June 19, 2009
The Tyee has published a two part series on food security in poor neighbourhoods like the Downtown Eastside. The first article explores the kitchen at the Carnegie Community Centre which provides low...
Keywords: food security, Foodbanks and Food, soup kitchens, British Columbia
June 19, 2009
In October 2008, the BC Supreme Court struck down Victoria's bylaw banning people from erecting tents or other structures in city parks. The judge ruled that due to the lack of housing and shelter,...
Keywords: Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, British Columbia
June 11, 2009
For the last ten months, Penny from PovNet has been interviewing BC advocates about how they use PovNet and how it has changed the way they work as advocates. She has put together a digital story...
Keywords: Media, Organizing, Poverty Research, British Columbia, All of Canada
June 10, 2009
The Poverty and Human Rights Centre is intervening to to support homeless people in the Tent City Case. The appeal will be heard in the British Columbia Court of Appeal on June 10 and 11, 2009. The...
Keywords: Homelessness, Human Rights, British Columbia
May 22, 2009
The latest report from the BC Ministry of Housing and Social Development shows that the number of people on welfare who are able and expected to work has increased by 50% over the last year. The...
Keywords: Government Policy, Welfare, British Columbia
May 7, 2009
Keywords: bc election, BC political parties, Government Policy, government policy, British Columbia
April 28, 2009
City of Victoria v. Adams is an important new B.C. case about social and economic rights. The issue in this case is whether a City bylaw which required homeless people to remove tents and any...
Keywords: Homelessness, Legal Research, British Columbia
April 13, 2009
An article in the Tyee investigates the BC Ombudsman's welfare recommendations and how the BC Liberal's have created a broken welfare system that has affected individuals and communities across BC....
Keywords: Government Policy, Welfare, British Columbia
April 7, 2009
Thousands of people marched to demand government action on affordable housing and homelessness in Vancouver and across BC on Saturday. The march was organized by the Citywide Housing Coalition, a...
Keywords: Homelessness, Housing, Organizing, British Columbia
April 1, 2009
According to two articles in the Tyee, while the Vancouver Police Department is saying that the opening of five shelters over the winter has cut street disorder calls by 30%, the province is changing...
Keywords: Homelessness, British Columbia
March 30, 2009
In February, the Victoria Times Colonist published a seven part series about the Indigenous housing crisis on the West Coast. The series exposed the poorly constructed houses, overcrowding, mold and...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Housing, British Columbia
March 29, 2009
In early March, the BC Auditor General released a report about the government's strategy to address homelessness in the province. The Auditor General's report notes that government’s goals and...
Keywords: Homelessness, British Columbia
March 29, 2009
With the BC election coming up on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, various organizations have put together resources, blogs and websites documenting the election issues.
Keywords: Government Policy, British Columbia
March 29, 2009
As BC is gearing up for a provincial election in May 2009, a number of organizations from around BC under the ad hoc group, Poverty Reduction in BC, have put out resources and statements about a...
Keywords: Government Policy, Organizing, Poverty Research, British Columbia
March 25, 2009
TRAC Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre is an educational charity that provides information about residential tenancy law in BC. They have a newly redesigned website that has information and...
Keywords: Housing, Tenants' Rights, British Columbia
March 23, 2009
In 2005, BCPIAC filed a complaint with the BC Ombudsman because of widespread concerns about unfair practices experienced by poor people who need assistance from the ministry. Today the the BC...
Keywords: Government Policy, Welfare, British Columbia
March 21, 2009
A story in the Tyee investigates how homelessness is growing in small towns in northern BC where shelter and affordable housing is scarce and there are few opportunities for homeless people to escape...
Keywords: Homelessness, British Columbia
March 16, 2009
http://lifeontheplist.blogspot.com/ - Life on the P List, a British Columbian woman is chronicling the issues she deals with while living under the poverty line.
Keywords: Blogs, British Columbia
March 11, 2009
Congratulations to advocate, Sian Thomsom who has won a BC Community achievement Award for her work as a founder and organizer of JADE, the Justice, Advocacy, Dignity and Empowerment Society....
Keywords: British Columbia
March 11, 2009
A new study released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has found that today's poor and middle class families in BC are in worse financial shape than their parents’ generation. The study...
Keywords: Family, Poverty Research, British Columbia
