A year after the Balmoral Hotel was shut down, the City of Vancouver has declared that its sister building, the Regent Hotel – just across the street from the Balmoral and owned by the same slumlord – is in unsafe condition for residents. The City issued a notice to vacate the building within 8…
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Yearly Archives
2018
Public-Private Colonialism
We have been bombarded by the propaganda of Justin Trudeau’s Federal and Rachel Notley's Alberta governments…
Urban Indigenous women lead the fight against colonization and capitalism in BC’s…
Canada’s housing crisis exposes and carries on colonial legacies by disproportionately impacting Indigenous…
Surrey preparing to “make homelessness illegal” after shuttling the 135A Strip…
Politicians are celebrating the news that the 135A “Surrey Strip” is going indoors as social workers have begun…
The Future Lives Here! AAD’s new Surrey office continues multi-region…
On May 1st, 2018 Alliance Against Displacement (AAD) signed a lease together with Migrant Worker's Dignity…
Surviving the season of policy reform: The dead end of legislative pragmatism and…
The spring of 2018, apparently, is the season of housing policy reform. The Trudeau Liberal government has released…
Has multiculturalism killed gay liberation?
On May 23rd, the City of Vancouver officially launched their “Year of the Queer” proclamation with a panel…
Our Language: Multiculturalism
If you ask a white person in Canada what the difference is between U.S. and Canadian race relations, they will…
Legacies: Nakba and Global Imperial Power
May 15th 2018 marked the 70th year of Israel’s colonial occupation of Palestinian land, which the Indigenous people…
“To go back home”: An interview with migrant activists in Hong Kong
Over 12 million Filipinos live and work abroad, approximately 11.6% of the total population of the Philippines…