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Upcoming Event

NO TYRANTS: ICE OUT OF VANCOUVER

Saturday, March 28  

11:00 AM – 1:15 PM 

Vancouver Public Library, 350 W Georgia St 

Hosted by Democracy Rising and Indivisible Vancouver

No American Fascism on Canadian Soil

A picture of Donald Trump wearing a crown, in a bold red circle with a red slash across it like a no smoking sign. Around the circle is the text "No Kings • No Tyrants • March 28

Donald Trump is a fascist. He is dismantling democracy, shredding civil liberties, and building an authoritarian state, and he is doing it fast. His administration is a direct threat not just to Americans, but to every open society in North America, including ours.

Our city is complicit in two ways, and we are naming both.

Our city is hosting them:

  • The U.S. Consulate at 1075 West Georgia houses an active ICE field office operating in our city
  • Mayor Ken Sim has not explicitly barred ICE from operating in Vancouver during the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Our city is profiting from them:

  • Hootsuite provides ICE with social media surveillance tools used to monitor and target immigrants and activists
  • GardaWorld operates private ICE detention facilities, profiting from the caging of migrants
  • Avison Young is brokering the sale of warehouses to be converted into ICE mass detention centres holding up to 1,600 people each

These companies have Vancouver addresses, Vancouver employees, and Vancouver reputations. They have a choice. We are here to make sure they know it.

Our demands:

  • Hootsuite: Cancel your ICE contract immediately
  • GardaWorld: End all ICE detention contracts
  • Avison Young: Walk away from the ICE warehouse deal now
  • Mayor Ken Sim: Explicitly bar ICE from operating in Vancouver during the 2026 World Cup, and declare Vancouver a sanctuary city
  • Ottawa: Formally object to ICE operating out of the U.S. Consulate and bar ICE from conducting enforcement operations on Canadian soil

Join us March 28th. Fascism doesn’t stop at borders. Neither does resistance.

Part of the national No Tyrants: ICE Out of Canada mobilization, coordinated through the Canadian Anti-ICE Network.

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The No Tyrants poster created as a collaboration with Indivisible Vancouver

Previous 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.

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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.

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VOLUNTEER: Welcome & Onboarding Night

Hi! Been looking for a way to plug in and join the movement?
This is a great place to start.

Location

Online Event

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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

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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.

A cartoon trump with puckered lips, using a red sharpie to cross out the words Free Speech, Free Press and Due Process. Text says: Join the SPEAK UP March. October 18th, 11-1pm, vancouver art gallery. Democracy is only healthy when we exercise our right to be heard. A No Kings affiliated Event, brought to you by Democracy Rising.
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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.

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