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The Forgotten Class

Publication type (Carnegie): 
Carnegie Newsletter: Poem
Issue Title (Carnegie): 
Canada's Passbook to Poverty
Date: 
1996-03-01
Pages: 
31
Collections: 
Summary: 
Poem arguing that in addition to the three main classes – upper, middle and working – there is a fourth class at the bottom of the former three which is largely forgotten and alienated.
Keywords: 
Exploitation

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Publication type (Carnegie): 
Carnegie Newsletter: Notice of Event - Protest
Issue Title (Carnegie): 
Canada's Passbook to Poverty
Date: 
1996-03-01
Pages: 
32
Collections: 
Summary: 
Notice of a protest at the Fraser Institute against the new Canada Health and Social Transfer.
Keywords: 
Welfare Recipients - Law and Legislation; 626 Bute St

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Publication type (Carnegie): 
Carnegie Newsletter: Letter
Issue Title (Carnegie): 
Downtown Eastside
Date: 
1996-03-15
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Summary: 
Article arguing that the Carnegie Centre was negatively portrayed by Bart Campbell – a part-time volunteer in the Downtown Eastside - on CBC's Morningside program.
Keywords: 
Discrimination Against the Homeless; Oppenheimer Park, Carnegie Library; Negative Media Portrayal

Fiesta Latina Dance

Publication type (Carnegie): 
Carnegie Newsletter: Notice of Event
Issue Title (Carnegie): 
Downtown Eastside
Date: 
1996-03-15
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Summary: 
Advertisement for a Fiesta Latina dance on Friday March 22nd, 1996 at the Carnegie Theatre.
Keywords: 
Community Organization; Carnegie Centre

Community Health Committee #2: Call For Nominations

Publication type (Carnegie): 
Carnegie Newsletter: Notice of Meeting
Issue Title (Carnegie): 
Downtown Eastside
Date: 
1996-03-15
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Summary: 
Call for nominations for candidates to sit on Community Health Committee #2, one of six committees established on May 25, 1996 by the Vancouver Healthboard; their mandate was to assist with the formulation of health policy as well as to monitor local health conditions.
Keywords: 
Political Planning - Citizen Participation; Gastown, Downtown Eastside, Strathcona, City-Gate, Grandview-Woodland; Health

First Open Community Health Committee Meeting

Publication type (Carnegie): 
Carnegie Newsletter: Notice of Meeting
Issue Title (Carnegie): 
Downtown Eastside
Date: 
1996-03-15
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Summary: 
Notice of the first open meeting of Community Health Committee #2.
Keywords: 
Political Planning - Citizen Participation; Britannia Centre; Health

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Publication type (Carnegie): 
Carnegie Newsletter: Notice of Meeting
Issue Title (Carnegie): 
Downtown Eastside
Date: 
1996-03-15
Pages: 
4
Collections: 
Summary: 
Notice of a public meeting to help design an alcohol treatment centre for the Downtown Eastside.
Keywords: 
Political Planning - Citizen Participation; Carnegie Centre, Raycam Community Centre, DERA, Sheway, Vancouver Native Health, Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, Y.W.C.A. Crabtree Corner, Strathcona Community Centre, The Portland Hotel, The Neighbourhood Safety Offices, The Lookout Living Room, First United Church, The Recovery Club, The Back Alley, The Gastown Business Improvement Association; Drug Abuse -- Treatment

The End of the Canada Assistance Plan

Publication type (Carnegie): 
Carnegie Newsletter: Article
Issue Title (Carnegie): 
Downtown Eastside
Date: 
1996-03-15
Pages: 
5
Collections: 
Summary: 
Article suggesting that Bill C-76 and the end of the Canada Assistance Plan (CAP) will negatively affect Canada's social welfare net. The Carnegie Centre received $526,000 annually from the CAP. Among others, the bill prompted numerous protesting and fasting from Downtown Eastside residents.
Keywords: 
Welfare Recipients - Law and Legislation; 626 Bute St

Time for Action' – Position paper on Law 212.4

Publication type (Carnegie): 
Carnegie Newsletter: Letter
Issue Title (Carnegie): 
Downtown Eastside
Date: 
1996-03-15
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Summary: 
Notice of a position paper written by Ms. K. Daum concerning the 'shabby track record' of the federal and provincial governments in terms of child prostitution laws.
Keywords: 
Prostitution; Downtown Eastside; Prostitution – Children – Law and Legislation

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Publication type (Carnegie): 
Carnegie Newsletter: Poem
Issue Title (Carnegie): 
Downtown Eastside
Date: 
1996-03-15
Pages: 
6
Collections: 
Keywords: 
Fiction

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