The decision to discontinue the York Campaign was reached as a result of having over just half of the number of required volunteers necessary for the petition drive to succeed, a lack of a reliable Organizing Committee, and lack of clarity regarding whether a chapter at York would be entitled to initiate a referendum.
A letter from OPIRG Provincial stating that the expansion to create an OPIRG York would be delayed due to the unlikelihood of being able to win a referendum at York at the time.
OPIRG Provincial had established a York Campaign to set up a new chapter at York University. Despite the high level of support and donations, their plan to submit a referendum proposal to York's Board of Referendum Commissioners in February 1990 was deemed to be futile due to rising student fees, lack of support from York administration, and the inability to create a large base of student support at the time. The resulting decision was to create and Expansion Fund and continue their efforts to create a York chapter at a future time.
Flyer advertising events that were part of the 2000 OPIRG activist series: "Routes of Resistance". Events included topics such as combatting police brutality, trans, queer, two spirt and POC activist organizing, cuban solidarity, Indigenous land rights, accessible housing, creating anti-racist social services, art as revolution, anti-sweatshop organizing and a women/transpeople of colour poetry night.
Poster for a demonstration against police racism which rallied at Queen's Park and marched to Police Headquarters (College Street) and to 51 Division.
Creator
League of Indigenous Sovereign Nations of the Western Hemisphere (LISN), Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with Native People (CASNP), Black Action Defence Committee (BADC), Toronto Coalition Against Racism (TCAR), Aboriginal Defense League (ADL), Anti-Racist Action (ARA)
Source
Charlie Brown collection
Date
1995-09-22
Contributor
Sylvia
Rights
League of Indigenous Sovereign Nations of the Western Hemisphere (LISN), Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with Native People (CASNP), Black Action Defence Committee (BADC), Toronto Coalition Against Racism (TCAR), Aboriginal Defense League (ADL), Anti-Racist Action (ARA)
Format
JPEG
Type
poster
Coverage
Rally at Queen's Park and march to Toronto Police Headquarters and 51 Division.
Poster advertising a rally to demand justice for the police murder of Edmond Yu.
Creator
Coalition Against Racist Police Violence
Source
Charlie Brown Collection
Date
1997-03-01
Contributor
Simon Vickers
Rights
Coalition Against Racist Police Violence
Format
JPEG
Type
poster
Coverage
Dundas and Huron
Context
35 year old Edmond Yu was shot and killed by police officer Louis Pasquino on a street car near Spadina and Queen's Quay. Yu had a history of mental illness and police claimed he was brandishing a small hammer. No police were charged or disciplined for the killing of Edmond Yu. [text by SV]