Posts from the ‘Housing’ category

Children from around the world and where they sleep.

I always find this kind of photojournalism incredibly compelling (for instance, one of my favourite books to give as a present is Menzel D’Aluisio’s Hungry Planet).…

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INFOGRAPHIC: Is Food a Right?

On October 7, 2013, Gordon Neighbourhood House hosted the West End Food Festival. One of the numerous events part of this festival included a panel discussion…

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Katic: DTES Neighbourhood Council Doesn’t Support PiDGiN Picket

Here’s a bit of breaking news on the PiDGiN controversy: The DNC shares many of the goals of the anti-gentrification protesters, but feels that the specific…

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Katic: Another Interesting Day in the DTES

Sam Fenn and I have spent much of the last week looking at development (or gentrification, depending on where you stand) in Vancouver’s downtown east side.…

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Fenn: Brandon’s Bucket and the People’s Pickle

This weekend, Gordon Katic and I spoke with Brandon Grossutti, the owner of the controversial PiDGiN restaurant, about his alleged theft of a papier-mâché pickle. The…

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Katic: Social Housing in the DTES

With the spate of anti-gentrification protest in the Downtown East Side, all eyes are once again on Vancouver’s housing problem. Proponents of development call for a…

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