October 17, 2011
From PeacockPoverty:
PeacockPoverty is a collection of individuals with an experience of poverty who join together to share knowledge, strength, talent and wisdom with each other and our friends....
Keywords: Blogs, Homelessness, Human Rights, Media, Organizing, Poverty Research, Unemployment, Welfare, General resources, Multimedia, All of Canada, International
June 1, 2011
Frances Bula, a former Vancouver Sun reporter, writes the State of Vancouver blog. The blog has stories and opinion pieces on city politics, the Downtown Eastside, homelessness and other Vancouver...
Keywords: Blogs, Media, British Columbia
June 1, 2011
Challenging the Commonplace, a blog by two social researchers with stories on a variety of issues including poverty and homelessness.
Keywords: Blogs, Media, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
Megaphone is a magazine sold on the streets of Vancouver by homeless and low-income vendors. Vendors buy the paper for 50 cents and sell the magazine to customers by donation. All money from the...
Keywords: Homelessness, Media, British Columbia, General resources
June 1, 2011
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 documenting their lives in...
Keywords: Art and Culture, Blogs, Media, Technology, Women, Ontario, Multimedia
June 1, 2011
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.
Keywords: Blogs, Media, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
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...
Keywords: Art and Culture, Media, General resources, Multimedia, All of Canada, International
June 1, 2011
Victoria Street Newz is an alternative independent media site and street newsper out of Victoria that focuses on the root causes and effects of poverty, homelessness, and environmental degradation.
Keywords: Homelessness, Media, British Columbia, General resources
June 1, 2011
Technorati is a blog search engine. You can use it like Google to find blogs.
Keywords: Blogs, Media, Technology, General resources, International
May 30, 2011
Real Change is a street newspaper, an advocacy group, a Homeless Speakers Bureau, and literary program out of Seattle. They aim to build bridges among the poor, homeless and the greater community,...
Keywords: Homelessness, Media, Organizing, Panhandling, General resources, United States
May 30, 2011
Beyond Chron, the Voice of the Rest, is an alternative online daily published by the San Francisco-based Tenderloin Housing Clinic.
Keywords: Media, General resources, United States
May 30, 2011
Homeless Nation, a website created for and by homeless people in Canada hosts blogs for people living in poverty. You can read other blogs or sign up and get your own blog.
Keywords: Blogs, Homelessness, Media, General resources, United States
May 30, 2011
No Excuse: The Poverty Project is a blog managed and mostly written by Hamilton Spectator poverty beat reporter, Bill Dunphy, and is part of the paper's larger Poverty Project. The blog has daily...
Keywords: Blogs, Media, Poverty Research, Ontario
May 30, 2011
Between the Lines is a syndicated, half-hour program broadcast from Connecticut, US that provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or...
Keywords: Media, General resources, United States
May 30, 2011
The Other Side is a radio show out of Hamiliton, Ontario which highlights poverty and social justice issues. You can listen to the show online on 93.3 CFMU-FM.
Keywords: Media, General resources, Ontario, Multimedia
May 30, 2011
Redwire Native Youth Media Society is a media and arts organization dedicated to Native youth expression.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Media, British Columbia, General resources
May 30, 2011
Poor News Network is a multi-media access project of POOR Magazine out of California, that is dedicated to reframing the news, issues and solutions from low and no income communities, as well as...
Keywords: Media, Poverty Research, General resources, United States
May 30, 2011
Think NDN is a weekly hour-long radio show on Co-op radio in Vancouver for and by Vancouver's Aboriginal community. Archives of the show are available at Coop Radio's website.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Art and Culture, Media, British Columbia, General resources
May 30, 2011
Intercontinental Cry is a blog with an extensive international list of blogs, media, technology and news sites with an focus on indigenous issues.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Blogs, Media, International
May 30, 2011
Making the Links Radio is committed to reporting on international and local issues in a way that is informative, in-depth and offers coverage not normally found in the mainstream media. It broadcasts...
Keywords: Media, General resources, Saskatchewan
May 30, 2011
The Poverty News Blog has news and links about the struggle of the poor around the world.
Keywords: Blogs, Media, Poverty Research, International
May 30, 2011
Formerly Homeless is a blog about the homeless and homelessness in Canada written by a formerly homeless social/community worker.
Keywords: Blogs, Homelessness, Media, British Columbia, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
This website includes an online data base of reported and unreported Canadian human rights decisions and links to related human rights sites.
Keywords: Human Rights, Media, British Columbia, General resources, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Mostly Water is a selection of Canadian and International social justice news.
Keywords: Media, General resources, All of Canada, International
May 30, 2011
The Dominion Paper is "Canada's Grassroots Paper" covering issues across Canada and internationally.
Keywords: Media, General resources, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
The Canada Gazette is the official news bulletin of the Government of Canada.
Keywords: Media, General resources, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
The Students Commission, an organization fostering the growth and education of youth, creates a magazine, now available online.
Keywords: Children and Youth, Ethnicity and Race, Media, Violence, General resources, Ontario
May 30, 2011
The Benton Foundation provides a critical look at the American media.
Keywords: Media, Organizations, United States
May 29, 2011
Taproot Newsletter is the online newsletter of the Together Against Poverty Society (TAPS) from Victoria, BC. Taproot is published bi-monthly and contains informative articles related to anti-poverty...
Keywords: Media, Organizing, Poverty Research, British Columbia, Organizations
May 29, 2011
The Tyee is an independent BC news source with many editorials and news articles on poverty issues.
Keywords: Media, British Columbia, General resources
May 29, 2011
Tao communications is a regional federation of local autonomous collectives and individuals involved in communications and media, radical activism and social work.
Keywords: Media, Organizing, Technology, Organizations, All of Canada
May 29, 2011
The Independent Media Centre is an alternative news source reporting on activism.
Keywords: Media, Organizing, Organizations, International
May 29, 2011
The Carnegie Newsletter is one of the most read and respected publications in the Downtown Eastside.
Keywords: Media, Organizing, British Columbia, General resources
May 29, 2011
Seven Oaks Magazine is an alternative analysis of BC and international political and cultural issues updated weekly.
Keywords: Media, British Columbia, General resources
December 22, 2010
The Mainlander is a Metro Vancouver online publication dedicated to the coverage of municipal politics, housing and homelessness, policing, arts and culture and more.
The Mainlander aims to:
provide...
Keywords: Blogs, Government Policy, Homelessness, Housing, Media, British Columbia
April 29, 2010
Redeye is a 3-hour radio program broadcast live every Saturday morning on Vancouver Cooperative Radio, CFRO 102.7FM. It is produced by an independent media collective at the studios of Coop Radio in...
Keywords: Media, podcast, British Columbia, Multimedia
April 20, 2010
The Hook is the Tyee's political blog. This blog has stories and opinions about BC politics, homelessness, the Olympics and more.
Keywords: Blogs, Media, British Columbia
April 20, 2010
The Media Co-op is a network of member-supported, local, democratic news organizations across Canada. The Media Co-op publishes the Dominion.
Keywords: independant media, Media, news, Nova Scotia, Multimedia
February 11, 2010
The Media Co-op is a coast-to-coast network of local Media Cooperatives dedicated to providing grassroots, democratic coverage. Keep up to date on what is happening on the streets of Vancouver.
Keywords: independent media, Media, British Columbia, Multimedia
October 19, 2009
Panos London promotes the participation of poor and marginalised people in national and international development debates through media and communication projects. They are part of the worldwide...
Keywords: Media, Organizing, Organizations, International
