Tag Archives: housing

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 →

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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 →

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Radio: Bringing sustainability and justice together in a small community

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Scott

Jason Mogus is a long-time climate campaigner and a co-founder of Salt Spring Solutions, a local group on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia that is seeking to address their community’s housing crisis in sustainable ways, in the face of … 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 →

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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 →

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Radio — Tenant organizing in Canada’s most expensive city

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Kell Gerlings and Neil Vokey about the work of the Vancouver Tenants Union. Kell is an organizer with an anti-poverty group called Raise the Rates and is a member … Continue reading →

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Radio — Connecting and radicalizing struggles across low-income communities

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310136596-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-196-dec-212016-connecting-and-radicalizing-struggles-across-low-income-communities.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Herb Varley and Ivan Drury. They are organizers with the Alliance Against Displacement, a British Columbia group that is bringing together struggles across multiple low-income and Indigenous … Continue reading →

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