Where do I live? How do I pay for it? How can I keep my kids safe?
The Surrey Women’s Centre has been around for over 20 years. Its priority is women and children who have experienced violence. It offers a range of programs, from a mobile assault response team, to helping women go through…
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A memorial poem for Sam Snobelen
Sam Snobelen passed away in late November. Sam was the heart and soul of the Carnegie Centre in the Downtown…
People at Downtown Eastside Town Hall meeting strategize to stop homeless crisis:…
A National Housing Crisis day, tent cities across the country, and identifying and working to get specific…
“Our work is a warning to other landlords” – Tenants fight to improve living…
Mohammad Valayati doesn’t want the same thing to happen to the residents of the Lion Hotel that happened at the…
Volcano Community Spotlight: Jack Gates
Interview by Sarah Sheridan
Beginning in this Winter issue, the Volcano will recognize a community member…
Our generation’s fight for Chinatown: By the Chinatown Youth Coalition
Less than a year old, a coalition of youth organizations has made a noticeable impact in resisting rapid…
288 Hastings Wrong Model to End Homelessness: By Harold Lavender
The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is being swamped by high impact gentrifying projects including at 288 East…
Wolverine calls on PM Trudeau for an Inquiry into Gustafsen Lake
A MESSAGE FROM WOLVERINE, ELDER AND WARRIOR OF THE SECWEPEMC NATION, TO JUSTIN TRUDEAU, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA…
How do we leap towards a better future? An Indigenous perspective on the Leap…
The months leading up to the 2015 federal election stirred up demands for change so that all of us can live the…
Prisons in Canada Still Racist After Forty Years of Reform: By Abby Rolston
In the late 1960s, Native resistance in Canadian prisons skyrocketed. Native prisoners fought to reclaim…