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W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #35 - Three Cameron Ward Letters and Minutes for the Finance Committee

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; A. Cameron Ward and Company
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-11-03
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue consists of three letters from A. Cameron Ward and Company, lawyers representing the squat, to Tom Zworski (of the City of Vancouver), George Abbott (Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services), and Premier Gordon Campbell and Vancouver Mayor Philip Owens. These letter address (respectively) the potential enforcement of City's Street and Traffic By-law, the publicly agreed upon meeting concerning the Downtown Eastside, and a meeting to address solutions to the housing crisis and poverty in Vancouver. There is also a statement by the Finance Committee and a list of upcoming events.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; Downtown Eastside; homelessness; housing demands; City bylaws; government

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #36 - How to Defend the Squat in Court

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-11-04
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue explains the 'Wirt of Summons' given to the squat by the City that seeks a court injunction to close down the squat. It states the procedures for the squatters and their supporters to appear before the court to speak in favour of the squat, as well calls for affidavits from squatter by the Pivot Legal Society to be used against the injunction.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; homelessness; housing demands; legal issues; City bylaws

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #38 - Victory! We Won and We Will Again

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; The Woodwards Legal Defense Committee; Pivot Legal Society
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-11-08
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue contains two reports, one from the Woodwards Legal Defense Committee and the other from the Pivot Legal Society, concerning the charges of civil contempt against 54 Woodwards' squatters who were arrested and charged during the September evictions. These explain that the BC Housing Corporation dropped all charges and were order to pay the legal costs of the squatters and compensation. Further legal action is being pursued by the squatters in relation to the evictions.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; police brutality; homelessness; legal issues; BC Housing; Vancouver Police Department (VPD)

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #39 - Six Ways to Help the Woodwards Squat

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Coalition of Woodward's Squatters and Supporters; Anti-Poverty Committee
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-11-09
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue outlines six ways that individuals and organizations can help support the squat in their struggles against the housing crisis, homelessness, the city's injunction, and police harassment. Also listed are the 'Coalition of Woodwards Squatters and Supporters Demands' (see W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter #2 and #28) and an announcement of affidavits being taken by Pivot Legal Society.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; homelessness; housing demands; legal issues; City bylaws; Vancouver Police Department (VPD)

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #40 - Squat Meeting: Emergency Response Team & Injunction Hearing Court Procedures

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Coalition of Woodwards Squatters and Supporters
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-11-15
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue provides the agenda for a squat meeting that is being held for that day, which includes a proposal for an 'Emergency Response Team', an update on the fight against the injunction, and an outline of the upcoming court proceedings. The issue also reprints the 'Coalition of Woodwards Squatters and Supporters Demands' (also see W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter #2 and #28).
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; homelessness; housing demands; Vancouver Police Department (VPD); City bylaws; legal issues

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #42 - The COPE Betrayal: Jails Are Not Appropriate Social Housing

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Offley, Will
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-11-21
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue contains letters addressed to the incoming municipal government (COPE, Fred Bass, and Jim Green) and Mayor Larry Campbell that respond to seemingly compromised election commitments to supporting the squat made in comments to the media. In particular, concern is expressed in relation to COPE and Mayor Campbell supporting the injunction against the squat and aligning with business interests over those of marginalized people in the Downtown Eastside.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; Downtown Eastside; homelessness; COPE; elections - municipal; City bylaws; media

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #23 -Three Support Letters

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; McHugh, Michelle; Kym; Wong, Rita
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-20
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue contains three letters of support of the squat. One is written from an independent journalist, another one in response to Chrystal's interview (see W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter #14), and the last a copy of a letter to BC Housing and the Government of BC concerning the cancellation of the Third Annual Affordable Housing Week.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; homelessness; housing demands; BC Housing; solidarity; BC provincial government; media

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #26 - Three Presentations to City Council

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Bundock, Shannon; Jones, Beverly; Vidaver, Aaron
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-23
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue reports three statements presented to Vancouver City Council by Shannon Bundock, Beverly Jones, and Aaron Vidaver. These discuss the need for immediate social housing, outline the police's misconduct in relation to the squat, and provide a list of demands, which include: information on the destroyed and stolen items from the squat during the police evictions, disciplinary action against the Chief of the Vancouver Police Department and ceasing police harassment of the squat, and recognition and action on the demands of the squatters and their supporters previously given to the Council.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; police brutality; homelessness; housing demands; housing policy; Anti-Poverty Committee; Vancouver Police Department (VPD)

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #27 - Give It or Guard It

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Anti-Poverty Committee
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-23
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue announces that the Anti-Poverty Committee (APC) is joining the national housing campaign, "Give It or Guard It" (see W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter #18 and #22), in order to pressure all levels of government to take immediate action on the housing crisis. There is a list of demands calling for social housing, re-opening the Residential Tenancy Offices, and creating anti-vacancy bylaws (also see W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter #2), as well as background information on housing policy and homelessness across Canada and BC. There is also the announcements of two APC actions.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; homelessness; housing demands; Anti-Poverty Committee; housing policy; funding cuts; solidarity; government

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #28 - Housing Demands

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; The Woodwards Social Housing Coalition; The Anti-Poverty Committee
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-25
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue contains three set of overlapping demands from the Woodwards Social Housing Coalition, the Anti-Poverty Committee, and the Friends of the Woodsquat to the Government of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Government of Canada. These include the increasing social housing and other social services, legislating anti-vacancy bylaws, providing funding and support for aboriginal peoples in the Downtown Eastside, ceasing police harassment, providing immediate and adequate shelter for the squatters, and disciplining the Vancouver Police Chief for unreasonable use of force at the Britannia Riots (also see W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter #2). It also provides a list of contacts.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatters; community mobilization; Downtown Eastside; police brutality; homelessness; housing demands; government; Anti-Poverty Committee; tactics; funding cuts

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