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.

Edmonton, along with the rest of Alberta is facing a serious affordable housing crisis. In the spring, some homeless residents started up a tent city due to the lack of affordable housing. Throughout the summer the tent city grew to over 200 residents. On September 15th the city evicted the remaining residents of the tent city, many who do not have shelter. For more information read an article on CBC, "Edmonton closes tent city for the homeless" and an article on Homeless Nation. Watch a video of the closing of tent city (Video) and of a rally in August for Affordable Housing.

The government of Alberta has created a Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force to look at solutions to homelessness and rent subsidies. The task force is going to travel across the province and visit the many Albertan cities and towns that are facing increasing homelessness. The first stop for the task forces will be Grande Prairie, which is a small city with a big homeless problem.