The following blogs have daily news stories on homelessness, social housing, the upcoming Olympics and other poverty-related issues in Vancouver and across BC. Check them out to find out what is happening in the city.
We are looking for blogs that focus on anti-poverty/poverty issues. If you write a poverty-focused blog, send us a link!
http://challengingthecommonplace.blogspot.com/search/label/Poverty-homelessness - Challenging the Commonplace, a blog by two social researchers with stories on a variety of issues including poverty and homelessness...
Blogs, Media, General resources, All of Canada
THIS Magazine Blog is the blog of one of Canada’s longest-publishing alternative journals where editors and contributors reflect on issues of the day and events the mainstream media won’t cover.
Blogs, Media, General resources, All of Canada
www.growinggap.ca/blog - A blog about the growing gap between the rich and the rest of us. A project of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
Blogs, Poverty Research, General resources, All of Canada
http://www.percolating.org/ - Penny Goldsmith, PovNet’s Executive Coordinator, has been awarded the Carold Institute’s Allan Thomas Fellowship to Promote Civil Society and Voluntary Action to document the history of PovNet as a...
Blogs, British Columbia, General resources, All of Canada
http://anagraphia.blogspot.com/ - This is an artists photoblog of homelessness in Toronto.
Art and Culture, Blogs, Homelessness, General resources, Ontario
http://peiacsw.wordpress.com/ - The Prince Edward Island Advisory Council on the Status of Women is an arms-length from government advisory agency. The nine members of Council are appointed by government to work for equality and to support women's full and active participation in social, legal, cultural, economic...
Blogs, General resources
http://bclawmatters.blogspot.com/ - BC LawMatters is a blog for public librarians in BC who are participating in the LawMatters project, which will provide all British Columbian residents with local access to basic legal information at their library.
Blogs, Legal Research, British Columbia, General resources
http://ccapvancouver.wordpress.com/ - The Carnegie Community Action Project's blog has news and information on housing, homelessness, and actions in the Downtown Eastside.
Blogs, Homelessness, British Columbia, General resources
http://ppag.wordpress.com/ - Peel Poverty Action Group is composed of service providers, advocates and individuals working towards the elimination of poverty in the Region of Peel.
Blogs, Organizing, General resources, Ontario
http://cupwsisters.blogspot.com/ - F-email Fightback is a feminist blog about taking action on issues that effect women in Canada. The byline is "Harper’s Conservatives want women to stay home and be quiet. . . We refuse!"
Blogs, Women, General resources, All of Canada
http://peoplespotato.blogspot.com/ - The People’s Potato is a vegan soup kitchen run out of Concordia University. The project was initiated in 1999 in order to address student poverty.
Blogs, Children and Youth, Organizing, General resources, Québec
http://blog.makepovertyhistory.ca - This is the Make Poverty History Campaign's Blog. It was initiated to help grow the community of Make Poverty History and increase the connections and sharing in a campaign and a cause that needs attention and awareness.
Blogs, Organizing, General resources, International
http://technorati.com - Technorati is a blog search engine. You can use it like Google to find blogs.
Blogs, Technology, General resources, International
http://www.myspace.com/houseless - The Houseless Project is a project focused on bridging the gap between those that live on the streets and other people in the community by publishing and selling poems written by people who live on the streets.
Blogs, Homelessness, British Columbia, General resources
www.bchomelessness.blogspot.com/ - Finding our Way Home is David Chudnovsky's blog on his tour of the province as the NDP MLA BC Critic for Homelessness and Mental Health. He is wanting to hear experiences, challenges, hopes, suggestions and obstacles from people who are homeless or who...
Blogs, Homelessness, British Columbia, General resources
http://frederictonpeace.org/ - Fredericton Peace Coalition Weblog is an extensive blog dealing with issues of war, poverty, violence, inequity, and injustice.
Blogs, Organizing, New Brunswick, General resources
Intercontinental Cry is a blog with an extensive international list of blogs, media, technology and news sites with an focus on indigenous issues.
Aboriginal and First Nations, Blogs, General resources, International
http://harrietspirit.blogspot.com/ - Spirit of Warrior Harriet Nahanee is a blog dedicated to actions and analysis surrounding the legacy of Harriet Nahanee, an elder who died working to expose and resist the destruction of the Olympics 2010.
Aboriginal and First Nations, Blogs, Organizing, British Columbia, General resources
http://www.picturethehomeless.org/blog/ - Picture the Homeless Blog - Housing, homelessness & policy blog.
Blogs, Homelessness, Organizing, General resources, United States
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