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  • July 2024

  • Wed 31

    How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Reading Group Part 1)

    July 31, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    SFPIRG Lounge SUB 1410 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    In this 3-part facilitated reading group, participants will be diving into Walter Rodney's book How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. In the first session, folks will be exploring who Walter Rodney was as a guerilla intellectual and looking at the first two chapters of the text. We'll get to discuss some of the...
    Read moreabout:How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Reading Group Part 1)

  • August 2024

  • Tue 6

    Workshop: Learning from Palestinian Resistance

    August 6, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    Khalida Jarrar Library 515 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC, Canada

    In this workshop on Palestinian Resistance, participants will be exploring Palestine's national liberation movement and reflecting on the different tactics its made use of at different points in its history. The goal of this session is to draw out lessons in this rich history of activism that can be applied...
    Read moreabout:Workshop: Learning from Palestinian Resistance

  • Thu 15

    How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Reading Group Part 2)

    August 15, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Fraser Library 250 - 13450 102nd Avenue, Surrey, BC, Canada

    In this 3-part facilitated reading group, participants will be diving into Walter Rodney's book How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. RSVP Form  

  • Tue 20

    Teach-in: Marxist Fundamentals

    August 20, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    SFPIRG Lounge SUB 1410 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    In this teach-in on Marxist Fundamentals, participants will be reviewing some of the basic concepts in Marx's theory of history. We'll be discussing concepts like "base and superstructure", "mode of production", and "class", and reflecting on how these concepts can deepen our understanding of the world around us and inform...
    Read moreabout:Teach-in: Marxist Fundamentals

  • Thu 29

    How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Reading Group Part 3)

    August 29, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Khalida Jarrar Library 515 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC, Canada

    In this 3-part facilitated reading group, participants will be diving into Walter Rodney’s book How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. RSVP Form

  • March 2025

  • Mon 10

    SFPIRG 2024 Annual General Meeting

    March 10, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Join SFPIRG for our Annual General Meeting! Every year we gather together as an organisation to think about where we have been and where we are going. This is an opportunity to recognise amazing community work we have supported and led, talk about finances and funding of a non-profit organisation,...
    Read moreabout:SFPIRG 2024 Annual General Meeting

  • January 2026

  • Tue 13

    Movie Night

    January 13 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    SFPIRG Lounge SUB 1410 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada
  • Wed 14

    Welcome Social & Game Night

    January 14 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    SFPIRG Lounge SUB 1410 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada
  • Mon 19

    Anti-Oppression Workshop

    January 19 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    SFPIRG Lounge SUB 1410 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada
  • Tue 20

    Towards a Scientific Analysis of the Gay Question: Study & Discussion

    January 20 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    SFPIRG Lounge SUB 1410 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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