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Brutality alleged by DTES residents
Pivot Legal Society has launched a Human Rights Complaint and civil suits on behalf of three men who allege that they were beaten up by private security guards who patrol Vancouver's Harbour Centre...
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Libby Davies talks to Pivot about human rights, housing and sex work
Vancouver East MP Libby Davies talks to Pivot's Laura Drake about the upcoming session of Parliament and what might happen in some of Pivot's campaign areas.piv_0720_podcast.mp3
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A home for everyone: Homelessness in Vancouver
Vancouver City Councillor Ellen Woodsworth talks to Pivot's Laura Drake about how to tackle homelessness in Vancouver. Also: Lawyer Scott Bernstein talks to city council about...
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Housing rights and slumlords in Vancouver
In the first of seven podcasts on solutions to homelessness in Metro Vancouver, Pivot lawyer Doug King talks about representing tenants of the Wonder and Palace SRO hotels in Vancouver's Downtown...
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Homelessness in Vancouver
David Eby is the Executive Director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. A former lawyer with Pivot Legal Society, he co-published Cracks in the Foundation in 2006. Paul Ryan asks David about what...
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New Vancouver sex work report
Pivot's litigation director Katrina Pacey talks about what is -- and more importantly, what isn't -- in the new report put out by the City of Vancouver on sex work in the city.piv-2011-09-16.mp3
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Housing and gentrification in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Wendy Pedersen, community organizer for the Carnegie Community Action Project, talks about why her organization is fighting gentrification of the Downtown Eastside, and what she feels should happen to...
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YIMBY kit launched to fight NIMBYism
Darcie Bennett talks about the new YIMBY kit launched in Vancouver by Pivot on Sunday in East Vancouver and we also talk with Johanna Suttor-Doerksen from the Salsbury Community Society who explained...
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Downtown Eastside Magic
Hope in Shadows project director Paul Ryan talks to this year's Hope in Shadows Photography Contest winner Kim Washburn after the recent opening of the annual exhibition at the Pendulum Gallery in...
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Carlotta Gurl and Pivot
Drag Queen Carlotta Gurl talks about why she supports Pivot's advocacy for marginalized people in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside on the eve of Passion for Justice in Vancouver.piv-2011-11-02.mp3
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Solutions to Vancouver's homelessness crisis
Dave Murrray talks about homelessness and addiction in Vancouver, and in the run-up to municipal elections on November 19, Ivan Drury explains 3 easy steps that would be easy for city hall to implement...
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Why criminalizing clients won't work
Lawyer Katrina Pacey talks to Paul Ryan about why street-level sex workers would be just as unsafe if laws were introduced to criminalize sex work clients. Katrina also gives an update on legal...
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Know your rights cards, 10 years on
Katrina Pacey talks with Paul Ryan about the original Pivot publication, the statement for police rights card which has been produced since July 2002. Over 100,000 cards have been ordered by human...
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Vancouver slumlord sued by 11 more ex-tenants
Pivot lawyer Doug King talks about 11 more ex-tenants who are launching legal action against slumlord George Wolsey. Live from the press conference outside the hotel, we also talk to Donald McDonald...
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Olympic social housing hit with huge hidden bills
Scott Bernstein explains why Pivot is representing low-income tenants from Vancouver's Olympic Village housing complex who are receiving huge heating and water bills they were not told about before...
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