Podcasts by CiTR -- The City

The Survivors' Totem Pole: Constructing A Lasting Symbol of Resistance, Persistence and Inclusion in the Downtown Eastside from 2014-07-09T00:04:06

The Survivors' Totem Pole will be raised by Downtown Eastside communities to serve as a lasting symbol for those struggling for social justice. On the program, we hear speakers from the June 28th S...

Local Filmmaker Aims to Document Little Mountain Social Housing Struggle from 2014-06-18T00:08:10

David Vaisbord discusses the importance of the Little Mountain story and his campaign to create a documentary film to showcase the community and residents' struggle against the BC government over V...

Ricochet to Shake Up the Corporate Media Landscape from 2014-06-11T00:08:18

On the program, we discuss a new independent media organization, a new model of independent media, and a new media platform to connect Anglophone and Francophone Canada ? Ricochet.

In t...

From Emergency Services to Permanent Solutions: Addressing Youth Homelessness from 2014-06-04T00:05:14

One in five shelter users are youth. 25 to 40% of youth experiencing homelessness self-identified as LGBTQ, and 40 to 70% of homeless youth have mental health issues compared to 10 to 20% of housed...

Understanding the BC Teachers' Strike and the State of Public Education in BC from 2014-05-28T00:01:48

Former Vancouver School Board Trustee Jane Bouey discusses the state of public education in BC and Vancouver, provides the context to the current strike and lockout, and provides an update on the V...

Realizing the Right to Adequate Housing from 2014-05-21T00:02:28

Miloon Kothari is the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, and he spoke at Simon Fraser University - Woodward's on July 9, 2012. Mr. Kothari's talk is titled 'The Right to...

'Red Zones' and Vancouver's Criminal Justice System from 2014-05-14T00:00:33

On the podcast, we discuss the rise of administration of justice offences ? typically breaches of bail and probation ? in Canada and BC, and use of particular spatial practices in Vancouver?s crimi...

The Best and Worst Place to be A Woman in Canada from 2014-04-30T00:07:04

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a new report ? The Best and Worst Place to be a Woman in Canada: An Index of Gender Equality in Canada?s Twenty Largest Metropolitan Areas. On t...

Existing Affordable Housing at Risk: Housing Co-op Sector Faces Looming Crisis as Federal Agreements Expire from 2014-04-23T00:03:13

Between now and 2017, one quarter of housing co-operatives in BC will lose rent-geared-to income subsidies for low-income members as federal housing agreements end. Over 1500 households will face a...

Divisions and Disparities in Lotus Land from 2014-04-02T00:07:53

Urban geographer Nicholas Lynch discusses the findings of a recent study showing an increasingly divided metro Vancouver region and a disappearing middle class. We?re revisiting this important disc...

When Commodities Stop Flowing: The Significance of the Truckers' Strike and Vancouver's Port from 2014-03-26T00:01

What are the conditions that have led to the current labour situation at Canada?s largest port? And what is the significance of Vancouver?s port within wider global supply chains? On the program, w...

Downtown Eastside Plan Raises Concerns Over Gentrification and Definition of Social Housing from 2014-03-19T00:05:17

Vancouver's recently approved Downtown Eastside neighbourhood plan raises concerns over the definition of social housing and the plan's ability to stop -- or even slow -- gentrification. Low-income...

No Place to Go: Gentrifying Downtown Eastside Residential Hotels Increasingly Unaffordable for Low-Income Residents from 2014-03-12T00:01:14

Seven hundred and thirty-one homeless people live in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) according to the City of Vancouver, and approximately 5000 more live on the edge of homelessness in tiny Single Roo...

Fundrive 2014: Support Another Year of Independent Radio from 2014-03-05T01:04:40

Highlights from the past year of critical urban discussions and a reminder to support independent radio. Donate online at www.citr.ca/donate a...

Remembering Hogan's Alley from 2014-02-26T01:01:58

On the podcast, we examine the history and memories of Vancouver's original black community, Hogan's Alley, in a radio documentary produced by Arial Fournier and Andy Longhurst.

Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games from 2014-02-19T01:02:35

Jules Boykoff discusses the Olympics Games -- prominent urban mega-event spectacles -- as a form of 'celebration capitalism' (the complement to Naomi Klein's 'disaster capitalism'). He talks about ...

Vancouver: Consumption City Forever? from 2014-02-12T01:01:56

On the program, the second part of the conversation with urban economic geographer Elliot Siemiatycki about Vancouver?s transformation from a productive city into a city of consumption, dominated i...

Vancouver: Consumption City from 2014-02-05T01:02:33

On the program, urban economic geographer Elliot Siemiatycki discusses Vancouver?s transformation from a productive city into a city of consumption, dominated increasingly by real estate and touris...

A New Era? Bill de Blasio and the Shifting Political Landscape in New York City from 2014-01-29T01:01:04

On the program, renowned New York City scholar John Mollenkopf (Distinguished Professor, City University of New York) discusses Michael Bloomberg?s three terms as mayor of New York City and what th...

A New Era? Racial and Economic Equality in New York City from 2014-01-22T01:03:51

On the program, we reflect on the Michael Bloomberg era in New York City and what the mayoral election of Bill de Blasio might mean for (in)equality, public and affordable housing, and urban develo...

The Politics of Housing the Homeless: Lack of community consultation or NIMBYism? from 2014-01-15T01:04:01

Has it been a lack of neighbourhood consultation or simply a case of the NIMBY syndrome in Vancouver?s eastside? Or perhaps a bit of both? Is fear and misinformation framing the conversation about ...

From Abbotsford to Portland: Homelessness and Harm Reduction from 2014-01-08T01:03:14

We hear about the homelessness and harm reduction situation in Abbotsford, BC and an alternative housing model in Portland, Oregon. In 2005, the City of Abbotsford passed a bylaw effectively bannin...

2013 Year in Review: Part III from 2013-12-18T01:04:05

On the podcast, we look back at the year of critical urban discussions on topics including transportation, neighbourhood change, the environment, social movements, feminism, and labour.

2013 Year in Review: Part II from 2013-12-11T01:03:19

On the podcast, we look back at the year of critical urban discussions on topics including transportation, neighbourhood change, the environment, social movements, feminism, and labour.

2013 Year in Review: Part I from 2013-12-04T01:01:53

On the podcast, we look back at the year of critical urban discussions on topics including transportation, neighbourhood change, the environment, and labour.

Gentrification and the Waterfront from 2013-11-27T01:03:21

Using the storied San Francisco waterfront as a case study, Jasper Rubin (San Francisco State University) examines the reflexive relationship that gentrification creates between the waterfront and ...

Neoliberal urbanism: Artful alternatives? from 2013-11-20T01:02:25

What does it mean to say that cities like Vancouver have taken a ?neoliberal? turn, embracing market-oriented policies while paying little more than lip service to questions of social welfare, affo...

Global Climate Change and Urban Policies: Do Local Strategies Matter? from 2013-11-13T01:04:54

Failed efforts at the international, national and sub-national levels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have prompted some city governments to set their own greenhouse gas targets and implement po...

Lessons from San Francisco? The Culture of Renting and the Politics of Rental Housing from 2013-11-06T01:06:06

Jackie Wong discusses her recent series, Generation Rent: Two Cities, Two Directions, recently published by The Tyee. We talk about the differences and similarities between Vancouver and San Franci...

Degraded Work in the North American City from 2013-10-30T00:04:04

Does the growth of service sector jobs in North American cities imply greater urban inequality? What are the implications of deteriorating job quality in our cities? How can organizers, workers, an...

Making Stanley Park: Idealized Nature and Human-Environmental Relations from 2013-10-16T00:04:53

Environmental historian and author Sean Kheraj traces how this tension between popular expectations of idealized nature and the volatility of complex ecosystems helped shape the landscape of one of...

Making Stanley Park: From Colonial Legal Practices to Aboriginal Erasure from 2013-10-09T00:03:20

UBC Sociology Professor Renisa Mawani traces the ways in which colonial and imperial power have historically been inscribed in the land now known as Stanley Park.

Making Stanley Park: The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch, and Brockton Point from 2013-09-25T00:05:58

Historian and author Jean Barman reflects on Stanley Park's 125th Anniversary and processes of dispossession which were part of the making of Stanley Park. Her book Stanley Park's Secret won the 20...

Labour, Economic Security, and the Struggle at the Bottom from 2013-09-04T00:02:46

Professor Marjorie Griffin Cohen (SFU Political Science and Women's Studies) discusses the challenges facing low-wage workers and unions, and policy options to foster greater economic security. Ben...

Gender, Housing Rights, and Local Solutions to the Housing Crisis from 2013-08-28T00:04:51

What are local solutions to addressing affordable housing, homelessness, and mental health? What are the gender dimensions to these issues?
We explore these issues in a Vancouver context with ...

Becoming Urban in Asia from 2013-08-14T00:03:05

Urban scholar John Friedmann (UBC and UCLA) reflects on how we're to make sense of rapid urbanization in Asia.

"The first half of the 21st century is anticipated to be a period of contin...

Sex and the Revitalized City: Gender, Condominium Development, and Urban Citizenship from 2013-08-07T00:02:09

Dr. Leslie Kern, a professor of women's studies, discusses her book 'Sex and the Revitalized City: Gender, Condominium Development, and Urban Citizenship' and the social and political implications ...

Making Cities Work for Women: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Urban Policies, Services, and Governance from 2013-07-31T00:05:06

Dr. Sylvia Bashevkin (University of Toronto) and author and urban planner Prabha Khosla speak at the Women Transforming Cities National Conference convened on May 30, 2013. Dr. Bashevkin speaks abo...

'My Brooklyn' Filmmaker on Race, Class, and Redevelopment in New York City from 2013-07-17T00:01:28

A conversation with 'My Brooklyn' documentary filmmaker Allison Lirish Dean on race, class, corporate redevelopment, and the displacement of vibrant and unique urban places.

Dispatch from Rio: Brazil's Urban Social Movement Calls for Better Quality of Life from 2013-07-10T00:02:30

A Rio de Janiero-based social anthropologist, Dr. Cecilia Mello, discusses the urban social movements taking to the streets in Brazilian cities demanding a better quality of life and a right to the...

Zoned Out? Towers, Upzoning, and the Future of Grandview-Woodland from 2013-06-26T00:03:37

In June 2013, City of Vancouver planning staff released the draft community plan for the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood in the heart of East Vancouver. Residents are shocked at the proposed 22-36...

Interventions for Feminist Urban Futures from 2013-06-19T00:01:02

How can cities be more attentive to the needs of women and girls? How do we design, plan, and foster the ideal city for women and girls? From the 2013 Women Transforming Cities conference in Vancou...

It's More Than Poverty: Study Finds Employment Precarity Increasing in Greater Toronto from 2013-06-05T00:01:48

Precarious employment is increasing in the Hamilton and Greater Toronto Area and its harmful effects on individuals, families, and community life are documented in a recently released research repo...

Michael Laxer on the Rob Ford Saga // Engaging Women, Transforming Cities Conference from 2013-05-29T00:00:40

He?s been fighting substance use allegations and defending his ability to govern the city of Toronto. We?ll be discussing the Rob Ford saga with rabble.ca contributor Michael Laxer. Does this be th...

The Right to Adequate Housing in Canada from 2013-05-08T00:03:22

In July 2012, UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing Miloon Kothari spoke on the right to adequate housing as part of Simon Fraser University?s Public Square speaker series. In 2000, Mr. Kothari...

[Podcast] Vancouver: The Best Place on Earth? Matt Hern and Charlie Demers in Conversation from 2013-04-24T00:01:57

In 2011, Simon Fraser University?s Department of History hosted a lecture series, Think you know Vancouver? Think Again. On January 27th, local authors Matt Hern and Charlie Demers addressed the qu...

Tearing Down the Viaducts: Green for All or Green for Some? from 2013-04-17T00:03:34

Vancouver City Council, under the direction of the ruling Vision Vancouver party, wants to remove two remnants of the never fully realized inner city highway system in the downtown core. But, in th...

Divisions and Disparities in Lotus Land: The Social Geography of Income Polarization in Metro Vancouver from 2013-04-03T00:03:57

UBC geographer Nicholas Lynch is co-author of a recent study, Divisions and Disparities in Lotus Land: Socio-Spatial Income Polarization in
Greater Vancouver, 1970-2005. The research presents...

Taking on the Premier: The NDP's David Eby on Transportation, Housing, and Provincial-Municipal Relations from 2013-03-27T00:04:40

The BC NDP's David Eby (former executive director of the BC Civil Liberties Association) is running against BC Liberal Premier Christy Clark in the Vancouver-Point Grey riding on Vancouver's wealth...

Getting From Here to There: Transportation Policy, Planning Metro Vancouver's Transit Future, and the UBC-Broadway Line from 2013-03-20T00:03:22

Transportation planning and policy expert Matti Siemiatycki (University of Toronto) discusses transportation policy and planning within the Vancouver context, lessons from the Canada Line, the poli...

Author and Comedian Charlie Demers: Vancouver, Best Place on Earth? from 2013-03-13T00:04:52

In 2011, to mark Vancouver?s 125th anniversary, the Simon Fraser University Department of History hosted a lecture series, Think You Know Vancouver? Think Again. On January 27th, 2011, local author...

Special Frundrive Show from 2013-03-05T01:01:16

We listen back to some of the highlights from the past year for CiTR's Annual Fundrive. Please support The City, CiTR Radio, and another year of quality, independent programming. Call 604-822-8648 ...

Vancouver Green Party Councillor Challenges Vision Vancouver Policies from 2013-02-27T01:03:11

Vancouver City Councillor Adriane Carr (Green Party) is a vocal critic of the Vision Vancouver-dominated City Council. We discuss her concerns around the creation of city-subsidized market rental h...

Chinatown: The Next Yaletown? // Vancouver Loses Independently-Owned Festival Cinemas from 2013-02-20T01:04:20

Vancouver's Chinatown is undergoing rapid transformation. The Carnegie Community Action Project's Jean Swanson discusses why a huge influx of condominiums and retail gentrification are threatening ...

The Production and Penalization of the Precariat in the Neoliberal Age (Part II): Transformation of the Ghetto from 2013-02-13T01:03:03

Loic Wacquant is professor of sociology at the University of California at Berkeley and is a researcher with the European Centre of Sociology and Political Science in Paris.

His researc...

The Production and Penalization of the Precariat in the Neoliberal Age (Part I) from 2013-02-06T01:03:48

Loic Wacquant is professor of sociology at the University of California at Berkeley and is a researcher with the European Centre of Sociology and Political Science in Paris.

His researc...

Idle No More: Issues, Perspectives, and Histories from 2013-01-30T01:02:33

We hear several aboriginal perspectives on the Idle No More movement from a recently convened public forum in Vancouver - Idle? Know more! Speakers provide a background to the movement and situate ...

The Working City: Canada's Temporary Foreign Workers from 2013-01-23T01:01:45

We continue the ongoing series, The Working City, by discussing Canada's temporary foreign worker program with Krystle Alarcon, the author of a recent four-part series which documents the many prob...

The Waldorf, W2, and Vancouver's Growing Cultural Deficit from 2013-01-16T01:02:35

We hear from several commentators on the possible loss of an East Vancouver music hub, and the City of Vancouver?s response, as well as the impending eviction of the W2 Community Media Arts Society...

The Working City: The Worker-Owned Cooperative and Community Development from 2012-12-19T01:06:20

We continue our ongoing exploration of urban economies and the future of economic development by examining the worker-owned co-operative as a model for transforming our urban economies to achieve s...

The Working City: The Future of Vancouver's Economy from 2012-12-12T01:04:41

On the podcast, we continue our ongoing series examining urban economic landscapes and the future of economic development. We hear three perspectives on the future of Vancouver?s regional economy, ...

The Working City: Urban Economies, Industrial Displacement, and the Global City from 2012-12-05T01:01:23

In the first podcast of an ongoing series exploring urban economies, The City talks with urban geographer Winifred Curran about industrial displacement in New York City, the future of economic deve...

Leaving the City: The Gumboot Girls, Urban-Rural Migration, and the Search for Community from 2012-11-28T01:05:39

In the 1970s, 34 young women left cities across Canada to find a different lifestyle and build community in rural, coastal Prince Rupert, BC. Many were unsatisfied with the cold, modernist landscap...

In Conversation: Vancouver Councillor Andrea Reimer on Housing and Public Engagement from 2012-11-21T01:02:48

The City hears from Vision Vancouver Councillor Andrea Reimer as we mark the one-year anniversary of the 2011 municipal election. She talks at length about a number of issues, including neighbourho...

The Last Picture Show from 2012-11-14T01:03:01

On November 4, 2012, downtown's Granville 7 was added to a long list of recent movie theatre closures. The City reflects on the recent Granville 7 closing and the case of Vancouver's disappearing c...

Labour Struggles in the City: UBC's CUPE 2278 On Strike from 2012-11-07T00:58:55

We examine a current labour struggle in the city. The City talks with executive members from CUPE 2278, the local representing UBC teaching assistants, markers, tutors, and instructors at the Engli...

The Little Mountain Victory: What Does It Mean? from 2012-10-31T00:04:27

On October 25th, 2012, the Province of BC and the City of Vancouver announced that the four remaining tenant-households at the Little Mountain social housing development would not be evicted, and t...

Charity vs Justice: Unpacking the Vancouver Rent Bank from 2012-10-24T00:03:11

What does a billionaire mining magnate have in common with Vancouver's rent bank? The City critically unpacks the recently launched Vancouver rent bank with the editors of The Mainlander. We look i...

Small, Gritty, and Green [Part II]: Agriculture and Relocalization in Smaller Cities from 2012-10-17T00:02:35

Second part in a two-part series. Do we privilege larger cities when we talk about a sustainable, low-carbon future? Are smaller cities excluded from these conversations? Catherine Tumber, author ...

Small, Gritty, and Green: What's the Future of Smaller Industrial Cities? from 2012-10-10T00:04:09

Do we privilege larger cities when we talk about a sustainable, low-carbon future? Are smaller cities excluded from these conversations? Catherine Tumber, author of Small, Gritty, and Green: The P...

Remembering Urban Scholar-Activist Neil Smith from 2012-10-03T00:07:47

This podcast is dedicated to the life and work of urban scholar-activist Neil Smith who passed away on September 29th. Neil vocally advocated for everyone's right to the city. His writing and activ...

Universal Childcare in the City? from 2012-09-26T00:05:37

British Columbia faces a childcare crisis. How does this impact families in Vancouver and throughout BC cities? The City talks with Sharon Gregson of the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and...

Vancovuer's COPE Addresses Seniors' Housing and the Musqueam Land Struggle from 2012-09-12T00:01

Vancouver's Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) brought seniors' housing issues and Musqueam's ongoing land struggle to the forefront with guest speakers at their recent general membership mee...

Labouring British Columbia from 2012-09-05T00:00:44

On the program, The City speaks with historian, legal scholar, and Victoria City Councillor Ben Isitt about the rise of BC's labour movement from an urban perspective. We discuss the (radical) hist...

A Cultural Capital? Reflections From Vancouver's Top Arts&Culture Bureaucrat from 2012-08-29T00:00:40

The City discusses the state of arts and culture with Vancouver's Managing Director of Cultural Services Richard Newirth, covering everything from liquor regulations, funding, affordable arts space...

100 Days Later: Musqueam and the Fight to Protect Cultural History from 2012-08-15T00:00:53

100 Days Later: Musqueam and the Fight to Protect Cultural History

Reflections following the Musqueam First Nation's 100th day of struggle to protect their ancestral village site and bur...

London Plays Games (Part II): The Remaking of East London from 2012-08-07T23:59:23

SECOND IN A SERIES | On the podcast, we hear from Julian Cheyne (Counter Olympics Network) on the relationships between the London Games, property (re)development, gentrification, and remaking of w...

London Plays Games: Olympics History, Civil Liberties, and the Militarization of Public Space from 2012-08-01T00:01:19

London Plays Games: Olympics History, Civil Liberties, and the Militarization of Public Space

First in a series. A critical analysis of the London 2012 Games, featuring Chris Shaw (autho...

From Poor to Yuppie: Artists, Boutiques, and Neighbourhood Change from 2012-07-24T23:59:31

From Poor to Yuppie: Artists, Boutiques, and Neighbourhood Change. Critically examining processes of gentrification from the perspectives of urban scholars, an art gallery curator, a senior city of...

The Urban Growth Machine from 2012-07-18T00:02:36

The Urban Growth Machine

Broadcast on 10-Jul-2012 from 2012-07-11T00:02:58

New York City and the Politics of Public Space

Broadcast on 26-Jun-2012 from 2012-06-27T00:04:14

Unpacking the Vancouver Housing Affordability Interim Report // Quebec Student Leaders Report from the Frontline

Broadcast on 19-Jun-2012 from 2012-06-20T00:01:49

Author and Anti-Poverty Activist Jean Swanson on the Cost of Poverty // The Future of Social Housing in Vancouver
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Broadcast on 12-Jun-2012 from 2012-06-13T00:04:35

The Big Download Hits Cities // Redevelopment of Historic Avalon Dairy Farm // Women Transforming Cities

Broadcast on 29-May-2012 from 2012-05-30T00:00:30

Dispatch from the Montreal Student Movement // Musqueam Continue Fight to Protect Burial Grounds // In the House Festival // Vancouver Night School

Broadcast on 22-May-2012 from 2012-05-22T23:59:08

Cities and the End of Economic Growth

Broadcast on 15-May-2012 from 2012-05-16T00:04:30

UBC Geography's Noah Quastel on sustainability, urban development, and class conflict

Broadcast on 08-May-2012 from 2012-05-09T00:04:11

Musqueam's Struggle to Protect Sacred Burial Grounds Continues in Marpole // Vancouver's Living Wage Campaign

Broadcast on 01-May-2012 from 2012-05-02T00:02

International Workers' Day + Social Polarization in Toronto

Broadcast on 24-Apr-2012 from 2012-04-25T00:01:36

Sequel 138 Condo Development and Gentrification in the DTES Urban Soundscapes and Children's Health

GUESTS
Ivan Drury, Carnegie Community Action Project
Iain Marjoribanks, UBC ...

Broadcast on 17-Apr-2012 from 2012-04-18T00:05:25

Guests:
Sandeep Johal, Residents' Association of Mount Pleasant
Craig Jones, UBC Geography
Erika Schmidt, UBC Geography
Alex Warren, UBC Geography
Andrew Tesarowski, UBC Ge...

Broadcast on 03-Apr-2012 from 2012-04-04T00:01:04

Broadcast on 27-Mar-2012 from 2012-03-28T00:07:04

Broadcast on 20-Mar-2012 from 2012-03-21T00:08:21

Broadcast on 13-Mar-2012 from 2012-03-14T00:11:13

Guests:
Aaron Wilson, Musqueam member and UBC Law student
Spencer Lindsay, UBC First Nations studies graduate

Broadcast on 06-Mar-2012 from 2012-03-07T01:10:24

Guests:
Allan Wong, COPE Vancouver School Board Trustee
Ezra Manson, Vancouver Technical Secondary School student
Patrick Parkes, Burnaby Teachers' Association

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