National Conference to End Homelessness 2015 – Expensive lunches while…
In November I was a delegate from the Downtown Eastside to the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness…
Social Mix is Exclusion
I’ve lived in Vancouver for thirteen years, in SROs for seven, I was homeless for about eight months, and now I…
Beyond the Foreign Investment Debate
Overlook the billions of dollars freed up for capitalists through tax cuts and tax exemptions. Ignore the woefully…
Fentanyl – its deadly effects don’t discriminate, but they expose social…
I was struck by the news coverage of the deaths from Fentanyl. When people in the Downtown Eastside (DTES)…
Marching together for housing justice: Interview with Karen Ward
The Second Annual City-wide Housing March organized by VANDU will take place on Saturday, October 10,…
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…