No son fantasmas quienes contruyeron la villa olimpica y la linea del tren, tan poco son fantasmas los que muy tempranito por la manana se levantan preparan su sandwich, su uniforme de contruccion, su casco, mujeres y hombres migrantes de la construccion, mujeres y hombres de la limpieza. …
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Yearly Archives
2016
CCAP working on “Community Vision for Mental Health”
The Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) is working with Downtown Eastside residents to create a Community…
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside could become condo heaven with homeless on the…
A new report from the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) says Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) could…
New St. Paul’s hospital in the Downtown Eastside threatens to displace low-income…
Last year the BC government announced that it will be going ahead with its $1.2 billion relocation of the St.…
Lessons about “community inclusion” from the DTES Local Area Planning Process
In 2014, the city of Vancouver approved a new Local Area Plan (LAPP) for the Downtown Eastside after four…
Jack Gates wins Residential Tenancy Branch compensation
Jack Gates, a tenant leader at the Regent Hotel in Vancouver, and a member of the SRO Collaborative, won $1675…
Invisible Heroes: Aboriginal Stories from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
A new book written by Victoria Rose Bull, Leslie Nelson, Sue Blue, Herb Varley, Stanley Paul, Emma Lucy Charleson,…
Homeless on the Stage
For a Muse of Fire is an original live performance piece set on the #20 bus that weaves personal stories from…
In Memory of Wolverine
Love, respect, hope, strength, and a deep thirst for freedom and justice flowed through Wolverine’s Memorial…
Real Crisis, Fake Responses: Editorial
This issue of The Volcano circles around two main topics:
One: The ongoing, widespread Indigenous resistance and…