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#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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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Carlotta Gurl and Pivot

November 3, 2011
| Drag Queen Carlotta Gurl talks about why she supports Pivot's advocacy for marginalized people in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside on the eve of Passion for Justice in Vancouver.

8:43 minutes (7.98 MB)
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Vancouver slumlord sued by 11 more ex-tenants

November 23, 2011
| Pivot lawyer Doug King talks about 11 more ex-tenants who are launching legal action against slumlord George Wolsey. We also talk to two tenants about their experiences.

24:31 minutes (22.45 MB)