Events
Upcoming Event
FEBRUARY 21st: DE-ICE VANCOUVER
ACTION DETAILS:
SATURDAY, February 21 | 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Hootsuite HQ, 111 E 5th Ave, Vancouver
Why We’re Gathering
ICE is the enforcement arm of an increasingly authoritarian government hostile to Canada and currently engaged in human rights atrocities across the United States.
ICE IS IN VANCOUVER:
- Hootsuite continues to refuse to back down from their contract with ICE
- The U.S. Consulate hosts a field ICE office in our city
- GardaWorld, a Canadian company, is providing services to ICE and DHS.
Vancouver must not normalize, enable, or profit from ICE. This is our way of bringing the community together and saying: enough!
Join us for a peaceful block party themed protest at Hoostuite HQ with marching, interactive art, music, DJs, and community power!
Move! Dance! Create! Connect! And say…
- No to Hootsuite working with ICE!
- No to ICE in our city!
- No to fascism!
What to Expect
This is a peaceful, highly visible community block party themed protest outside Hootsuite’s Vancouver headquarters. We’re creating a welcoming, creative space centered around:
A march surrounding Hootsuite offices
Collective sidewalk chalk art build
Music and DJs
Community gathering and public participation
All participants are strongly encouraged to tag @hootsuite with what they did to let them know that doing business with ICE isn’t okay! Drew some incredible sidewalk art? Show them! Walk 7087 steps around their office? Tell them! Wrote a chant? Play it for them!
Not able to make it to the event? No problem! Anyone can @hootsuite from wherever they are!
This action is step one toward the No Kings March, a larger city-wide mobilization against ICE normalization in Vancouver.
Our Demands
1. Hootsuite: Drop ICE
End all ICE- and DHS-related contracts immediately and adopt a public, enforceable No-ICE policy with a clear timeline and accountability.
2. Vancouver companies: Stop enabling ICE
Canadian companies and institutions in Vancouver must stop using vendors that provide services to ICE, including social-media monitoring, data analytics, communications infrastructure, or security services.
3. U.S. Consulate: No ICE in our city
The U.S. Consulate General Vancouver must end its hosting of ICE field office operations. ICE has no place in Vancouver.
4. All Vancouver institutions: Choose a side
If your institution does business with ICE—or with companies that support ICE—you are complicit in systems of detention, deportation, and human rights atrocities. Cut those ties now.
Join Us
Bring your creativity, your voice, and your community. Whether you’re dancing, chalking, marching, or just showing up – you’re part of building a Vancouver that refuses to profit from deportation.
See you on the sidewalk.
Share this with your friends and family!
Previous Event
ICE OUT FOR GOOD:
Vancouver BC March — noon @ Vancouver Art Gallery
Location
Meet Vancouver Art Gallery @ Noon
We’re gathering this Saturday from 12–2pm at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Howe Steps) for a solidarity march calling for ICE to be held accountable.
Renee Goode was shot in the head by an ICE agent — state violence is escalating, and communities across the U.S. are asking for international support.
If you’re coming:
• Bring warm clothes
• Bring signs
• Bring friends
• All ages welcome
• We’ll march to the U.S. Consulate
Show up if you can, moments like this matter.
Share this with your friends and family!
Previous Event
VOLUNTEER: Welcome & Onboarding Night
Hi! Been looking for a way to plug in and join the movement?
This is a great place to start.
Date/Time
Wed November 12, 7-8pm
Details
We’re coming together to introduce who we are, how this work began, and how we organize — and to invite you into shaping what comes next.
At this session, we will:
• Introduce the team
• Walk through how we operate and what we’re building
• Share where we need support
• Ask where you see yourself fitting in, and hear your ideas as we grow
Whether you’re brand-new or already engaged, you’re welcome here.
Bring curiosity, energy, and a commitment to showing up for each other.
📅 Wednesday, November 12
🕖 7:00 PM PT
📍 Online — RSVP for link
Share this with your friends and family!
Previous Event
Speak Up!
A March Against the Suppression of Dissent
A No King / No Tyrants Day affiliated event
Location
Vancouver Art Gallery; march to Jack Poole Plaza
Date/Time
October 18: 11am – 1pm
Details
This will be a peaceful, family-friendly march where we make dissent visible. We’ll be bringing signs that answer the question: what do we speak up for? From trans liberation to climate justice to migrant rights, this action shows that democracy means raising our voices safely and publicly and persistently, together.
We March in Support of Americans Who Are Losing Their Democracy
Over the past few months we’ve seen alarming steps toward authoritarianism in the United States: crackdowns on press freedom, retaliation against political opponents, and new laws restricting what can be taught or spoken. These attacks on core democratic rights are being framed as “normal politics”, and it’s a warning sign for us all
We March in Canada to Defend
Our Own Democratic Space
Because democracy is fragile everywhere. We’ve already seen foreign disinformation targeting our elections, Parliament normalizing authoritarian-leaning voices, and educators punished for political speech. Across North America, the space for dissent is shrinking.
By standing up in Vancouver, we’re showing solidarity and insisting that Canada protects the foundations that let us debate, protest, and fight for issues impacting us like housing, healthcare, and justice.
Articles & Resources
Press Release – Hootsuite Campaign Goes National
What’s Next For Democracy Rising & Hootsuite
Rebellious Umbrellas: Hootsuite Out of ICE
Alex Pretti – a poem by Jude Neale
Democracy Rising: No Tyrants in Vancouver
