Mohammad Valayati doesn’t want the same thing to happen to the residents of the Lion Hotel that happened at the Clifton. The Clifton Hotel, on Granville Street in Vancouver, has 74 rooms and used to house low-income people. Valayati says that once “the owner realized that there was another market…
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Yearly Archives
2016
Volcano Community Spotlight: Jack Gates
Interview by Sarah Sheridan
Beginning in this Winter issue, the Volcano will recognize a community member…
Our generation’s fight for Chinatown: By the Chinatown Youth Coalition
Less than a year old, a coalition of youth organizations has made a noticeable impact in resisting rapid…
288 Hastings Wrong Model to End Homelessness: By Harold Lavender
The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is being swamped by high impact gentrifying projects including at 288 East…
Wolverine calls on PM Trudeau for an Inquiry into Gustafsen Lake
A MESSAGE FROM WOLVERINE, ELDER AND WARRIOR OF THE SECWEPEMC NATION, TO JUSTIN TRUDEAU, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA…
How do we leap towards a better future? An Indigenous perspective on the Leap…
The months leading up to the 2015 federal election stirred up demands for change so that all of us can live the…
Prisons in Canada Still Racist After Forty Years of Reform: By Abby Rolston
In the late 1960s, Native resistance in Canadian prisons skyrocketed. Native prisoners fought to reclaim…
Indigenous Voices from Frontline Struggles against Dispossession: Kanahus Manuel…
The following are excerpts from INM Stream, a webinar held on December 17, 2015. Watch the full speeches here…
A Re-occupation in Xwisten – Indigenous Struggle for Home on Sovereign Land:…
As the leaves started turning in St’at’imc territory it became apparent that the logging company…
Protecting and Growing Unist’ot’en: An Interview with Freda Huson
Interview with Freda Huson by Annie Banks
Freda Huson: I’m the Unist’ot’en spokesperson appointed by our…