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Re: Woodward's Squatters Need Your Help Now!

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Woida, Calvin
Date: 
2002-11-29
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a call for volunteers for witnessing shifts at the Woodwards squat, which have been coordinated by the Emergency Response Team due to fears of police action in relation to a city enforcement order to remove the squatters from around the Woodwards building.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; Vancouver Police Department (VPD); City bylaws; squatters

Re: Woodward's Squatters Still Need your Help!

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Woida, Calvin
Date: 
2002-12-02
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a call for the continued need of volunteers for witnessing shifts at the Woodwards squat, which have been organized due to fears of police action in relation to a city enforcement order to remove the squatters from around the Woodwards building.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; Vancouver Police Department (VPD); City bylaws; squatters

Re: You have lost my support

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Prime, Tom
Date: 
2002-10-15
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a letter indicating the author's withdraw of support from the Woodward's squat due to prejudice in the form of granting special rights for aboriginal people.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; poor; prejudice; aboriginal people

Re: Woodwards Squat: Call for Documents

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Date: 
2003-01-03
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a call for documents and materials relating to the Woodward's squat. It details the documents that have already been collected and the ones that are wanted.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; history; media

The Woodwards Squat: A Guide to Documents, Woodsquat Editions, Vancouver, 2003

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Date: 
2003
Pages: 
8
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This outlines the documents collected in relation to the Woodwards squat. It provides the title and date for materials (ex. statements, posters, press releases, etc.) from the Woodwards Squat Archive, Coalition of Woodwards Squatters and Supporters, Woodwards Social Housing Coalition, Woodwards Legal Defense Committee Archives, Woodwards Witnessing Shift Committee Archives, Anti-Poverty Committee, Portland Hotel Society, City of Vancouver, Vancouver Police Department, unpublished individual statements, documents appearing at the Woodwards squat, and artefacts.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat

Re: The Impossibility of 'Aaron' Going to City Hall

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Vidaver, Aaron
Date: 
2002-10-25
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a series of correspondence concerning the relationship between electoral politics and the Woodwards squat. The first exchange discusses the statement of demands of the squatters before city council. The next discusses a new Woodwards squat webpage that potentially exploits the squatters for a particular vision of local electoral politics.
Keywords: 
elections-municipal; Vancouver City Council; Woodsquat; squatters; Woodwards

Woodwards Squat

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Watson, Dennis; Vidaver, Aaron
Date: 
2002-11-11
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is correspondence concerning potential ways to support the squatters at Woodwards. It discusses non-profit social housing, the city injunction against the squatters, and the upcoming court case.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; development; legal issues; solidarity

26 Affidavits in Defense of the Woodwards Squat

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Date: 
2002-11-17
Pages: 
5
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This contains 26 affidavits that defend the Woodwards squat against a City of Vancouver injunction, which seeks to close it down (also see W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter #41). The affidavits are grouped by the following themes: the squat as a safe haven; inside eviction; outside eviction; and false claims in City staff's affidavits. The affidavits describe the squat as a family and community, the loss and destruction of property during the evictions, and the inadequacy of shelters and affordable housing in Vancouver. The document also discusses the context of the eviction.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; City bylaws; legal issues; tent city; police; social housing; urban safety; eviction; squatting; homelessness

Affidavit draft

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Author(s): 
Vidaver, Aaron
Date: 
2002-11-27
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a draft of an affidavit written in defense of the Woodwards squat by Aaron Vidaver of Friends of the Woodwards Squat. It describes the purpose and function of the Friends of the Woodwards Squat and its relationship with the squatters. It states that structures on the sidewalks surrounding Woodwards pose no threat or obstruction, that city worker Judy Graves is untrusted by the squatters in her efforts to shelter them, and that there is a process in place to resolve the issues at the squat - all suggesting that an enforcement order should not be granted to closed down the squat.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; legal issues; housing; squatters; police; community mobilization; City of Vancouver

Affidavit of Aaron Vidaver

Publication type: 
Miscellaneous
Author(s): 
Vidaver, Aaron
Date: 
2002-11-27
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is an affidavit written in defense of the Woodwards squat by Aaron Vidaver of Friends of the Woodwards Squat. It describes the purpose and function of the Friends of the Woodwards Squat and its relationship with the squatters. It states that structures on the sidewalk surrounding the Woodwards building pose no threat to city employees or the community, that the squatters are in need of housing and require a staff worker other than Judy Graves (who is no longer trusted by the squatters), and that there is a process in place to resolve the issues at the squat. It asserts that an enforcement order to shutdown the squat should not be granted. There are handwritten notes throughout the document.
Keywords: 
Woodwards; Woodsquat; legal issues; housing; squatters; police; community mobilization; City of Vancouver

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