A win! Council unanimously supports cooling rights for renters in Vancouver by ensuring landlords can’t ban cooling devices. Thank you to @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @seanorr.bsky.social for your leadership on this and for recognizing First United's work. This will save lives.

A win! What a great day. Thanks for your leadership on this @seanorr.bsky.social

COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors@copevancouver.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thanks to @amandajaneburrows.bsky.social & the whole team at First United for their advocacy work on The Right to Cool. You can read the 2025 Motion here: council.vancouver.ca/20251105/doc...

Congrats to @amandajaneburrows.bsky.social and the whole First United team alongside Lu’ma Native housing for opening the doors on their brand new building at Gore and Hastings

This is VANCOLOUR ¡TONIGHT! • 9pm @cheknews.ca 📺 It’s our season finale! 🎉 👉 What summer activities could accidentally make you a criminal? ☀️ (@kylalee.ca) 👉 Will the FIFA World Cup leave Vancouver with a legacy… or just a big bill? ⚽️ (@amandajaneburrows.bsky.social & @ayan604.bsky.social)

With less than three weeks to go until the World Cup kicks off in Vancouver, the ‘human rights action plan’ for the duration of the tournament has been released. Guest: @amandajaneburrows.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Vancouver releases "human rights action plan" for FIFA

Podcast Episode · The Jill Bennett Show · May 25 · Bonus · 10m

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As Vancouver prepares for FIFA, the Human Rights Action Plan is finally released. The real test won’t only be the language in the plan. It will be implementation and what unhoused residents actually experience on the ground. globalnews.ca/video/118630...

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Our city isn't built for extreme temperatures & people will suffer this summer. Cooling kits helped keep vulnerable people safer and Vancouver leadership refused to keep them. This is a step backwards. We need climate action and immediate supports that help people survive now.

The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 3mo ago

Overdose prevention sites have become an easy political scapegoat for much bigger systems failures. OPS did not create the toxic drug crisis, the housing crisis or collapsing mental health supports. People are dying. We need more care, not less. OPS save lives.

Vancouver Sun@vancouversun.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Letters to The Vancouver Sun: Adversarial relationship between mayor's office and health authority serves no one well vancouversun.com/opinion/lett...

Great joining some incredible women leaders on a panel for the UBC Balanced Supply of Housing Workshop to discuss community housing, wraparound supports and the realities of an insecure funding system. We need housing, but not housing only.

Another consequence of FIFA coming to Vancouver. The BC Sports Hall of Fame has to vacate BC Place during the World Cup. Frustrating. These places hold local stories and history. The irony of displacing a local sports museum for a global sports event is hard to miss. theprovince.com/sports/socce...

'A huge disappointment': B.C. Sports Hall of Fame has to shut down during the FIFA World Cup

Hall curator Jason Beck says being closed during that time — with so many sports fans in the downtown — is a "massive missed opportunity"

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This is incredible news! I’ve admired Diana for years. A frontline worker and community builder alongside people who are unhoused, now stepping forward to run for council. Here vision for Toronto resonates far beyond one city. Go Diana! Cheering from Vancouver. Ward 4!

Diana Chan McNally@dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’m running for City Council in Parkdale—High Park. I’m running because our neighbours deserve a councillor who has walked alongside them, fought for them, and knows how to turn community demands into real wins at City Hall. Join me at www.dianachanmcnally.ca.

I’m running for City Council in Parkdale—High Park. I’m running because our neighbours deserve a councillor who has walked alongside them, fought for them, and knows how to turn community demands into real wins at City Hall. Join me at www.dianachanmcnally.ca.

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Was on CBC Early Edition with Stephen Quinn talking Vancouver cancellation of cooling kits and why pulling back supports as extreme heat increases is a bad call. We need long term climate solutions and we also need immediate tools that keep people safe. Cooling kits matter. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

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It's my birthday and it's been a great year! Ran for mayor. Building housing. Fighting for renters & ending the overdose crisis. Preaching again. Grateful for the people alongside and an honour to build community. Here's to another year of advancing progressive policies ♥️

We’re pausing supportive housing during a homelessness emergency and rising numbers. Legal experts say it may violate rights by targeting a politically inconvenient, vulnerable group. This isn’t leadership. It’s a policy failure putting lives at risk and it may end up in court.

Vancouver Sun@vancouversun.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Vancouver's supportive housing pause may be unconstitutional, legal scholars say vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

Ten years today since the opioid crisis was declared a public health emergency in BC. Over 18,000 lives lost. We remember, we grieve and we won’t stop calling on our elected officials to implement and scale the solutions that save lives 💔

We can’t normalize the shocking # of people experiencing homelessness in Vancouver or the extreme increase every year. Under City leadership, we are blocking the housing we need. Build housing, raise incomes, fund supports or admit this is a policy choice. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Vancouver homeless count shows 12% increase since last tally

The number of people who were homeless in Vancouver increased by 12 per cent last year, according to a report coming to city council next week which noted homelessness in the region reached an “all-time high.”

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Pet bans in rentals aren’t neutral. They disproportionately impact low-income renters and is an equity issue that can lead to homelessness (for people and pets). Proud of this collaboration from our org and SPCA. Lift the ban.

CTV News Vancouver@ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 4mo ago

B.C. organizations call on province to end pet bans in rental housing

On the grim ten year anniversary of the opioid crisis in BC, where more than 18,000 lives have been lost, I’m honoured to offer a reflection in solidarity with Moms Stop The Harm, in remembrance of those we’ve lost. And we won’t stop remembering and advocating for overdose prevention.

Opera connects us. Contrary to recent criticism. A beautiful moment reconnecting with Lucia, singing in La Bohème with Vancouver Opera. We met 15 years ago when she was singing Maria in West Side Story when I worked there. Now I’m on the Board. Go see her! www.vancouveropera.ca/whats-on/la-...

Parks, pools and community centres are what make our cities wonderful. We’ve got to start acting like it and make these important safety and maintenance investments.

Vancouver Sun@vancouversun.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Vancouver park board asking for 'historic' $1.35 billion for recreational infrastructure vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...

Collaboration matters given the complexities in the DTES. But we know the solutions: housing, higher incomes and access to supports & voluntary treatment. Poverty is not a moral failure. It’s a policy choice. And until we grasp that, we’ll keep managing crisis, not ending it.

Vancouver Sun@vancouversun.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Former Vancouver mayor hopes avoiding service overlaps can help Downtown Eastside vancouversun.com/news/politic...

Supportive housing voted down in Vancouver. Again. Not surprised. But it's hard to understand how anyone stands behind a vote against something we know improves and even saves lives. I believe those voting 'no' know this. Which makes the politicization of it harder to accept.

Vancouver’s toxic drug supply is a public health risk. This PSA matters for World Cup visitors and it matters just as much for people who live here every day.

CTV News Vancouver@ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 4mo ago

World Cup visitors need to be warned about Vancouver’s toxic drug supply, advocate say

Vancouver loves our pools. I just wish we proved it by prioritizing maintenance and actually building the ones we promise in the communities we promise.

The Tyee@thetyee.ca · 4mo ago

“I never realized the importance of third places until they were out of my life.” @joshkozelj27.bsky.social on how the local pool is key for community. 🏊

Save Sunrise Market! Access to affordable, healthy food is getting harder for people. Food is a human right. We need to start supporting community solutions and public investment. Not every basic need should be left to the market.

Vancouver Sun@vancouversun.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Can beloved Vancouver grocer be saved? Community members are searching for options vancouversun.com/news/sunrise...

As Vancouver gears up for the World Cup, what happens to people with nowhere safe to go? @amandajaneburrows.bsky.social joins us to talk about why Vancouver is adding enforcement while Seattle is adding shelter — and why community-led solutions are being ignored: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h...

How will Vancouver handle the homeless population during FIFA?

Podcast Episode · The Jill Bennett Show · March 26 · Bonus · 10m

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I did a radio interview in response to Seattle's proactive approach to the World Cup and homelessness compared to the lack of clear human rights plan in Vancouver.

Ben Dooley@bentdooley.bsky.social · 4mo ago

As Vancouver gears up for the World Cup, what happens to people with nowhere safe to go? @amandajaneburrows.bsky.social joins us to talk about why Vancouver is adding enforcement while Seattle is adding shelter — and why community-led solutions are being ignored: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h...

Vancouver adds enforcement. Seattle adds shelter. People need safe places to go when the World Cup descends on us. We have community-led solutions to make these games safer for everyone but our town's leadership just keeps ignoring them. vancouversun.com/news/world-c...

As World Cup nears, Seattle expands homeless shelters while Vancouver is status quo

In Seattle, officials are fast-tracking efforts to bring unhoused residents indoors as part of their broader World Cup planning.

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Vancouver loves our community centres & it's alarming how many are in poor condition. We’re facing a $1B repair bill and I have ZERO confidence this investment will happen under Ken Sim. Keeping public spaces safe is public safety. We need leadership that acts like it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Vancouver Park Board considering $1B motion to fix aging recreation facilities | CBC News

Commisioners say the historic investment is needed after years of underfunding and to address the 2025 auditor's report that said 72 per cent of Vancouver's recreation facilities are in "poor or very ...

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