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W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #13

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-09
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue has photos from a march in support of the squat. It has a call for writings and announcements.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; homelessness; legal issues; demonstration

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #14 -

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Durocher, Chrystal
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-10
Pages: 
2
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Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue contains an interview with squatter, Chrystal Durocher, who describes her experience in the squat, homelessness, pregnancy, and the squat being like a family.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; homeless women

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #15 - Stick Together, Watch Out for Media, City Engineers, and Social Workers!

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-11
Pages: 
2
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Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue warns of threats to the squat from the media, the City Engineering Department, and social workers. It calls for the squatters to stick together. It also provides a list of upcoming events, contact numbers, and weather forecast.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; homelessness; housing demands; media; social services; solidarity

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #16 - Danger: Violent Repeat Offender Seen in Neighbourhood

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-12
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This poster is part of the newsletter series from the Woodwards Squat. It warns of 'Jamie' (Vancouver Police Department Chief) and describes his actions against the squatters and various community supporters. There is also an announcement of that day's 'Community Forum on Police Violence'.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; police brutality; homelessness; BC Liberals; Vancouver Police Department (VPD)

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #17 - Preliminary Inventory of Items Destroyed or Stolen by the Police

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-14
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue provides an inventory of the items belonging to squatters that were destroyed or stolen by the Vancouver Police Department (VPD). It calls additions to the inventory, as well as announces a demonstration of the VPD meeting. It notes that the squat has been on-going for a month.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; police brutality; homelessness; housing demands; Vancouver Police Department (VPD)

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #18 - News from Toronto

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Clarke, John; Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-15
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue presents a statement from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) for a 'National Call: Give It Or Guard It' and an open letter to governments on upcoming actions against homelessness in Toronto. There is also a copy of a 'Buy It or Lose It' municipal bylaw for the conversion of empty buildings into social housing. There is a call for national action on housing.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; homelessness; housing demands; Ontario Coalition Against Poverty; housing policy; coalition building

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #5 - New Writing from the Woodwards Squat

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Brody; Rabbit; Chris; Angel; Lacey; Taum
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-09-25
Pages: 
4
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Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue includes poetry from squatters (Brody, Rabbit, Chris, Angel, Lacey, and Taum), photos of historical Vancouver squats, and a letter of support for the Woodwards Squat from Costa Rica.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; Downtown Eastside; homelessness; human rights; protest; solidarity; Gordon Campbell

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #7 - Roughing it in the City: An Interview with Craig Ballantyne

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat; Ballantyne, Craig
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-01
Pages: 
2
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Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue consists of an interview with squatter, Craig Ballantyne where he discusses the experience of living in the squat, the police eviction, homelessness, and housing. There is also announcements.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; Downtown Eastside; police brutality; homelessness; poor

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #8 - Protect Your Stuff

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-10-02
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue discusses the stolen or destroyed items during the two police evictions, provides an inventory of things currently at the squat (i.e. tents, mattresses, sleeping bags, etc.), and asks for squatters to provide a list of items lost and currently possessed for use by the squat's legal team. Announcements are also made.
Keywords: 
Woodsquat; social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; police brutality; homelessness; legal issues

W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. #1 - Open House

Publication type: 
Newsletter
Author(s): 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Series: 
W.O.O.D.S.Q.U.A.T. Newsletter
Date: 
2002-09-20
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Friends of the Woodwards Squat
Summary: 
This is the first newsletter of Woodwards Squat, which seeks to provide a voice for the squatters and support for the community. This issue includes a press release, entitled 'Woodwards Squatters denounce Police Threats'. It also provides a chronological history of the Woodwards building since it closure in 1993, outlining various owners of the building and the plans for redevelopment, which includes social housing, condos, SFU's School for Contemporary Arts, and co-operative housing. It also describes the decade long struggle between the Downtown Eastside community, the developers, and the government in the building's redevelopment, which heighten after the Liberal provincial government was elected in 2001.
Keywords: 
social housing; Woodwards; squatting; community mobilization; Downtown Eastside; police; housing demands; The Woodward's Redevelopment; Woodsquat; BC Provincial government

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