houselessness
Stop harmful discourse about unhoused people at SFU
Peak Web November 19, 2024By: Kenzie Mains, SFU Student Content warning: discussions of prejudice towards unhoused individuals. You may be aware of the increasing presence of unhoused people on SFU campuses, whether you’ve seen it yourself, viewed discussions online, or heard conversations in person. With discussions about the housing crisis and unhoused folks comes problematic discourse that treats this vulnerable group as a problem rather than people. It’s not fair to put the blame on them for relying on our campus for resources and comfort. Such rhetoric is all too common and compounded by harmful prejudices, emerging from a wider stigma around houselessness in…
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Displacing houseless people isn’t a solution, it’s violence
Peak Web October 10, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer It’s been over two months since Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services ordered all tents in Hastings Tent City be removed. Since then, increased efforts for forced decampment have been taking place in the Downtown Eastside. Street…
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