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Pivot Legal Society

#14: A vigil by local people to save the safe injection site.

May 8, 2008

| An interview with a journalist who covered a vigil to keep North America's only supervised injection site open.

9:58 minutes (9.12 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#2: Frank Paul inquiry & a new housing report launched

February 14, 2008

| Frank Paul inquiry and a new report: Housing Solutions for the Downtown Eastside

30:37 minutes (28.03 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#15: Frank Paul Inquiry and new restrictions on voting in B.C.

May 15, 2008

| BC Civil Liberties executive director talks about the Frank Paul Inquiry and changes to the B.C. Elections Act which will disenfranchise up to 100,000 people.

29:11 minutes (26.72 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#17 BC Court rules InSite must stay open

May 27, 2008

| BC Court rules Insite, Vancouver's supervised injection site must remain open for at least a year. Also new figures leaked about homeless people turned away from Vancouver shelters.

20:31 minutes (18.79 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#19 - Hope in Shadows Camera Handout 2008

June 12, 2008

| Hope in Shadows Camera Handout 2008. Interview with Paul Ryan from Hope in Shadows, a contestant and Pivot Issues in the News.

18:26 minutes (16.88 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#20 - Harm Reduction: women caring for their own babies

June 19, 2008

| #20 - Harm Reduction: Dr Ron Abrahams talks about the success in allowing women with addictions to care for their own babies after the birth.

20:16 minutes (18.56 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#21 - By-law enforcement targets homeless people in Vancouver

July 3, 2008

| By-laws are being enforced to prosecute sidewalk sales and to confiscate belongings of homeless people in Vancouver.

11:31 minutes (13.19 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#22 - New Rights Cards for Renters

July 10, 2008

| New Rights Cards for Renters. Rebecca Cuttler talks to David Eby about the Tenant Rights Cards released by Pivot Legal Society.

18:53 minutes (17.29 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#23 - Pivot lawyer David Eby aims for City Hall

July 17, 2008

| Pivot lawyer David Eby aims for City Hall - we talk to him about what this will mean for Pivot. We also have extensive coverage of this in Pivot Issues in the News

10:53 minutes (9.97 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#25 - Pivot to sue police until civilian oversight initiated

July 31, 2008

| #25 - How to Sue the Police. Nancy Macdonald talks to Doug King, Pivot policing campaigner about the boycott of the Police Complaints Authority by Pivot and B.C. Civil Liberties Association

19:41 minutes (18.02 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#24 - Safer crack-use kits: the trial ends, how did it go?

July 24, 2008

| SCORE have produced a report on their trial handing out of safer crack kits to Vancouver addicts. We talk to nurse Jodie Loadfoot.

21:42 minutes (19.88 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#26 The Blackbird - a Downtown Eastside photographer

September 2, 2008

| Jay Black is The Blackbird, a photographer who is documenting the rapid change taking place in Canada's poorest postal code

23:01 minutes (21.07 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#27 New homelessness complaint sent to UN by Pivot

September 11, 2008

| #27 New homelessness complaint sent to UN by Pivot. Erin Millar talks to Pivot lawyer Laura Track about the new report and also about the new community court in Vancouver.

22:04 minutes (20.21 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#28 - Jane Doe Legal Clinic launched in Vancouver

October 2, 2008

| #28 - Jane Doe Legal Clinic launched in Vancouver. Rebecca Cuttler talks to Darcie Bennett from Pivot about the new legal clinic for women who have experienced violence.

14:49 minutes (13.57 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#29 - RCMP secretly funded anti-Insite research

October 8, 2008

| Pivot Legal Society Police spokesperson Doug King is interviewed by Nancy Macdonald about the RCMP secretly funding anti-Insite research

6:34 minutes (6.02 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

podcast #32 - Jean Swanson: What Downtown Eastsiders want

December 10, 2008

| James Ash talks with Jean Swanson about the project to map the people of the Downtown Eastside.

12:16 minutes (11.24 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Security before Justice - a report on private policing in Vancouver

December 3, 2008

| Security Before Justice - a look at the new report looking at private security and its effect on homelessness and under-housed Vancouver residents

13:17 minutes (12.17 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

February 26, 2009

| Paul Ryan interviews Pivot's policing campaigner Doug King about recent ticketing by Vancouver police of people in the Downtown Eastside

10:22 minutes (9.54 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Pivot files "BodyCuff" complaint

March 4, 2009

| Pivot files "BodyCuff" complaint about miss-use of the restraining device by Vancouver Police

7:20 minutes (6.76 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#35 - Hope in Shadows in Chinese

March 6, 2009

| Hope in Shadows exhibition opens in Burnaby after being translated into Chinese

7:24 minutes (6.82 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#36 - Downtown Eastside coverage by mainstream media: locals talk back

March 12, 2009

| Recent campaigns by the Globe and Mail and Province newspapers have upset local people for a variety of reasons

28:51 minutes (26.46 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

#37- 2010 Olympic Security & the Downtown Eastside

March 27, 2009

| 2010 Olympic Security explained to Downtown Eastside Residents by the Integrated Security Unit at a meeting hosted by Pivot Legal Society

10:54 minutes (10.03 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Police investigating police

December 15, 2009

| Abbotsford Police clear Vancouver Police of wrongdoing in Hubbard case.

7:01 minutes (6.42 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

2010 Olympics: Know your rights

February 11, 2010

| Pivot Legal Society to hand out thousands of cards with legal rights and sets up 24-hour Pivot Lawyer Hotline.

9:34 minutes (8.76 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Olympic red tents wrap-up

March 3, 2010

| Olympic Canadian Pavilion wrapped up in red tent protest. We talked to John Richardson about how the campaign went and what is next for Pivot and the National Housing Strategy protest.

14:28 minutes (13.25 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Vancouver's Megaphone speaks out

March 9, 2010

| Writer and editor Kevin Hollett talks about the Megaphone, the Olympics and Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

10:57 minutes (10.03 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Social enterprise lawyers

March 17, 2010

| This week we talked to Katrina Pacey, managing partner of Pivot Legal LLP, about an exciting event coming up where they will be judged.

9:36 minutes (8.79 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Vancouver Homeless shelter dwellers meet, closure deadline looms

April 8, 2010

| Wendy Pedersen talks about planned closures of the homeless shelters opened before the Olympics.

12:06 minutes (11.09 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Red Tents to replace homeless shelters?

April 14, 2010

| Am Johal, chair of the Impact on Communities Coalition, talks about a national housing proposal to be introduced in Parliament this month, and the Red Tents campaign.

15:03 minutes (13.79 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Red Tent on sidewalk - ticket cancelled after Pivot action

May 4, 2010

| A homeless man's Red Tent on the sidewalk outside BC's courthouse resulted in a violation ticket being handed out and then cancelled

8:59 minutes (8.23 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

B.C. welfare policy hurting family reunification

May 18, 2010

| Pivot Lawyer Lobat Sadrehashemi talks about a complaint filed to the B.C. Ombudsperson regarding a policy that makes it difficult for foster children to return to their parents.

9:26 minutes (8.64 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Vancouver 'Hope in Shadows' photo contest underway

June 8, 2010

| Paul Ryan and John Richardson talk about Downtown Ambassadors, Red Tents in Ottawa and Hope in Shadows.

21:12 minutes (19.41 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Dumpster diver market in Vancouver

June 15, 2010

| Tami Starlight from the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Council talks about a new, organized street vendor market for binners and local people.

13:11 minutes (12.07 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Excessive force by Vancouver Police caught on video

July 13, 2010

| Sean Condon of Megaphone Magazine talks about how he came about an exclusive story about the Vancouver Police exercising excessive force on a homeless man.

10:30 minutes (9.61 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Red Tents to protest MPs who are against a national housing strategy

July 27, 2010

| Paul Ryan talks to Doug King about an upcoming Red Tents action and seeking dialogue with Conservative MPs who voted against an amendment to C-304, the bill for a proposed national housing strategy.

9:05 minutes (8.32 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Prostitution laws knocked down

September 29, 2010

| Katrina Pacey from Pivot Legal Society talks about the Ontario Superior Court decision to legalize prostitution.

8:14 minutes (7.54 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

B.C. sex law challenge to proceed

October 13, 2010

| Katrina Pacey from Pivot Legal Society explains what happens now to the sex work challenge that was delayed by the federal government in 2008.

9:34 minutes (8.76 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Red Tent National Day of Action

October 19, 2010

| Red Tents were erected all over the country today as part of the National Day of Action to urge politicians to address the homelessness crisis.

5:49 minutes (5.33 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Call for an independent police panel in B.C.

February 9, 2011

| Paul Ryan talks to Doug King about the need for an independent panel to investigate police misconduct in British Columbia.

9:02 minutes (8.28 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Pivot's social change through Vancouver public space

February 16, 2011

| John Richardson, founder of the Pivot Legal Society, delivers a short talk at Change Through on Pivot's role in using Vancouver public space for social change.

9:37 minutes (8.81 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Precedent set in standards of maintenance case in Surrey

February 24, 2011

| Lawyer Scott Bernstein speaks to Paul Ryan about a tenant who won her case against a negligent landlord in Surrey.

11:32 minutes (10.56 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Christy Clark: B.C. premier elect's impact on families

March 3, 2011

| What will Christy Clark's appointment as B.C. premier really mean for families? Paul Ryan asks Pivot's Campaign Director Darcie Bennett.

8:36 minutes (7.88 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Vancouver DTES women's groups shut out of B.C. Housing office

March 24, 2011

| Harsha Walia, Vancouver DTES women's rights organizer, speaks about demands for women's safety in shelters in light of recent sexual assaults.

8:17 minutes (7.58 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

National housing bill killed by federal election -- what now?

March 30, 2011

| Doug King speaks about Bill C-304, a bill ensuring adequate, accessible and affordable housing, has been killed due to the upcoming federal election and now must be re-introduced after the election.

12:39 minutes (11.59 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Supreme Court to hear feds' sex work appeal

April 6, 2011

| Canada's Supreme Court has allowed the federal government the right to appeal an attempt by Vancouver sex workers to challenge Canada's criminal laws relating to adult prostitution.

11:13 minutes (10.27 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

City of Vancouver fails to include homeless rights

April 21, 2011

| Pivot lawyer Scott Bernstein explains to Carolyn Wong how a new City of Vancouver by-law will limit the type, length and area of many protests.

20:36 minutes (18.86 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Five HEAT shelters shut down in Vancouver, Pivot calls for shelters to open year-round

April 28, 2011

| Pivot lawyer Doug King talks about the social impact of the HEAT shelter closing, the need for shelters to be open year-round, and the Red Tent campaign.

8:05 minutes (7.4 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Vancouver homeless shelters close

May 11, 2011

| Sean Spear from Raincity Housing talks about the need for permanent year-round shelters as a first point of contact for hard to house people.

13:20 minutes (12.2 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Community groups shut out of Missing Women's Inquiry

May 26, 2011

| Public interest groups and organizations working with women in the Downtown Eastside were shocked by an unexpected decision to deny them funding to participate in the Missing Women's Inquiry.

8:01 minutes (7.34 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Hope in Shadows 2011: The camera return site

June 11, 2011

| This week, Paul Ryan interviews people on location at the Hope in Shadows camera return site in Vancouver, about photographs they have taken for the Hope in Shadows calendar.

9:28 minutes (8.68 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Ontario Court of Appeal hears from Pivot lawyer on sex work laws

June 18, 2011

| Pivot's Litigation Director Katrina Pacey talks to Laura Drake about arguing before the Ontario Court of Appeal that Canada's criminal laws needlessly endanger Vancouver's street-level sex workers.

9:00 minutes (8.25 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

HIV, Law and Human Rights

June 22, 2011

| Vancouver lawyer Elin Sigurdson talks to Pivot's Laura Drake about attending the third annual Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights.

11:30 minutes (10.53 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Brutality alleged by DTES residents

July 12, 2011

| Pivot Legal Society has launched a Human Rights Complaint and civil suits on behalf of three men who allege they were beaten up by private security guards who patrol Vancouver's Harbour Centre mall.

7:16 minutes (6.66 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Libby Davies talks to Pivot about human rights, housing and sex work

July 21, 2011

| Vancouver East MP Libby Davies talks to Pivot's Laura Drake about the upcoming session of Parliament and what might happen in some of Pivot's campaign areas.

31:48 minutes (29.11 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

A home for everyone: Homelessness in Vancouver

July 29, 2011

| Vancouver City Councillor Ellen Woodsworth talks to Pivot's Laura Drake about how to tackle homelessness in Vancouver. Also: Lawyer Scott Bernstein talks to city council about homelessness.

30:45 minutes (28.16 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Housing rights and slumlords in Vancouver

September 5, 2011

| Pivot lawyer Doug King talks about the latest housing rights litigation against a Vancouver slumlord.

12:45 minutes (11.68 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Homelessness in Vancouver

September 10, 2011

| David Eby is Executive Director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. A former lawyer with Pivot Legal Society, he co-published Cracks in the Foundation in 2006.

13:28 minutes (12.33 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

New Vancouver sex work report

September 17, 2011

| Katrina Pacey talks about what is -- and more importantly, what isn't -- in the new report put out by the City of Vancouver on sex work in the city.

8:17 minutes (7.59 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Housing and gentrification in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

September 26, 2011

| Wendy Pedersen, community organizer for the Carnegie Community Action Project, talks about housing and the fight against gentrification in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

12:16 minutes (11.23 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

YIMBY kit launched to fight NIMBYism

September 26, 2011

| The YIMBY kit was launched in Vancouver over the weekend. We talk with Pivot's Darcie Bennett and Johanna Suttor-Doerksen from the Salsbury Community Society.

7:55 minutes (7.26 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Downtown Eastside Magic

October 15, 2011

| Hope in Shadows project director Paul Ryan talks to this year's Hope in Shadows Photography Contest winner Kim Washburn after the recent opening of the annual exhibition at the Pendulum Gallery.

10:59 minutes (10.07 MB)

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Pivot Points Radio

May 11, 2012

| Carolyn Wong interviews community researchers Surita Parashar and Valerie Nicholson on Pivot Points radio.

10:01 minutes (13.75 MB)

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