Across the world people recognize August 31st as International Overdose Awareness Day. From Vancouver to Edmonton, Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal and beyond, families, friends, and advocacy groups rally together to remember those who’ve died from drug overdoses. This day may have felt different…
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Yearly Archives
2016
Ridgeilantes don’t want low-income people on the streets, in shelters, or in…
In August, the City of Maple Ridge bought a property at 21375 Lougheed Highway in partnership with B.C. Housing,…
Reflections on housing justice activism in British Columbia
I've been thinking a lot in the past couple days about the opportunity to engage in discussion about what we are…
Will No One Heed My Call?
Will no one heed my call?
anxiety stole many asleep my daughter's high school years and thought am I the…
Federal and provincial pittances respond to highest homeless count ever
ARGH! Vancouver has the highest ever homeless count and no one with power seems to think it’s a problem! It's…
August 14 – August 20, 2016 Volcano Newsletter
Reflections on housing justice activism in British Columbia
By Eko Joshua Goldberg
Tent Cities Unsafe for…
Tent Cities Unsafe for Whom? Report from the Langley Homeless Camp in Nicomekl…
About three months ago, Darcy and his friend Kathy set up a tent at the edge of a floodplain in the City of…
August 10th is Prisoners’ Justice Day, 41 years and counting
Prisoner Justice Day – A Short History
On August 10th 1974, prisoner Eddie Nalon slashed himself in a…
On Eviction Day, Super InTent City Releases Collective Housing Demands
*Thanks to those who contributed their opinions for this submission and who wish to remain anonymous.…