A new report from the Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) says Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) could become an area full of condos and market rental apartments with homeless people blanketing the streets unless all three levels of government take immediate action.
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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…
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…
Learning from organizing against gentrification in San Francisco: Interview with…
At the end of March, four Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) organizers went to San Francisco to learn about…
People at Downtown Eastside Town Hall meeting strategize to stop homeless crisis:…
A National Housing Crisis day, tent cities across the country, and identifying and working to get specific…
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…
Indigenous women want Federal Inquiry to consult with feminist groups as well as…
Indigenous women who have been organizing to end violence for decades want the federal inquiry into…
Working Towards an Open, Tolerant Society – Closing Thoughts on Phase 1 of…
Canada likes to present itself to the world in a certain way. The image of Canada is often that of an open,…