One costs $20 to get in. The other is free. One is backed by the rich. The other is revered by low-income Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents. One got $50 million from the province, $23 million from donors, and about $200 worth of land and foregone taxes from the city. The other got its funding…
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SRO Collaborative launches in the Downtown Eastside
A Tenant Convention, SRO School, organizing “class action” suits to get repairs done, Youth for Chinese…
“We are human beings with heart and potential” – A message from Indigenous…
The Volcano interviewed Tracey Morrison, President of Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society in Vancouver’s…
Voices from the Oppenheimer Tent City
It’s about 12:00 in the afternoon, on a sweltering day about 4 weeks into the encampment at Oppenheimer Park.…
Homelessness is Still a Huge Problem
The homeless count for this year was the highest it’s ever been: 1803 homeless people in Vancouver, and 2,777 in…
Asserting Our Rights – Oppenheimer tent city challenges the limits of…
On July 10 organizers of the tent city at Oppenheimer Park put the City of Vancouver’s empty words to the test.…
Lippmanopoly! (anti-gentrification art poster)
By Kathy Shimizu, with articles by Blair Hewitt and Jean Swanson
SROs emptied for hip housing, DTES residents left in the cold
The numbers from the 2014 Metro Vancouver homeless count are in. In one 24-hour period, 538 people in Vancouver…
Gentrification and the DTES Chinese Community
Read this article in Chinese here: 華人社群在市中心東端與昂貴化的關連
Not much is known about how gentrification is impacting the…
We want an Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Centre…. Now!
Many members of the Downtown Eastside Local Area Planning Committee are calling for the City and Vancouver…