PIVOT 2008 Downtown Eastside Portrait Calendar: Hope in the Shadows - For the past couple of years the PIVOT Legal Society has handed out free disposable black and white cameras to residents of the Downtown Eastside. The best photos have been published in the yearly calendar. You can print out an order form (in PDF) online, or find it at many retailers in Vancouver or seek out one of the many licensed street vendors who receive half the profits of each sale.

Portraits of Edmonton's Inner City (Video) is a audio slide show of people living in poverty in Edmonton, one of Canada's richest cities. The photographer, Pieter de Vos says it is an attempt to make sense of over a decade of inner city work, an attempt to combine photography with sound, narration, and reflection.

The artist has the following instructions:
In order to add another layer to the audio-visual experience, I have also included direct quotes and poetry written by street people in the captions. These can be toggled on-and- off on the bottom right-hand side of the screen. The captions are best viewed if you stop the presentation and then manually select the images along the timeline. As you move your mouse over the timeline, small thumbnails of the images will appear allowing you to select and view individual photos. The captions can then be toggled on our off and read at your convenience.

Across the country there are two projects involving low income women taking photographs of their lives. In Saskatchewan a group of First Nations women are photographing what they see everyday as part of a project called The Marginalization of Indigenous Women. In New Brunswick, a group of low income women were asked to take photos of their joys and frustrations. Some of photos were of a electricity bill, a fridge door or a luxury cruise ship docked in the harbour. Read more about these two photo exhibits on CBC: "First Nations women use 'photo voice' to tell stories," and "Saint John display exhibits the power of poverty."