The last week of May 2017 will be remembered as another “freeway fight” in Chinatown’s history. Many speakers who showed up to oppose the Beedie Group’s proposed condo tower at 105 Keefer Street remembered the 1970s fight waged by Chinatown residents and leaders against the City’s plan to level huge…
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2017
We would rather have a vacant lot than another condo development
We join Chinatown residents and groups in united opposition against Beedie Living’s proposed condo tower at the…
人民優先於利潤！公益房屋優先於華廈！：奇化街105 地段 梁泳詩, 華埠行動小組
霍美璇 翻譯 (Translated by Mei Fok)
我們加入華埠居民及團體，共同對抗Beedie Living建議在奇化街105號興建公寓大樓。…
Building confidence and power in low-income elder women’s Chinatown
I’m going to address issues raised on the first day of the hearing and earlier today.
One point is cleaning…
Beedie’s 105 Keefer condo tower threatens the existence of Chinatown’s most…
Good evening, mayor and council, I would like to thank you for allowing me to speak tonight. I would also like…
Culture is a collective product of people and relationships, not a commodity
My name is Yuly Chan, and I’m here to oppose the rezoning application for 105 Keefer. I’m a community organizer…
Don’t condemn Chinatown to the same fate suffered by Vancouver’s Pauerugai
Good evening, Mayor and Council. First, I’d like to acknowledge that we are on the Unceded Coast Salish…
Do not tell us the City cares about people more than profits – show us!
Before going further, I wish to acknowledge the unceded, traditional, and ancestral Coast Salish territories of…
More unaffordable housing and unaffordable retailers and unaffordable restaurants…
Hello my name is Mark Lee. 我叫陳德聰 I am a community interpreter and translator who has been volunteering with…
Ten Year and Anita Place Tent Cities: Security for the homeless, sites of struggle…
For those who are evicted and displaced, tent cities have become spaces of survival and also of resistance. By…