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Program, backgrounder and discussion guide from the 4th Annual symposium (2016) in the Rethinking the Region series hosted by the Urban Studies Program, Simon Fraser University. Held at the Anvil Centre, New Westminster, April 30, 2016.
Author: SFU Urban Studies
Date created: 2016-04
This personal narrative explores leaving home for the first time, learning life priorities, and having the school of hard knocks forcing me to grow up. One of a series of Radio Tale audio essays recorded at SFU's CJSF Radio Station.
Author: Harder, Elaine
Date created: 2020-05-18
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
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
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