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Pivot Legal Society paulrichardryan@hotmail.com Pivot Legal Society (00:35 - 15:49): Darren Fleet talks to Pivot lawyer David Eby about various issues in the news this week including: Most of the daily newspapers in Vancouver now officially sponsoring VANOC and the 2010 Olympic Games and how it might be perceived as being a conflict of interest (which got the Sun and Province blogs to respond); Concord Pacific's new 100% market condo development in the heart of the Downtown Eastside which was approved by council without public consultation; the InSite court case to keep the supervised injection site open beyond June 30 by the Portland Hotel Society and VANDU; the 2009 World Sport & Environment Conference in Vancouver and Sam Sullivan's round table meeting on homelessness. (15:49 - 25:12): The new Pivot report on housing solutions for the Downtown Eastside was released this week - David Eby explains why the winning essay was chosen and what the writer proposes. (15:49 - 25:12): The new Pivot report on housing solutions for the Downtown Eastside was released this week - David Eby explains why the winning essay was chosen and what the writer proposes. http://pivotlegal.org/News/piv-2008-05-01.mp3 Thu, 1 May 2008 22:00:00 GMT 25:43 Pivot, Pivot Legal Society, Homelessness, Addiction, Policing, Vancouver, Olympics, 2010 Pivot Legal Society (01:03 - 09:38) Rebecca Cuttler interviews Hope in Shadows director Paul Ryan about the new Hope in Shadows book which focuses on the people who have taken photographs in the annual photography contest, resulting in an annual exhibition and Hope in Shadows calendar which is sold on the streets of Vancouver. (09:38 - 16:04) Nancy Macdonald and Rebecca Cuttler discuss the weekly Pivot issues in the news. This week the issues were the Globe and Mail's national coverage of Hope in Shadows; The Canadian Press coverage of B.C. transit cops' taser usage; B.C.'s homeless death toll and VANOC's offer of $250,000 for an emergency shelter for youth. (16:04 - 19:36) A poem about struggling with addiction by Mike Pratt. http://pivotlegal.org/News/piv-2008-04-24.mp3 Thu, 24 April 2008 17:00:00 GMT 22:41 Pivot, Pivot Legal Society, Homelessness, Addiction, Policing, Vancouver Pivot Legal Society Rebecca Cuttler interviews UBC Political Science student Mike Powars about the complaint being filed about homelessness in Vancouver to the United Nations; and Paul Ryan and Rebecca Cuttler discuss the weekly "Pivot Issues in the News." http://pivotlegal.org/News/PivotPodcast11-April17.mp3 Thu, 17 April 2008 17:00:00 GMT 22:41 Pivot, Pivot Legal Society, Homelessness, Addiction, Policing, Vancouver Pivot Legal Society Darren Fleet interviews Pivot Legal Society executive director John Richardson about the current Pivot policing campaign news; Rebecca Cuttler interviews David Eby about the homeless count figures and taking a look at the papers, Darren Fleet and Rebecca Cuttler discuss the weekly "Pivot Issues in the News." http://pivotlegal.org/News/PivotPodcast10-April10.mp3 Thu, 10 April 2008 21:20:00 GMT 24:10 Pivot, Pivot Legal Society, Homelessness, Addiction, Policing, Vancouver Pivot Legal Society Rebecca Cuttler interviews Sean Condon about the April 4 relaunch of Vancouver's street magazine Megaphone; James Ash interviews Sean Spear about the recent report from the UN about addictions and looking at the papers, Darren Fleet and Rebecca Cuttler discuss the weekly "Pivot issues in the news." http://pivotlegal.org/News/PivotPodcast9-April03.mp3 Thu, 3 April 2008 23:40:00 GMT 26:13 Pivot, Pivot Legal Society, Homelessness, Addiction, Vancouver Pivot Legal Society Darren Fleet interviews David Eby about the new Pivot report Cultural Divide - A neighbourhood study of immigrant rental housing in Vancouver. They also discuss a new report looking into the cost homelessness for Vancouver. http://pivotlegal.org/News/PivotPodcast8-Mar27.mp3 Thu, 27 March 2008 18:40:00 GMT 15:40 Pivot, Pivot Legal Society, Homelessness, Addiction, Vancouver Pivot Legal Society Gabor Maté talks to Nancy Macdonald about his new book In the Realm of the Hungry Ghost. For more about his book visit http://www.drgabormate.com/. Jodi Loudfoot and Susan Boyd from SCORE talk about their campaign to provide safer crack kits to addicts. Mentioned in the second interview: http://www.educatingharper.com/ Safer Crack Use Kit Contents: Pipe, Screens, Lighter, Lube, Gum, Vitamins, Mouthpiece, Push Stick, Condoms, Hand sanitizer, Water, Bandaid. http://pivotlegal.org/News/PivotPodcast7-Mar20.mp3 Thu, 13 March 2008 21:00:00 GMT 36:09 Pivot, Pivot Legal Society, Homelessness, Addiction, Vancouver Pivot Legal Society Darren Fleet talks to the organiser of the 2008 Homeless Count during the count. Nancy Macdonald talks to director of the Portland Hotel Society Mark Townsend in the second in a series of podcasts looking at addiction (see http://www.communityinsite.ca for more details about InSite). Finally, Erin Millar and Darren Fleet take a look at Pivot in the news this past week. http://pivotlegal.org/News/PivotPodcast6-Mar11.mp3 Thu, 13 March 2008 21:36:00 GMT 25:48 Pivot, Pivot Legal Society, Homelessness, Addiction, Vancouver Pivot Legal Society Brief comment by David Eby with James Ash about the death of homeless person Darrel Mickasko on January 31; Interview with Katrina Pacey with Nancy Macdonald plus a weekly rundown of Pivot in the press with Darren Fleet and Paul Ryan http://pivotlegal.org/News/PivotPodcast1-Feb7.mp3 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:00:00 GMT 21:02 Pivot, Pivot Legal Society, Homelessness, Vancouver Pivot Legal Society Darren Fleet interviews David Eby about the Frank Paul enquiry and the upcoming Housing Solutions report and Nancy Macdonald interviews Aaron Zacharias, winning author of one of the Housing Solutions report essays plus a weekly rundown of Pivot in the press with Darren Fleet and Paul Ryan. http://pivotlegal.org/News/PivotPodcast2-Feb14.mp3 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:00:00 GMT 30:36 Pivot, Pivot Legal Society, Homelessness, Vancouver Pivot Legal Society Eighteen months in the making, this is an exclusive interview with Darcie Bennett, one of the authors of Pivot's new report on child welfare Broken Promises. We also also have live interviews from the press conference and the weekly Pivot issues in the press. http://pivotlegal.org/News/PivotPodcast3-Feb21.mp3 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:00:00 GMT 45:33 Pivot, Pivot Legal Society, Homelessness, Vancouver Pivot Legal Society Darren Fleet speaks with Pivot lawyer, Lobat Sadrehashemi, who co-authored the report Broken Promises, about the response to the report since it's release. Pivot lawyer David Eby gives some background on what prompted The Carnegie Action Group to organize the upcoming rally at Georgia Lane Developer Robert Wilson's office and shares his thoughts on recent events surrounding housing in Vancouver's DTES. Darren Fleet and Nancy Macdonald bring us Pivot in the news. http://pivotlegal.org/News/PivotPodcast4-Feb28.mp3 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:00:00 GMT 16:37 Pivot, Pivot Legal Society, Homelessness, Vancouver Pivot Legal Society The first in a series of podcasts looking at addiction. Excerpts from UBC free lecture series "Drug Policy: Public Health or Criminal Justice Issue." The unedited web cast can be downloaded at http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca/forum/. Finally, Pivot in the news - a look at the papers. http://pivotlegal.org/News/PivotPodcast5-Mar6.mp3 Thu, 6 March 2008 09:00:00 GMT 16:37 Pivot, Pivot Legal Society, Homelessness, Vancouver