Vancouver homelessness forecast for 2016
Homelessness in Vancouver could increase by hundreds next year unless all levels of government act now. For the…
Learning to Live on Shared Territory: By Savannah Walling with a story from…
The Train of Thought was the culmination of ten years of planning, but it felt like a first step on a much longer…
Working Towards an Open, Tolerant Society – Closing Thoughts on Phase 1 of…
Canada likes to present itself to the world in a certain way. The image of Canada is often that of an open,…
Sex work laws criminalize a necessary community of women
By Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV)
In July of this year, early results of a new study that was…
Vancouver’s new hotel bylaw – salvation or smokescreen?
Did Vancouver City Council make changes to its SRO hotel room bylaw that will help stop renovictions? Or did…
Canada’s Refugee Crisis
Over the past month the plight of refugees has been gaining attention in mainstream and social media. When the…
A Tale of Two Art Galleries
One costs $20 to get in. The other is free. One is backed by the rich. The other is revered by low-income…
The Challenge Is Whether To Squat Or Deal
Micro Housing was brought to L’kwungen Territory as a result of Bobby Arbess approaching me with the idea as a…
Tales from the Regent
I live in an SRO (single room occupancy) hotel in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver, in what I devoutly…
Maple Ridge homeless still need a tent city: By Ivan Drury with a poem by Tracy…
The Cliff Avenue tent city is only the visible tip of the iceberg of homelessness in Maple Ridge,…