Plans and Profiteers: The scoop on the draft DTES Local Area Plan
The City has finally released its draft Local Area Plan (LAP) for the DTES and the plan is under fire from all…
The Rebel Queen
I'm asking why women's achievements are written out of history by making Feminist Zombie Dolls. I'm researching…
In memory of Lucia Varga Jimenez
News broke this past week of the tragic death of Lucia Varga Jimenez while in the custody of the Canada Border…
Year After Year – marching for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Increasing deaths of many vulnerable women from the DTES still leaves family, friends, loved ones, and community…
The Abbotsford Shuffle – Homeless people pushed from park to railway tracks
On Dec 20, 2013, after occupying Jubilee Park for two months, the people of Abbotsford’s Dignity Village…
Women’s Action Group – Women supporting Women in the DTES
Just over a year ago, Dianne Tobin was asked if she would consider forming a women’s peer support group at the…
Mental Health Crisis?
The Mayor’s problematic five-fold solution:
Increase Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams;…
Home Sweet Home… but for how long? (Downtown East poster series)
Poster series: By Diane Wood
Displacement – Past, Present, Future
The forces that drive people out of their homes and communities and off their land have a long history in the…
Japanese Canadian elder Grace Eiko Thomson speaks to Mayor and Council
On September 25th, the City of Vancouver passed a motion to formally apologize for its role in the internment and…