By the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs
Originally published November 14th, 2016 on http://capud.ca/index.php/blog/
The most damaging term applied to people who use drugs isn’t junkie, fiend, or pillhead.
The most damaging term would never be applied to someone in…
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Tent Cities: Fighting displacement when there’s nowhere else to go
On Thursday, November 3, I had the privilege of watching occupants of the homeless encampment at 58 West…
“There isn’t one day that goes by without losing some of my stuff or having it…
From the affidavit of Rob, Resident of 58 W. Hastings Tent City
I am currently homeless. I have been without…
“Services from the City have come to a dead stop”, By Joe Livingstone –…
From the affidavit of Joe Livingstone, Resident of 58 W. Hastings Tent City
I am currently homeless. I have…
“The camp is more stable than being on the street or in the shelter”, By Helen…
From the affidavit of Helen Schild, resident of 58 tent city
I am a 51 year old woman. My parents passed…
“We are self-sufficient… it’s unaffordability that prevents us from having a…
From the affidavit of Stacey Dubois, resident of 58 W. Hastings tent city
I live at 58 West Hastings with my…
“Tent City is far from perfect… but it has greatly improved my life”
From an affidavit from an anonymous woman resident of 58 W. Hastings
In 2014 I moved to Grande Prairie,…
City of Vancouver returns to court for an injunction to break up the lifesaving…
The injunction hearing for 58 West Hastings on the of morning, Monday November 14th, 2016, at the…
No unity with fascists, no hiding behind borders – What not to do with a…
I woke up the morning of September 11th 2001 to a man shouting from a dirt road near the shack I had built on Haida…
Chinatown not Coffeetown! An interview with Mrs. Kong from the Chinatown Concern…
Translation by Beverly Ho, Chinatown Concern Group
Mrs. Kong, who goes by 鄺太 (or Kong Tai), has lived in…