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A Community Besieged: Vancouver's East Side
Series title:TransCanadaHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:2001-03Item number (ISN):356220Link to related resource:Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CABLE PUBLIC AFFAIRS CHANNELAccession:2003-0100Media:VideoPart:1 of 1Production date:2001-03Release date:2001-03Production company:Cable Public Affairs ChannelCountry of production:cnDescription:A short magazine examining Vancouver's East Side community and its citizens' struggles with drug abuse and poverty. Interviewees include: Terrence Mitchell, drug user; Dean Wilson, President of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU); Aaron Woodward, VANDU Alley Patrol Volunteer; Donald MacPherson, Vancouver Drug Policy Coordinator; Chuck Carty, Carnegie Centre Volunteer; Dr. John Blatherwick, Chief Medical Officer, Vancouver. Topics discussed include: the reasons people use drugs; the lack of services to help addicts; VANDU and its efforts to advocate fro the homeless and drug-addicted; the living conditions for street people in Vancouver; the gentrification of Vancouver's Lower East Side; methods for improving the situation; popular drugs; the lack of affordable (low-income) housing in Vancouver. <57mn 23s>Language:English -
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