Housing

GroundWire | Housing in the Budget, Fontaine Boushie Protest Camp, International Women's Day

GroundWire Production — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 00:52:04 +0000

Community Radio News from Coast to Coast to Coast

This episode of GroundWire was produced on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit in Toronto by the GroundWire National Coordination Team, hosted by Omme-Salma Rahemtullah.

GroundWire | May 8, 2017

GroundWire Production — Wed, 10 May 2017 03:25:48 +0000

Palestinian Dignity Strike, March for Science, Future of First Nations Métis and Inuit broadcasting

This episode of GroundWire was produced on Holmaco First Nations Territory by Volunteers at the Future of First Nations Mé

GroundWire | March 27, 2017 | Ceremony and healing for Indigenous youth suicides, 5 days for homelessness, and west coast pipelines

GroundWire Production — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:58:10 +0000

This episode of GroundWire was produced on Anishinabe territory in Thunder Bay part of the Robinson Superior Treaty and home of the Fort William First Nation by Carly Forbes.

Headlines

Community forum on police brutality in Montreal | CKUT News

Tent City Vancouver, #JusticeforAbdiRahman, CRTC dismissal of Commissioner Shoan

GroundWire Production — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:33:10 +0000

This ep

GroundWire Feb 29 | Homelessness in Canada special episode

GroundWire Production — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 04:45:21 +0000

Community radio news from coast to coast to coast

This episode is GroundWire's contribution to the 14th annual Homelessness Marathon, originally aired across the country on February 23rd/24th.

Sudbury: Whose downtown is it?

scott.neigh — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:37:16 +0000

Many studies, speeches, and proposals in recent years have made suggestions about the "what" and "how" of transforming the downtown in Sudbury, Ontario.

Activists Interrupt Council Meeting to Challenge Sudbury's Inaction on Homelessness

scott.neigh — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 01:52:34 +0000

Solidarity from Steel Workers present for different issue helped ensure space for activists to present demands

Members and supporters of the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty (S-CAP) interrupted tonight's city council meeting with a statement, signs, and chanting to demand council end its inaction on emergency night-time shelter for homeless people.

No new options for people on Sudbury's icy streets

scott.neigh — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 02:03:09 +0000

City committee refuses to consider using city hall to let homeless people stay warm at night

On a night on which the windchill will push below -40 C, members and supporters of the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty (S-CAP) demanded immediate, practical answers from the City of Greater Sudbury's Community Services Committee to the problem of homeless people dying on Sudbury's streets.

Sudbury Voices: Bobbi Aubin on Homelessness and LGBTQ Youth

scott.neigh — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:20:25 +0000

The Sudbury working group of The Media Co-op wants to hear what kinds of social change people in our city would like to see.

John Clarke: The Role of Activist Research in Resisting Austerity

cait — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:20:44 +0000

The Role of Activist Research in Resisting Austerity
John Clarke of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP)
November 3, 2011 - Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario

John Clarke: The Politics of Austerity

cait — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:16:40 +0000

The Politics of Austerity and How to Fight it
John Clarke of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP)
November 2, 2011 - Sudbury, Ontario

Campaign Launch: Poverty Free Ontario

cait — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:02:59 +0000

A series of photographs from today's launch of the Poverty Free Ontario Campaign in Sudbury. The following is the press release:

Hip Hop and Media Organizing Against Displacement, Colonization and Gentrification

dawn — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:48:18 +0000

Subhead:

w/Detroit based emcee & activist ** INVINCIBLE ***

Fri Aug 7

city:

Vancouver

Venue:

Flack Block, W2 Launchpad

Address:

157 W Hastings

Cost:

free

organizer contact:

778 885 0040

Hip Hop and Media Organizing Against Displacement, Colonization and GentrificationHip Hop and Media Organizing Against Displacement, Colonization and Gentrification
w/Detroit based emcee & activist ** INVINCIBLE ***

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Friday August 7th. FREE!
Doors: 5:30 pm @ W2 Flack Block Gallery
Address: 157 W Hastings
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories

Bus tickets and snacks provided
Child-friendly/childcare on site
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=104700769846
Invincible on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/invincilana

Invincible will screen and discuss the hybrid docu-music-videos "People
Not Places" featuring Abeer and Suhell Nafar (DAM) and "Locusts" featuring
Finale, both directed by Iqaa the Olivetone. These films will show the
relationship between gentrification and colonization and ways that people
are not only resisting but also developing visionary alternative and
sustainable solutions.

She will also lead a participatory workshop about local organizing
strategies and generating ideas to bring new people and energy into the
local anti-displacement projects in Vancouver and surrounding areas.

Please join us in a rare opportunity with acclaimed and award-winning
artist Invincible, you won't want to miss it! Includes traditional Coast
Salish welcome and presentations by local organizers from Boycott Israeli
Apartheid Campaign, DTES Power to Women Group, and No One Is Illegal.

Presented by No One Is Illegal with the support of W2, Under the Volcano
Festival of Art & Social Change, EMERGENCE Music, Downtown Eastside Power
of Women Group, Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign.

For more information call 778 885 0040 or email noii-van@resist.ca.
Visit: www.nooneisillegal.org

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* About Invincible:

It is truly rare to find an artist like Invincible. Talib Kweli has called

GroundWire 2009 June 12 Edition

GroundWire — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:02:28 +0000

Grassroots news coverage from coast to coast to coast

GroundWire is a twice-monthly dose of grassroots independent journalism from the campus community radio sector of Canada.

This is the first bi-weekly edition of GroundWire, thanks to a grant from the Canadian Media Fund.

Presenting the June 12, 2009 Features:

- Akwesasne Mohawks stand off against the Canadian Border Services Agency | Laurin Liu (CKUT)

- Riot police evict squatters at the Autonomous Social Centre in Montreal | David Koch (CKUT)

- Toronto commemorates Injured Workers Day, June 1st | Krisitn Schwartz (CHRY)

- Opposition to the Alberta Tar Sands is on the rise | Chris Albinati (CKUT)

- Alberta continues to debate the controversial Bill 44 | Joe Burima (CJSW)

The following are the Headlines for June 12, 2009:

Stop the Raids campaign launched in Toronto. | Omme Rahemtullah (CHRY)

Montrealers called on the government to bring Abousfian Abdelrazik home. | Andrea Macnevin (CKDU)

We are looking for contributions for our next edition. Interested in participating? email news@ckdu.ca to find out how.

The June 12 edition of GroundWire was produced at the National Campus and Community Radio Conference in Montreal, June 8-13, 2009.

For more information, visit: groundwire.ncra.ca