Hundreds organize in Vancouver to demand justice for migrant workers
Vancouver’s CBC Plaza was filled with cries of “Status for all” and “Stop deportation and regularization” on Sunday afternoon, March 17, as over one hundred people attended the Migrant Spring rally hosted by the Migrant Rights Network. Rallies took place across Canada on March 16 and 17 as part of a wider movement to call […]
The Art of Food: An Emily Carr University – VNFN Collaboration
Art is a vital means of driving social change – the sharing of ideas through creative expression, deepening our emotional relations to the subject, as a form of protest, rousing dialogue and providing meaningful opportunities for community engagement on issues of concern. Art has a way of communicating ideas beyond the traditional written reporting and […]
Adapting to change: Community food action with Westside Food Collaborative
This is the first in a series of blog posts featuring each of our Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Network coordinators. Hillary Ko (she, her, hers) is Chinese-Canadian and a true Vancouverite. She represents the Westside Food Collaborative, which serves a very large area in Vancouver. Often, the West side is seen as an affluent area but […]