Megaphone’s Speakers Bureau, established in 2019, is a public awareness program connecting audiences with speakers who have lived experience of drug use and overdose prevention. Our speakers offer candid reflections on their experiences navigating the world as a drug user, and speak directly to developing services that meet the needs of people who use drugs, … Read more
BLANKET BC’s 10th ANNUAL “DRIVE ON THE LINE” CAMPAIGN **NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST BLANKET DRIVE** On November 16th & 17th, Blanket BC Society will be launching its Tenth Annual “Drive on the Line” campaign, taking place along the Canada Line. This two-day blanket drive, where over 175 Blanketeers ranging from individuals to families to corporate and … Read more
How unaffordable is the Metro Vancouver housing market? What income you need to afford a Metro Vancouver detached house? We are sure that several years from now, sociologists and universities will write about the largest deception in history. The deception that no one noticed UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. They will write that one day … Read more
https://www.stenbergcollege.com/event/bethechange/ Friday, March 16, 2018 SESSION 2: Homelessness 1:00 pm: The Real Causes of Homelessness JUDY GRAVES, Housing & Homelessness Advocate 1:15 pm: Causes and Solutions to Homelessness STEFANIA SECCIA, Journalist & Managing Editor, Megaphone Magazine 2:15 pm: 2017 Metro Vancouver Homeless Count DAVID WELLS, Dean, Vancouver Community College & Chair of Aboriginal Steering Committee … Read more
On Monday, July 24th 2017 Burnaby City Council will vote on its destructive “Metrotown Downtown Plan.” If this plan is approved, the entire Metrotown neighbourhood will be impacted: thousands of rental apartments will be demolished to make way for high-rise luxury condos, and thousands of current low-income and working class residents will be displaced. For … Read more