Mahsa Day
Coming up on September 16 is the one year anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s capture into Iran police custody and her death in Tehran, Iran in 2022.
Mahsa Amini’s arrest was instigated by the apparent misuse of her hijab. The coroner determined that her death was caused by a heart attack, but many Iranian protesters argue that this was a cover up on behalf of the government.
Iranians all over the world have been protesting every Saturday since.
In Nanaimo, the Iranian-Canadian Cultural Society of Vancouver Island is preparing a protest to participate in the global rally of Mahsa Day this September 16th.
Iranian-Canadian families and friends will gather at 3:00 pm, downtown Nanaimo at the Intersection of Terminal Ave. and Commercial St.
The leaders of the IranVi Society welcome you to join them whenever you are available. Please send any questions to their Instagram, iranvi.ca.
Jenaya is in her fifth year as a Psychology and Creative Writing major at VIU. She spent the summer working in temporary housing on Salt Spring Island, where she provided social support for 17 residents. She’s proud to represent The Navigator for a fourth year in a row, and in her second year as Managing Editor. She was Art Director for Portal 2024, where her review ofBurning Sageand photography appear. Poem “Little Anna Marie,” memoir piece “In the Rear-View,” and photography are published in Portal 2025. She has also edited forGOOEY Magazine.She served as Program Coordinator for the Nanaimo Arts Council’s ISFR 2024 and 2025 as well as Nanaimo Artwalk 2024 and 2025. So, she mostly works, and is focused on a career in clinical psychology with a background in social psychology. With what little free time she has, Jenaya’s brain rots inDead by Daylightand strains while writing the occasional short story, though someday she’d like to finish that pesky novel.
