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Ken Lyotier has lived and worked in the Downtown Eastside since the late 1970s, and is the founder and former Executive Director of United We Can. Ken founded United We Can, a non-profit bottle depot, in 1995 in order to provide work experience opportunities and income for residents of the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. A community leader, Ken has advised the city of Vancouver and many other groups on social issues, such as medical and housing services and poverty alleviation in Vancouver's inner-City. His work has been well recognized. He is a recipient of the Medal for Meritorious Service by the Governor-General of Canada, an Environmental Citizenship Award by the Province of British Columbia, the Civic Merit Award by the City of Vancouver, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of British Columbia. Resources:— United We Can: www.unitedwecan.ca/— Binners' Project: www.binnersproject.org/— CBC IDEAS documentary on Ken Lyotier: www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/meet-ke…l-kennedy-1.5188962
Author: Ken Lyotier, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-11-16
Anjali is a climate justice activist, communicator and organizer. She works to strengthen climate change messaging and discourse in Canada by centring the stories of those on the front lines of the climate crisis. She brings a strong justice lens to climate change messaging and keeps her work connected to social movements that have been demanding climate justice in the Global South for decades. Anjali is Climate Justice Lead at Sierra Club BC and Sectoral Organizer with the newly formed Climate Emergency Unit.Resources: - Sierra Club BC: sierraclub.bc.ca/- Climate Emergency Unit: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/- Padma Centre for Climate Justice: medium.com/@padmaclimate- West Coast Environmental Law: www.wcel.org/
Author: Anjali Appadurai, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-09-07
Author: Frank, John, Author: Pagliari, Claudia, Author: Donaldson, Cam, Author: Pickett, Kate E., Author: Palmer, Karen S.
Date created: 2021-11-16
Author: Horst, Becky R., Author: Sixsmith, Andrew, Author: Simeonov, Dorina, Author: Mihailidis, Alex
Date created: 2021-10-28
Eugene Kung (he/him/his) is a staff lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law (WCEL), working on Tar Sands, Pipelines and Tankers, as well as with RELAW. He is committed to human rights, social justice and environmental justice and has been working to stop the Kinder Morgan TransMountain expansion project.Eugene was born and raised in Burnaby BC, holds a BA from UBC (2001) and JD from Dalhousie (2006) and was called to the BC Bar in 2008. Prior to joining WCEL, Eugene was a staff lawyer with the BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre (BCPIAC) where he had a social justice law practice in the areas of Constitutional, Human Rights, Administrative, Anti-Poverty and Regulatory law. He has represented low and fixed-income ratepayers before the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC); low-income tenants of slumlords; Treeplanters and Temporary Foreign Workers before the BC Human Rights Tribunal; and families of deceased farmworkers at a coroner's inquest.In 2010, Eugene worked with the Legal Resources Centre in Durban, South Africa on Constitutional law cases involving access to housing, water, education and a healthy environment.Resources:— "The Time of the Lone Wolf is Over" by Eugene Kung: www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/defaul…124_Kung.pdf— Eugene's writings for Policy Options: policyoptions.irpp.org/authors/eugene-kung/— West Coast Environmental Law: wcel.org/— BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre: bcpiac.com/— Climate Justice Webinar Series: "Just Is"≠ Justice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr5-J6H0rl0— 2018 Tsleil-Waututh v. Canada case brief: www.dgwlaw.ca/case-brief-tsleil-…eral-2018-fca-153/— "Tim Hortons Workers File Double-Double BC Rights Complaint": www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry…-creek_n_2104706— "BC Refuses Calls to Compensate African Tree-planters": thetyee.ca/News/2014/06/05/BC-…anter-Compensation/— Read the Trans Mountain Assessment Report by the Tsleil-Waututh Nation: twnsacredtrust.ca/assessment-report-download/
Author: Eugene Kung, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-09-21
Alberto Toscano is Reader in Critical Theory at the Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London, where he co-directs the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought. He is Visiting Faculty at the Digital Democracy Institute, School of Communication, SFU.Alberto's current research is divided into three main strands: a theoretical inquiry into contemporary authoritarian trends and their dis/analogies with their historical predecessors, culminating in the forthcoming book Late Fascism (Verso, 2021); the study of tragedy as a framework through which to understand political action and its discontents, from decolonisation to environmentalism; and the development of 'real abstraction' as a heuristic for the analysis contemporary capitalism, notably in its nexus with processes of racialisation. As the series editor of The Italian List for Calcutta-based publisher Seagull books, Alberto's research is also concerned with the translation and reception of Italian literature, literary criticism and critical theory. Resources— Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought: https://cpct.uk/about/— Seagull Books: https://www.seagullbooks.org/our-translators/t/alberto-toscano/— Digital Democracies Institute: https://digitaldemocracies.org/— The Theatre of Production: Philosophy and Individuation Between Kant and Deleuze: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781403997807— Fanaticism: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2475-fanaticism— Cartographies of the Absolute: https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/cartographies-of-the-absolute— Wolfen movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L46RneepoxQ— Pli journal: https://plijournal.com/
Author: Alberto Toscano, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-07-15
Javier Campos earned his Architecture Degree from the University of British Columbia after having completed an undergraduate degree in Art History. Previously he was at Acton Ostry Architects where, as lead designer, his projects were widely published and garnered numerous awards — including Canadian Architect and Lieutenant Governor Medals in Architecture. His work adopted a green agenda early and has included off the grid projects since 2001. He became LEED certified in 2004. Javier is also involved in Public Art and has won several competitions with Artist Elspeth Pratt in Vancouver. Javier served on the board of the Contemporary Art Gallery for six years and as well being the current president of the Heritage Vancouver Society, where he established an award winning outreach series on issues around Heritage.Resources: — Heritage Vancouver: http://heritagevancouver.org/— Shaping Vancouver series: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClA0Wn2xodnRMrdH3shZSwQ— Campos Studio: https://www.campos.studio/ — Sen̓áḵw: https://senakw.com/ — Heritage Action Plan: https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/heritage-action-plan-emerging-directions-june-2017-open-house-information-displays.pdf
Author: Javier Campos, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-07-06
Paul Taylor is the Executive Director of FoodShare Toronto, and a lifelong anti-poverty activist. Growing up materially poor in Toronto, Paul has used his experience to fuel a career focused not just on helping others, but dismantling the beliefs and systems that lead to poverty and food insecurity, including colonialism, capitalism, white supremacy, and patriarchal structures.Each year, FoodShare provides a quarter million people with fresh produce, and fights for their right to have access to "good" food on their own terms, rather than charity on someone else's. Paul's experience includes Executive Director roles at Gordon Neighbourhood House and the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House. He has also chaired the British Columbia Poverty Reduction Coalition, served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and as Vice-Chair of Food Secure Canada.Resources: — Paul Taylor's website: https://www.paultaylorto.com/— FoodShare: https://foodshare.net/— Gordon Neighbourhood House: https://gordonhouse.org/— Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House: https://www.dtesnhouse.ca/— Nourish Scotland: https://www.nourishscotland.org/ — Global Solidarity Alliance: https://rightsnotcharity.org/ — WhyHunger: https://whyhunger.org/
Author: Paul Taylor, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-06-29
Alicia Massie is a Joseph Armand Bombardier Doctoral Scholar and PhD Candidate at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. Beyond her academic work she works as an educator, labour organizer, and community activist. Her activism and academic work focus on the intersections of gender, labour, and race in late capitalism, as well as investigating Canadian petro-capitalism from a socialist feminist perspective. Resources: — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/— SFU's Community-Engaged Research Initiative: https://www.sfu.ca/ceri.html— Progressive Economics Forum: https://www.progressive-economics.ca/— Centre for Future Work: https://www.futurework.org.au/
Author: Massie, Alicia, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-07-20
Khelsilem is Squamish and Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw raised in North Vancouver, British Columbia. As the Squamish Nation Councillor, his lifelong work has been focused on governance, Indigenous languages, and dreams of progressive social change. He has served on various committees, including: Governance, Finance & Audit, Human Resources, and Housing Authority Development. He has strived to create good governance practices that enhance transparency, accountability, and ethical governing standards to benefit the Nation's members.Resources:— Sen̓áḵw Development: senakw.com/— Squamish Nation: www.squamish.net/ — Kwi Awt Stelmexw: www.kwiawtstelmexw.com/ — Khelsilem's linktree: linktr.ee/khelsilem — Indigenous Languages Program at SFU: www.sfu.ca/inlp/programs.html
Author: Khelsilem, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-08-31