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Vancouver Housing Stories
by Vancouver Housing Stories
A podcast mini-series where each episode takes a different approach to stories about renting in Vancouver, a city where displacement has become the norm. The series features six Vancouver-based storytellers and artists using pre-recorded tenant interviews to develop their own storytelling and audio practices, while considering the topic of housing.This project was part of a mentorship and skills development program that took place in summer 2019 in Vancouver at VIVO Media Arts Centre, on unceded and occupied territory of the səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw(Squamish) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) NationsThe participants were Maddi Dellplain, Jamie-Leigh Gonzales, Susan Lu, Tiffany Muñoz, Victoria Spooner, Melissa Roach, and Yijia Zhang. Mentors were Helena Krobath, Kim Bince Villagante (aka Kimmortal), Alex de Boer, Madeline Taylor, Alexander Kim, Pietro Sammarco, and Kell Gerlings. Podcast narration by Helena Krobath and Sydney Ball. Production by Helena
Episodes
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Episode Two: Leaving Is Not An Option
Moonhee is a low-income tenant who received subsidized rent from BC Housing in a building owned by a large non-profit. But when she finds toxic mold in her apartment, getting anyone to care about her safety becomes an impossible task. The first segment of the episode, titled “I Cannot Die in My...
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Episode 5: Art Vs Art Washing
Tenants are artists. What makes some forms of culture attractive to real estate and developer interests? Does the support of art by real estate make Vancouver a culturally vibrant city? First, we hear from Alice, an artist and tenant at The Belvedere building in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant...
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Episode 6 Meeting The Changing City
Gentrification ultimately means the displacement of the people who build a neighbourhood. In this episode, Susan Lu reflects on how changing property values impact the character of places she’s lived. She asks people in her neighbourhood of the West End what they think about the real estate…
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Episode 4 Community and Self Determination
This episode of Vancouver Housing Stories centres around the life we can build with our neighbours, if we want it. [Partial Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18qh88bexFZL3TJZ-ZSpvwPUI3AIuKEZAcDLy9o0HYQ8/edit?usp=sharing] Jamie Leigh Gonzales uses interviews, audio essay and poetry to...
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Episode 3 Alienation and Search for Home
This episode looks into the isolation many tenants face while living in Vancouver. First up, Victoria Spooner relays the potential benefits -- and housing obstacles -- of having a pet in British Columbia. She hears from aspirational pet owners, as well as Pets OK BC organizer Elliot Galan, about...
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Episode 1 Who's Got The Power
Could changes in Vancouver’s municipal housing policy make a difference in a city of people battling skyrocketing rents and constant evictions? In this episode hosts Maddi Dellplain and Melissa Roach feature stories of tenants who stuck together to fight against evictions and landlord harassment…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast mini-series where each episode takes a different approach to stories about renting in Vancouver, a city where displacement has become the norm. The series features six Vancouver-based storytellers and artists using pre-recorded tenant interviews to develop their own storytelling and audio practices, while considering the topic of housing.This project was part of a mentorship and skills development program that took place in summer 2019 in Vancouver at VIVO Media Arts Centre, on unceded and occupied territory of the səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw(Squamish) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) NationsThe participants were Maddi Dellplain, Jamie-Leigh Gonzales, Susan Lu, Tiffany Muñoz, Victoria Spooner, Melissa Roach, and Yijia Zhang. Mentors were Helena Krobath, Kim Bince Villagante (aka Kimmortal), Alex de Boer, Madeline Taylor, Alexander Kim, Pietro Sammarco, and Kell Gerlings. Podcast narration by Helena Krobath and Sydney Ball. Production by Helena
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A podcast mini-series where each episode takes a different approach to stories about renting in Vancouver, a city where displacement has become the norm. The series features six Vancouver-based storytellers and artists using pre-recorded tenant interviews to develop their own storytelling and audio...
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