{"id":3646,"date":"2015-09-17T09:08:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T09:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2015-09-17T09:08:42","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T09:08:42","slug":"bc-fed-bcfed-together-2015-conference-organizing-innovating-leading-november-16-18-2015-hyatt-regency-hotel-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=3646","title":{"rendered":"BC FED &#8211; BCFED Together 2015 Conference, Organizing, Innovating, Leading &#8211; November 16-18, 2015, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>BCFED Together 2015 Conference, Organizing, Innovating, Leading &#8211; November 16-18, 2015, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The BCFED Together 2015 Conference \u201cOrganizing, Innovating, Leading\u201d will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver on November 16-18, 2015. The theme of this year\u2019s Conference is organizing. In particular we will explore organizing to build union density, mobilize our members, support community partnerships and effect political change. More than 300 activists from BC are expected to participate.<a href=\"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bcfed130.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1551\" src=\"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bcfed130.jpg\" alt=\"bcfed130\" width=\"130\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bcfed130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bcfed130-60x58.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Conference will include keynote presentations, panel presentations, and \u00a0workshops organized into four streams. In addition to the Conference agenda, there will be several special events. On Sunday, November 15<sup>th<\/sup>, there will be a Human Rights and Diversity Forum. On Monday, <span data-term=\"goog_727444766\">November 16<\/span><sup>th<\/sup>, there will be a reception featuring live salsa music and dancing. On Tuesday, November 17<sup>th<\/sup>, the Labour Heritage Centre and SFU Labour Studies have teamed up to present a special evening with Guy Standing,\u00a0\u201cThe Precariat: The New Dangerous Class. Organizing the Next Generation of Workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The early bird rate for the Conference is $300. This rate is available until October 17<sup>th<\/sup>. Registration for the Conference is now open at <a href=\"http:\/\/conference.bcfed.ca\/together\/\">http:\/\/conference.bcfed.ca\/together\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer to do group registration, spots can be reserved and payment can be accepted in bulk. <strong>However, individual attendees will be required to register themselves through the website in order to secure spots in their chosen workshop.<\/strong> Participants should choose the \u201cmy union is paying for my registration fee\u201d option on the registration page. Spaces in workshops are limited so please have your delegates register early. If you wish to do group registration, please email <a href=\"mailto:dbaker@bcfed.ca\">dbaker@bcfed.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A poster is attached for promotional purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Conference accommodations at the Hyatt are being processed with WE Travel. To reserve hotel rooms, please visit this site:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/yow.wetravel.net\/ei\/cm.esp?id=755&amp;pageid=_3QL14CV33\">https:\/\/yow.wetravel.net\/ei\/cm.esp?id=755&amp;pageid=_3QL14CV33<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you at Together 2015!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015-Union-Renewal-Poster.pdf\">https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015-Union-Renewal-Poster.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BCFED Together 2015 Conference, Organizing, Innovating, Leading &#8211; November 16-18, 2015, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver The BCFED Together 2015 Conference [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}