VCST and more at Vibrant in Vancouver
Thank you MOSAIC and VAST (Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture) for featuring Victoria Coalition for Survivors of Torture.
CCR Spring Consultation
Please join us for the CCR Spring Consultation May 30 – June 1 in Victoria, BC.
Resettlement and Resilience – An Evening with Mohammed Alsaleh & Sari Alesh
Wednesday, November 28On November 28th, VCST partnered with Disaster Aid Canada to present internationally recognized, Syrian-Canadian speaker Mohammed Alsaleh shared some of his stories while together we explore the topic…
Remembering Peter Golden
We are profoundly saddened by the passing of Peter Golden, a co-founder and long-time board member of Victoria Coalition for Survivors of Torture. For over thirty years, Peter served as…
Chasing Asylum – Documentary film screening
Presented with: University of Victoria Social Justice Studies Monday, March.19th 7:00pm-9:30pm University of Victoria – David Strong Building C122This powerful documentary explores Australia’s controversial Pacific Solution Policy as it relates to…
Constance on the Edge film screening and AGM
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25th, 2017Greater Victoria Public Library Central Branch, Community Meeting Room VCST proudly presented Constance on the Edge, a film that follows a Sudanese Family for 10 years from refugee…
Let’s Talk About Torture at the Canadian Bioethics Society Conference
We’ve been accepted to deliver our workshop called “Let’s Talk About Torture…
Excited to Support World Refugee Day!
How can we change the conversation about refugees and others seeking protection? Explore, be curious, learn and celebrate with us on World Refugee Day, June 20th. We are working with…
Workshop Development Underway
We started developing this workshop a month ago. We met up with the VCST board and medical professionals and began hashing out what will become a workshop …
Bush and Associates authorized torture
“The third day of the Kuala Lumpur war crimes tribunal hearing saw the prosecution present its submission to establish that the accused parties are indeed guilty as charged for the Crime of Torture and Crimes Against Humanity…
Articles about the protection of unethical behaviour of psychologists
“Protecting Psychologists who Harm; the American Psychological Association’s latest wrong turn”, an editorial by Roy Eidelson Ph.D:
Canada urged to arrest and prosecute George W. Bush due his involvement in the promulgation of torture
The Victoria Coalition for the Survivors of Torture expresses our emphatic and full support for efforts to bring George W. Bush to a full and fair trial…
Gandhi quote
“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.” — Mohandas Gandhi