National Indigenous Veterans’ Day occurs on November 8th and recognizes the innumerable contributions by First Nations, Inuit and Métis soldiers and veterans…
![Equity Audit Zoom Info Session – October 23, at 4pm](https://vsta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/First-5-Racial-Equity-and-Social-Justice_750x345.jpg)
Equity Audit Zoom Info Session – October 23, at 4pm
Over the course of this school year, the VSTA will be conducting an Equity Audit to examine local processes and practices in order to increase equity and inclusion in the engagement, leadership, and work of the local. Click to read more …
![BIPOC Educators Meeting – Oct 25 @ 4pm](https://vsta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/bipoc-1080x675.jpg)
BIPOC Educators Meeting – Oct 25 @ 4pm
The next BIPOC Committee Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct 25th, 2023 at 4:00pm at the VSTA office. Please read more to find out how to register……
![VSTA School Union Rep Training OCTOBER 16, 17, & 19 2023](https://vsta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/istockphoto-913474998-612x612-1.jpg)
VSTA School Union Rep Training OCTOBER 16, 17, & 19 2023
Training is open to School Union Team members & committee reps. Reps are encouraged to sign up for one or more days applicable to their role.
Click for more info and registration …
![NO SPACE FOR HATE](https://vsta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/No-Space-for-Hate.jpg)
NO SPACE FOR HATE
Vancouver Elementary and Adult Educators and Vancouver Secondary Teachers unions stand firmly and proudly with the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities in the face of rising regressive education policy, violence, and anti-trans hate speech in Canada. These attempts to...
![National Indigenous History Month!](https://vsta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/national_Indigenous_History_Month_1683207644661_eng-1080x675.jpg)
National Indigenous History Month!
June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada, a time to recognize the rich history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
![Annual Women’s Memorial March – February 14th!](https://vsta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/jwomens-memorial-posters-003-800x675.jpg)
Annual Women’s Memorial March – February 14th!
The first women’s memorial march was held in 1992 in response to the murder of a woman on Powell Street in Vancouver. Out of this sense of hopelessness and anger came an annual march on Valentine’s Day to express compassion, community, and caring for all women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on unceded Coast Salish territories.
![Black History Month!](https://vsta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Barbara-Mason-Zuri-Sauda-landscape-600x400-1.jpg)
Black History Month!
February is Black History Month!
![Black Excellence Day!](https://vsta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/BEDlogo_goldonblack.jpg)
Black Excellence Day!
This is a day to celebrate Black history and learn more about Black stories, art, and people leading up to February Black History Month. This day was chosen to honour civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.