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Jul 11, 2018  Vancouver wants to limit the city's building emissions as they are builtCheryl Whiting Eye-opening studies show that the operation emissions of a building after 60 years are only half of the embodied emissions that are present as of day one, thanks to its construction methods. |
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Jul 11, 2018  Vancouver looks to limit new buildings' embodied emissionsCheryl Whiting Eye-opening studies show that the operation emissions of a building after 60 years are only half of the embodied emissions that are present as of day one, thanks to its construction methods. |
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Apr 12, 2018  Trading cars for shelter is a win-winYves Engler By turning public land devoted to noisy, dangerous, and polluting vehicles into social housing it is possible to put a dent into runaway climate change while improving housing affordability. |
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Mar 16, 2018  Housing is health careA novel solution to the health crisis of homelessness: get people into homes. Upstream Radio interviews Saskatchewan MP Sheri Benson. |
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Jan 9, 2018  Tenant organizing in Canada's most expensive cityTalking Radical Radio Vancouver Tenants Union members Kell Gerlings and Neil Vokey talk about justice for tenants in an impossibly difficult city for renters. |
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Dec 6, 2017  Media Democracy Day 2017: Solutions-Focused Media ShowcaseNeeds No Introduction Six-minute answers to the question, "Can society fix itself?" A collection of ideas from solutions-focused B.C. media-makers. |
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Aug 22, 2017  A community organizer’s grassroots run for Vancouver city councilTalking Radical Radio Jean Swanson and Aiden Sisler talk about anti-poverty activist Swanson’s movement-powered campaign for a seat on Vancouver city council. |
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Jun 29, 2017  Organizing social movements -- from micro to macrorabble radio The world is changed when we all work together. But how do we do that? A look at ways to organize people at the national, provincial and local levels. |
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Apr 19, 2017  Legacy of Little Mountain shows devastating failure of B.C. Liberals' housing strategy, say critics, former residentsTessa Vikander Housing advocates say the redevelopment process for B.C.'s oldest social housing site has failed the residents because it broke up a vibrant community. |
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Apr 7, 2017  Ten years later, the fight for social housing at Little Mountain continuesMaya Bhullar What Little Mountain taught us about the BC government and the fight for affordable housing |
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Mar 10, 2017  Playing on desperation of the American people is key to Trump's successIn hard times populism, which basically embodies the comprehensible anger of the majority, stands ready, but requires an outlet. |
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Dec 19, 2016  Christy Clark government wastes budget surplus on debt repaymentRedeye British Columbians are in desperate need of affordable housing, higher social assistance rates and public school funding. Instead the government is spending a budget windfall on paying down the debt. |
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Dec 19, 2016  A holiday giving guide for activistsrabble staff A Canadian activist guide to fight for food, shelter, the environment and peace this holiday. |
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Dec 16, 2016  To tackle the housing crisis, advocates need to focus on more than just homes and homelessnessNick Falvo Housing policy would benefit from a socioeconomic perspective that remains mindful of both macroeconomic factors and factors pertaining to Canada's social welfare system in general. |
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Dec 16, 2016  A fierce holiday giving guide to build a better futureMaya Bhullar A Canadian activist guide to fight for food, shelter, the environment and peace this holiday. |
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Dec 6, 2016  Burnaby plan will lead to loss of thousands of low-income rental unitsRedeye New zoning in Burnaby will result in the demolition of entire Housing activists says thousands of renters are facing displacement and homelessness. |
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Sep 20, 2016  Ten things to know about Canada's national housing strategy consultationsNick Falvo Canada's federal government has begun national consultations on the development of a "national housing strategy." The government is expected to release a report Nov. 22, which is National Housing Day. |
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Aug 18, 2016  Vancouver housing activists achieve victory on city-owned lotRedeye After residents set up a tent city in the downtown eastside and held a day of action on housing justice, Mayor Robertson agreed social housing with 100 per cent low-income rents at 58 West Hastings. |
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Aug 15, 2016  GroundWire | Prisoners Justice DayGroundWire This episode of GroundWire was produced at Community Radio Station CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Treaty One territory. |
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Jul 13, 2016  Super InTent City sheds light on national housing needsAlyse Kotyk "When we look at homelessness in Canada, it is a crisis. It is an emergency." Alyse Kotyk reports on Tent City in Victoria and its implications across Canada. |
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Jun 13, 2016 New data reveals depth of poverty on reserveRedeye A new study using data from the National Household Survey shows 60% of Indigenous children on reserve live below the poverty line. We speak with Mary Teegee of the BC Aboriginal Child Care Society. |
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Jun 10, 2016  Record-high numbers reveal housing and homelessness crisis in B.C.Sophia Reuss Alliance Against Displacement staged an occupation of the B.C. Housing office to demand the government address Vancouver's growing homelessness crisis. |
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Apr 23, 2016 UN report slams Canada for homelessness crisisRedeye A coalition of 30 housing advocate groups from across Canada went to Geneva in February to speak before a UN human rights committee. Kenneth Hale was part of the delegation. |
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Mar 28, 2016  We tried to escape Vancouver's housing nightmare, but Vancouver followed us hereMichael Stewart Vancouver's out-of-control housing market has exported its absurdities to Victoria. What used to be a refuge from exorbitant living costs has now become a nightmare. |
