🗓 Monday, January 26, 2026
⏰ 6 pm. Starts with light meal.
😷 Food will be put away and boxed at 6:30 pm, so people remain masked.
📍1803 East 1st Ave. xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ lands
Join Weaving Our Worlds for an evening reflecting on the resistance to the 2010 Winter Olympics and how we counter the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
We will hear from speakers about resistance efforts before and during the 2010 Winter Olympics, and the impact of the Olympics on ‘Vancouver’ from housing to Indigenous land struggles to austerity to criminalization. Years before the Olympics came to town, coalitions and networks of resistance formed to push back.
Vancouver will host seven matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, from Jun 11 to July 19, 2026, alongside 15 other cities across Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., with the FIFA Fan Festival held at the PNE. The City of Vancouver and the BC government are using this event to further militarize, increase surveillance, conduct inhumane street sweeps, and push neoliberal privatization measures.
Accessibility + Housekeeping
🍆 Light meal at 6 pm. Food will be put away by 6:20 pm so people remain masked. Please bring a container if you want to take food away. Event starts at 6:30 pm
👥 Free. We will collect donations at the door to cover event costs and XX group.
🧡 ASL-English interpretation confirmed.
♿ Venue has an accessible entrance at street level, which gives access to hall, washrooms, and kitchen. The washroom door opening is 86 cm, and the stall door is 61 cm.
👶🏾 Child-friendly space, and there is also a playroom in the venue. Childminding confirmed on-site.
😷Masks required to ensure that the day is accessible to immunocompromised comrades and protects all of us from Covid-19 transmission. If you are not someone who typically opts to wear a mask, we thank you for respecting this and helping us to enact a collectivist approach to wellbeing. Presenters and ASL interpreters may remove masks while presenting. Masks will be available on-site.
🌿 Everyone commits to a welcoming and dignified environment for all. This includes not engaging in harassing, abusive, discriminatory, or oppressive speech or actions, especially related to marginalized genders, sexualities, race, religion, disability, age, appearance, etc.