December 15, 2009
Penny Goldsmith interviewed several advocates and PovNet board members across BC and Canada during her fellowship with the Carold Institute last year. This illustrated story came out of an interview...
Art and Culture, Organizing, Technology, All of Canada
October 20, 2009
The Tyee has put together a stunning photo essay on homelessness in Vancouver and struggle for affordable housing over the past two years. They also put together a panel of experts to assess...
Art and Culture, Government Policy, Homelessness, photo essay, British Columbia
February 14, 2009
A slideshow of the second annual Poverty Olympics by Blackbird.
Art and Culture, Homelessness, Organizing, British Columbia
December 18, 2008
More than 50 pieces of art created by professional artists and community members, including ex-residents are on exhibit on the boarded up windows of the Little Mountain Housing complex. The Little...
Art and Culture, Government Policy, Homelessness, Housing, British Columbia
October 5, 2008
Solutions from Lived Experiences through Arts-Informed Research
Asleep in Toronto
I Was Here
Art and Culture, Homelessness
October 5, 2008
http://www.nfb.ca/iwashere - I WAS HERE is a media workshop that puts digital cameras and photoblogging websites into the hands of young parents. Five women, all pregnant or parenting, have been...
Art and Culture, Homelessness, Women, General resources, Ontario
October 5, 2008
http://anagraphia.blogspot.com/ - This is an artists photoblog of homelessness in Toronto.
Art and Culture, Blogs, Homelessness, General resources, Ontario
May 28, 2008
Poor No More is a new documentary that will take poor Canadians on a journey to see first-hand what is being done here and in other countries to reduce and eliminate poverty. The film and the website...
Art and Culture, General resources, All of Canada, International
November 29, 2007
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...
Art and Culture, British Columbia
November 22, 2007
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...
Alberta, Art and Culture, Homelessness
November 1, 2007
http://www.redwiremag.com/ - Redwire Native Youth Media Society is a media and arts organization dedicated to Native youth expression.
Aboriginal and First Nations, Art and Culture, Children and Youth, Health, Media, Organizing, Prisoners' Rights, British Columbia, General resources
February 18, 2007
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...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Art and Culture, Women, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan
November 24, 2006
There are a number of progressive organizations across Canada that are selling beautiful and inspiring fundraising calendars for the new year. You can order many of these online or seek out calendars...
Art and Culture, All of Canada
September 17, 2006
A book of life stories of seven women who have triumphed over addiction, poverty, and illness in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has won the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in BC. George Ryga...
Art and Culture, Women, British Columbia
September 5, 2006
An SFU graduate student has created a game that puts the player in the role of a homeless woman. The game involves moving the woman around a simple map trying to forage for bottles and items to sell...
Art and Culture, British Columbia
August 9, 2006
The Icarus Project is a non-profit community based website, support network, and underground media project created by and for people struggling with bipolar disorder and other dangerous gifts that...
Art and Culture, Mental Health, Technology, General resources, International
August 9, 2006
www.gachet.org/ - Gallery Gachet provides artists informed by mental health issues with opportunities to exhibit, curate, perform, read, teach and to develop their leadership skills.
Art and Culture, Mental Health, British Columbia, General resources
July 14, 2006
PhotoVoice is a participatory action research method pioneered by Carolyn Wang. PhotoVoice is a process that enables community members to produce photographs to document their experiences. The...
Art and Culture, Women, All of Canada
July 5, 2006
Julian Beever does 3 dimensional illusionary drawings in chalk. One of his drawings, a forty foot long one, depicts a Make Poverty History world. See the Make Poverty History world from the front...
Art and Culture, Organizing, International
April 1, 2006
Many of Japan's homeless construct their own transportable houses. Thet are simple, elegant and inspired by the zen Buddhist tradition. They have begun to be appreciated as art, being photographed...
Art and Culture, Homelessness, International
January 9, 2006
Located in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Pivot is a non-profit legal advocacy organization that focuses its efforts strategically to address the legal and human rights challenges commonly faced by...
Art and Culture, British Columbia
November 5, 2005
Homefest is a concert to raise awareness of the housing crisis hurting the lives of thousands of people in Edmonton. Money raised by the concert will be donated to support housing needs in Edmonton...
Alberta, Art and Culture, Housing
April 28, 2005
A new play by anti-poverty author and activist Sheila Baxter (Still Raising Hell, A Child is Not a Toy) is being performed in Vancouver May 6th and 7th. The Death in a Dumpster: A Passion Play for...
Art and Culture, Homelessness, British Columbia
October 6, 2001
This video is based on interviews with leading members of OCAP including John Clarke and Gaetan Heroux, as well as footage of actions organized by the group in the last few years. Judy Koch has...
Art and Culture, Organizing, Ontario
