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Episode 16 features Libby Davies, an activist and former Member of Parliament for Vancouver East. Libby spent the past four decades advocating for the Downtown Eastside community as a grassroots organizer, and an elected representative at the municipal and federal levels. She was also the first publicly out woman to be elected to parliament in Canada. SFU’s Melissa Roach and Jamie-Leigh Gonzales interview Libby about her newly released memoir, “Outside In”, covering her early days of community organizing, her experiences as a woman in politics, and representing her community’s concerns in Ottawa.
Author: Davies, Libby , Author: Roach, Melissa, Author: Gonzales, Jamie-Leigh
Date created: 2019-05-06
Interview for the Below the Radar podcast episode 8. Jamie-Leigh Gonzales interviews Jessica Hannon and Peter Thompson about Megaphone magazine and the Hope in Shadows calendar.
Author: Hannon, Jessica, Author: Thompson, Peter, Author: Gonzales, Jamie-Leigh
Date created: 2019-01-14
Interview for the Below the Radar podcast episode 9. Jamie-Leigh Gonzales interviews Sarah Blyth about the opioid crisis in Vancouver.
Author: Blyth, Sarah, Author: Gonzales, Jamie-Leigh
Date created: 2019-01-28
Andrea Creamer is a renter, worker, community organizer, and interdisciplinary artist. She is interested about the intersection of politics, urbanization, community-based art practices, and is invested in creating equitable opportunities for systemic and social change through the arts. Andrea holds a Master's of Visual Studies from the University of Toronto and a BFA from Simon Fraser University. Her art practice reflects on forms of protest, the mechanisms that produce social spaces, and the ephemeral and always shifting character of socially-based practices. She currently lives in Tkaranto/Toronto with her elderly cat, Goldie.Resources:— The Toast Collective: http://thetoast.org/— The Arts and Cultural Workers Union: https://www.valucoop.ca/acwu— Anti-Fascist Karaoke Lounge Party (Access Gallery, 2018): https://accessgallery.ca/event/anti-fascist-karaoke-lounge-party-film-screenings— Burnaby Primary Care Networks: https://burnabypcn.ca/— Burnaby Community Fridge (now at SFU Burnaby!): https://burnabypcn.ca/allied-health/fridge/
Author: Andrea Creamer, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi
Date created: 2021-10-26