Tag Archives: homelessness

Learning from Organizers — Lorraine Lam

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Scott

As part of Toronto’s Shelter and Housing Justice Network (SHJN), Lorraine Lam is active in struggles related to housing, homelessness, and poverty. She connects her commitment to social justice to growing up in a church setting, saying, “It was there … Continue reading →

Posted in Talking Radical: Resources | Tagged anti-poverty, homelessness, housing, Lorraine Lam, movement learning, poverty, Talking Radical: Resources, Toronto | Leave a comment

Radio: The hard, slow work of opposing poverty in an era of growing crisis

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Scott

Sandee Lovas and Silke Force are members of the Alliance Against Poverty, a grassroots anti-poverty group in Kitchener-Waterloo, which is an hour southwest of Toronto in southern Ontario. Scott Neigh interviews them about the impact of poverty on their lives … Continue reading →

Posted in Episode, Radio | Tagged affordable housing, Alliance Against Poverty, anti-poverty, disability, homelessness, housing, Ontario, poverty, Sandee Lovas, Silke Force, Waterloo | Leave a comment

Radio: A new look at one of Ontario’s most notorious grassroots groups

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Scott

For more than 20 years, A.J. Withers was active with one of Ontario’s best known grassroots groups, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). Recently, Withers released a new book telling stories of and drawing lessons from four of OCAP’s key … Continue reading →

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Radio: Supporting homeless encampments in Halifax

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Scott

Vicky Levack is a human rights advocate based in Halifax whose work focuses on disability and on gender, with a particular interest in housing issues. These days, she is active with the PADS Community Network, a new grassroots formation in … Continue reading →

Posted in Episode, Radio | Tagged COVID-19, Halifax, homelessness, housing, PADS Community Network, Vicky Levack | Leave a comment

Radio — Tenant organizing in a Winnipeg neighbourhood

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Scott

Samantha Smith, Leslie Scott, and Robert Crooks are renters and current or former residents of the West Broadway neighbourhood in Winnipeg. They are also active members of the West Broadway Tenants Committee, a grassroots group of renters. Scott Neigh interviews … Continue reading →

Posted in Episode, Radio | Tagged gentrification, homelessness, housing, Leslie Scott, Robert Crooks, Samantha Smith, tenant organizing, tenant rights, West Broadway Tenants Committee, winnipeg | Leave a comment

Radio — People with lived experience of homelessness walking for justice

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Scott

Kym Hines, Hugh Lampkin, and Cynthia Travers are social justice activists who have lived experience of homelessness. Hines is an anti-poverty activist involved in a number of groups in Victoria, British Columbia. Lampkin is the vice-president of the Vancouver Area … Continue reading →

Posted in Episode, Radio | Tagged homelessness, Hugh Lampkin, Kamloops, Kym Hines, Poor Persons Walk, poverty, social justice, Vancouver, Victoria | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: homelessness

Learning from Organizers — Lorraine Lam

Radio: The hard, slow work of opposing poverty in an era of growing crisis

Radio: A new look at one of Ontario’s most notorious grassroots groups

Radio: Supporting homeless encampments in Halifax

Radio — Tenant organizing in a Winnipeg neighbourhood

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