1998 Founded as an offshoot of the People’s Community Union in 1998, Yellow Bike Action (YBA) is dedicated to breaking down social barriers and fighting for environmental justice [1]. This
Tag: 1990s
1994 The Marriott-Queen’s Food Strike was a six-month long strike at Queen’s University, organized by Marriott food service workers in 1994. Marriott, after they purchased Saga Foods in 1986, was
1993 The People’s Parking Ticket Service In the summer of 1999, parking attendants in downtown Kingston were rendered incapable of doing their jobs by a few youths following them on
1989-1990 One of the most contentious Canadian environmental protests in the 1990s revolved around the expansion of the Red Squirrel Logging Road into the Temagami region, which was home
1991 In 1991, Kingston AIDS Project received funding to do HIV/AIDS prevention work among injection drug users [1]. Initially, their work focused on providing education and working with local prisoners
1993 prison violence and a mother’s fight for justice On October 24th, 1993, prisoners within the Kingston Penitentiary began to protest after having gone twenty-one hours without being fed [1].