Items of Interest

June 25, 2008 - Beyond the open doors; More LGBT employees are choosing to work for companies that don't just speak about welcoming diversity - they also prove it (Globe & Mail story)

June 18, 2008 - Lesbian health problems ignored (BBC story)

May 17, 2008 – International Day Against Homophobia: For more information, visit their website.

February 29, 2008: A Tragedy That Should Never Have Happened (Ellen DeGeneres Show, video clip)

October 2, 2007 – About 18 HEU members, staff, family and friends joined in the 22nd Annual AIDS WALK for LIFE on Sunday, September 23 to help raise money for the British Columbia Persons With AIDS Society (BCPWA).

Canada has an estimated 55,000 people infected with HIV – approximately 15,000 of those live in B.C.

Proceeds from the walk also benefit other AIDS-serving organizations, including Friends for Life, Vancouver Native Health Society, Positive Women’s Network, A Loving Spoonful, and YouthCo AIDS Society.

This year, the HEU Team far surpassed their $2,500 fundraising goal, collecting more than $6,000 in pledges. Since 2002, HEU’s Lesbian and Gay Standing Committee has raised about $12,000 for BCPWA through skydive and walkathon fundraising initiatives.

The tally for Vancouver’s AIDS WALK for LIFE 2007 is $350,000.


Newsletter September 17, 2007 – Countdown: AIDS Walk for Life 2007 – join or support the HEU team

Newsletter August 28, 2007 – AIDS WALK for LIFE 2007 – Support HEU’s team


  • May 17, 2007 – International Day Against Homophobia: For more information, visit their website.
  • September 27, 2006 – HEU members unite for AIDS fundraising events: In a record-breaking turnout, HEU’s WALK for LIFE 2006 team raised nearly $2,700 for the British Columbia Persons with AIDS Society (BCPWA). Full story...

  • WALK for LIFE 2006 – The Lesbian and Gay Standing Committee has organized HEU teams for two fundraising events to raise money for the British Columbia Persons with AIDS Society (BCPWA) annual walkathon. The committee will be hosting its third annual The Sky is the Limit skydiving challenge on Saturday, September 16 in Abbotsford (5112 Gladwin Road, near the airport). And they’ve organized a walking team for Vancouver’s 21st Annual WALK for LIFE on Sunday, September 24 in Stanley Park. Check the BCPWA website for more information, or contact HEU team captain Victor Elkins at velkins@heu.org or 604-240-9880 to get involved or pledge a donation.
  • September 7, 2006 – Lesbian mums win fight for more respect: A longstanding human rights dispute stemming from comments made during Surrey School Board hearings in 2003 on books about same-sex parents has been settled. Full story...
  • Pride & Joy 2006 – HEU joined our sisters and brothers in the Multi-Union Pride segment of Vancouver’s 28th Pride Parade and Festival on Sunday, August 6.
  • July 20, 2006 – CUPE member reaches human rights settlement: KELOWNA—In a pre-emptive move designed to avoid an embarrassing loss, the City of Kelowna has reached a human rights settlement on same-sex spousal benefits with a local CUPE member less than a week before her complaint was to go before the BC Human Rights Tribunal. Full story...