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2017 Raoul Wallenberg Day

Doctors Without Borders

We invite you to join us for a tribute to Doctors without Borders (Médecins sans Frontières, MSF), whose members show incredible civil courage in war zones and elsewhere on a daily basis. Dr Joseph Copeland, a UBC / BC Children’s Hospital emergency physician with vast field exposure from the Arctic to the tropical regions, will introduce the Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization and share his own experiences from the MSF frontline work.

Sunday, January 15, 2017  /  1:30 pm

H.R. MacMillian Space Centre, 1100 Chestnut Street,, Vancouver, BC

Film

Access to the Danger Zone provides a look at the challenges of delivering humanitarian aid in armed conflicts. The film explore s the strategies that MSF uses to save lives in the world’s war zones.

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Doctors Without Borders

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“Access to the Danger Zone” film

This stunningly shot film captures the extreme bravery and selflessness that aid workers display as they fight to save the innocent victims caught in the firing line.

Vancouver Shinpo

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2017 Raoul Wallenberg Day Posters

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