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BOOK REVIEW | Model Minority by Gendai | The Mainlander
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Vancouver's Place for Progressive Politics. BOOK REVIEW Model Minority by Gendai. June 18, 2015. Edited by Maiko Tanaka and Chris Lee. Published by Publication Studio Guelph. Is a publication assembled by Gendai. Beginning in 2013, Gendai shifted their energy to a year-long program of focused research. Positioned as an alternative public research entity, their inquiry engaged with. A more radical version of a multicultural society through unpacking the problematic concept of the ‘model minority’ with art...
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Submissions | The Mainlander
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Vancouver's Place for Progressive Politics. Accepts story ideas covering a wide range of issues connected to Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. In your article pitches to. Please demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the topic at hand and how you intend to shape your ideas in the writing phase. We want to be able to imagine the piece by reading your pitch. Please send submissions to editor@themainlander.com. There are no comments. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Battle of 58 West Hastings: The History of a Figh...
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Rize Above the Crowd: A Corporate Developer’s Version of Mount Pleasant | The Mainlander
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Vancouver's Place for Progressive Politics. Rize Above the Crowd: A Corporate Developer’s Version of Mount Pleasant. April 22, 2015. Now and then I idly wonder where these pigeons will be in two years’ time. Will they, stubborn creatures, continue to loiter in front of what will then be a row of low-rise townhouses? Or will they relocate to the corner of 10th and Watson, to what will then be one of Vancouver’s largest private parks? What better place to start than with the development’s aggravating name?
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GreatFire | The Mainlander
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Vancouver's Place for Progressive Politics. July 19, 2015. Posted in . Bookmark the permalink. There are no comments. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The Mainlander does not accept money from corporations or real-estate developers. We rely on our readers' support to do research and write articles:. Yuppie Gazing Tour in the DTES turns the gaze on gentrifiers. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education and Society.
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Vancouver's Place for Progressive Politics. Become a part of Community Supported Media. When you donate to the Mainlander, you help make our in-depth analysis of Vancouver politics accessible to a broader public. With your help we can get more news out faster, inform a wider audience, and keep the pressure on local politicians. Your contribution sustains a community of readers and writers. City politics from the grassroots. Yuppie Gazing Tour in the DTES turns the gaze on gentrifiers. Decolonization: Ind...
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Last low-income tenants at Olympic Village are being “forced out” | The Mainlander
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Vancouver's Place for Progressive Politics. Last low-income tenants at Olympic Village are being forced out. March 21, 2013. Extra billing a stress on low-income tenants. In 2011, it was widely reported. Burge says that when the tenants first received the energy bills they set about trying to form a tenant association. Shortly after, one of the tenants involved received a warning. Somehow this woman at city hall, Standeven, found out and wrote to us that we could only form a tenants’ committee if...Pam’s...
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BARtalk #16: 1984 or 2015? A Closer Look at Bill C-51 | Terry*
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TEDxTerry Talks: Apply to Speak. Alisa Smith & J.B. Mackinnon. What is the Terry Project? BARtalk #16: 1984 or 2015? A Closer Look at Bill C-51. March 16, 2015. Thursday, March 19th, in the Gallery Lounge at UBC. Facebook RSVP. Why are leading experts speaking out against this bill? The Terry Project and The Talon UBC. Is the communications manager and blogger for OpenMedia.ca, a non-profit advocacy organization. Is a lawyer and has been the Policy Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association since 2004.
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Sanctuary City from Below: dismantling the City of Vancouver | The Mainlander
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Vancouver's Place for Progressive Politics. Sanctuary City from Below: dismantling the City of Vancouver. June 2, 2014. Image credit: No One is Illegal Toronto. Over thirty US municipalities have been pressured to adopt City of Refuge ordinances that prohibit municipal employees from requesting or sharing information about immigration status when providing city services. In Canada in 2013, after over a decade of grassroots community organizing and mobilizing across service sectors, the city of Toront...
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Five Images of a City Without Buildings | The Mainlander
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Vancouver's Place for Progressive Politics. Five Images of a City Without Buildings. July 20, 2015. Last week Vancouver was immersed in smoke from forest fires across Northern and Southern British Columbia. The smoke seemed to speak, without speaking, about our present uneasy condition. On this occasion,. The Mainlander has decided to publish the long-delayed online version of a small chapbook, ‘Five Images of a City Without Buildings,’ originally published in 2012 by the artist collective. The condo is ...
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