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Revitalizing a Media Reform Movement in Canada by OpenMedia

January 26, 2010

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OpenMedia, a cross between an activist group, a think tank, and a startup, have released the results of their study of the potential for a broad-based media revolution in Canada. It’s available as a PDF download or a Scribd document (also below) and they have a related online survey that you can fill out to […]

Hot Meals, Warm Hearts Dinner

January 22, 2010

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From social media mover and shaker Jeremy Lim comes news that this Saturday the St. Vincent de Paul society will be handing out hot dinners and warm clothing to the needy at Davie and Burrard in the West End of Vancouver. If you have spare winter clothing, lightly used or new, that you would like […]

BOB Coworking Open House Friday!

December 17, 2009

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Come to the Downtown Eastside: we have cookies! I’m the new night manager/space animator at the BOB coworking space, which means basically that if you’re a coworker, as long as I’m happy to stay working here you’re welcome to stay working here, which basically means you can stay working here until the dawn’s early light […]

Open Data Hackathon Tonight

December 9, 2009

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The Powers That Be swear that they’ll have a mailing list or Facebook Group or something. Any. Day. Now. They could have one now if they’d hire me! Second Vancouver Open Data Hackathon When: Wednesday, December 9th, 2009, 5 – 10 pm Where: City of Vancouver Archives, 1150 Chestnut Street, Vancouver. More: http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/about/index.htm Limited to […]

Homelessness is OVER!

November 26, 2009

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Wow, congratulations, Vancouver! This is an amazing accomplishment and Mayor Gregor, City Hall, NGO’s, and government officials should be incredibly proud of themselves. I can’t even imagine how fantastic it must feel to know, unequivocally, that you’ve changed the world for the better, perhaps even saved lives. From the official Homelessness is Over press release, […]

Pivot Legal Society AGM

November 18, 2009

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Got this from an email. Contact them to get on the list (deets at the bottom). Pivot Annual General Meeting   Featuring guest speaker Dr. Evan Wood presenting on drug policy, harm reduction and crack cocaine use. All welcome! Where: 112 West Hastings Street When: November 25, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Who: All members and […]

Coworking is Copacetic

October 1, 2009

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You may have read the sad tale of the demise of Workspace, the devastatingly gorgeous, open-plan coworking space which effectively functioned as the clubhouse of the Gastown tech community (well, that and the Irish Heather). And as we all know, the Network Hub is full (although Raul says if you’re serious, contact him directly) and […]

Blogathon and the Federation of BC Writers

July 23, 2009

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This Saturday (because I am insane) I’ll be participating in Blogathon 2009, a 24-hour, 48 blog post postathon, to raise money for the Federation of BC Writers, BC’s home grown support system for Left Coast literati. What are you waiting for? Sign up to sponsor me by selecting “raincoaster.com” from the list of available blogs […]

Participatory Art with Pierre-A. Sonolet at Science World and Waterfront Station

July 17, 2009

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Got this very intriguing invitation from Judi Piggott of SynergyByDesign via email. Pierre-A. Sonolet invites you to assist and participate in two performances that will take place in Vancouver, July 19 and July 25, 2009. Bring yours organic pigments* for a lunch performance. Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 2:00 pm. meet at Science World where […]

Love is a Many Splendored Thing: Call for Volunteers

June 3, 2009

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From a SEARCHgrad email. I don’t post most of the volunteer “opportunities” I get, because mostly they’re just a chance to work for free and thus reinforce the class system (welfare recipients are not technically allowed to volunteer, as it takes away from their work search time. They are thus unable to accept most internships, […]

Green Inner-City Cluster Kickoff

June 1, 2009

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I’m sitting at Workspace looking out over Crab Park (the green space formerly known as Portside Park, if only to bureaucrats at City Hall who just couldn’t give up control long enough to use the name people had been using for it for ten years) thinking that the much-ballyhoo’d Carrall Street Greenway consists primarily of […]