The Tyee
The Tyee is an independent daily online magazine founded in 2003 to serve the BC audience. Dedicated to publishing lively and informative news and views, The Tyee provides perspectives reflecting the lives of local communities that mainstream publishers do not often cover. Named after the tyee salmon admired for its free-swimming strength, this media organization...
Vancouver Co-operative Radio
Vancouver Co-operative Radio, CFRO 102.7 FM, is a non-commercial, co-operatively owned and listener-supported community radio station. Located in the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Co-op Radio is a voice striving to provide a space for under-represented and marginalized communities. Co-op Radio aims to increase community participation by encouraging examination of the social and political concerns...
Humanities 101 Community Programme
Take the cotton out of your ears, put it in your mouth & listen, listen, listen is a collection of audio works produced with residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and Downtown South (DTES/South) who are involved with Humanities 101 (Hum), a community education programme at UBC and in the DTES/South.
Audiences are invited to choose...
Cause+Affect
PechaKucha Night was created in Tokyo in 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, show their work, exchange ideas and network in public. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of "chit chat," its presentation format is based on a simple idea: 20 images 20 seconds. Each presenter has,...
