Dec 9, 2011
Olympic social housing hit with huge hidden bills
Scott Bernstein explains why Pivot is representing low-income tenants from Vancouver's Olympic Village housing complex.
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Nov 23, 2011 Vancouver slumlord sued by 11 more ex-tenantsPivot 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. |
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Nov 17, 2011 Know your rights cards, 10 years onKatrina Pacey talks with Paul Ryan about the original Pivot publication, the statement for police rights card which has been produced since July 2002. |
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Nov 14, 2011 Why criminalizing clients won't workLawyer Katrina Pacey talks to Paul Ryan about why street-level sex workers would be just as unsafe if laws were introduced to criminalize sex work clients. |
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Nov 11, 2011 Solutions to Vancouver's homelessness crisisIn the run-up to municipal elections on November 19, Ivan Drury explains 3 easy steps that would be easy for city hall to implement to solve the homelessness crisis, at almost no cost to taxpayers. |
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Nov 3, 2011 Carlotta Gurl and PivotDrag 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. |
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Oct 15, 2011 Downtown Eastside MagicHope 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. |
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Sep 26, 2011 YIMBY kit launched to fight NIMBYismThe 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. |
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Sep 26, 2011 Housing and gentrification in Vancouver's Downtown EastsideWendy Pedersen, community organizer for the Carnegie Community Action Project, talks about housing and the fight against gentrification in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. |
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Sep 17, 2011 New Vancouver sex work reportKatrina 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. |
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Sep 10, 2011 Homelessness in VancouverDavid 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. |
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Sep 5, 2011 Housing rights and slumlords in VancouverPivot lawyer Doug King talks about the latest housing rights litigation against a Vancouver slumlord. |
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Jul 29, 2011 A home for everyone: Homelessness in VancouverVancouver 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. |
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Jul 21, 2011 Libby Davies talks to Pivot about human rights, housing and sex workVancouver 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. |
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Jul 12, 2011 Brutality alleged by DTES residentsPivot 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. |
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Jun 22, 2011 HIV, Law and Human RightsVancouver 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. |
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Jun 18, 2011 Ontario Court of Appeal hears from Pivot lawyer on sex work lawsPivot'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. |
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Jun 11, 2011 Hope in Shadows 2011: The camera return siteThis 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. |
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May 26, 2011 Community groups shut out of Missing Women's InquiryPublic 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. |
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May 18, 2011 Pivot hosts Health, Harm Reduction and the Law: The InSite Case and the Future of Canadian Drug PolicyPaul Ryan speaks to Darcie Bennett following Pivot's forum on the InSite supervised injection facility, a week after the federal government's final appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. |
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May 11, 2011 Vancouver homeless shelters close 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. |
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Apr 28, 2011 Five HEAT shelters shut down in Vancouver, Pivot calls for shelters to open year-roundPivot 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. |
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Apr 21, 2011 City of Vancouver fails to include homeless rightsPivot 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. |
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Apr 13, 2011 No mention of national housing strategy in leaders' debatePivot lawyer and head of the housing campaign, Doug King, talks about the lack of mention of a need for a national housing strategy during the federal party leaders' debate on April 12. |