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November 1997
The APEC Protest
![1997 - APEC Riot](http://100.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1997-APEC-Riot-448x650.jpg)
The Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) meeting is hosted by the federal government at the UBC Museum of Anthropology. More than 1,500 protesters converge on campus in an event that culminates in a confrontation with police involving pepper spray and mass arrests.