Correction: This article gives incorrect reference to the WC-AEC. The AEC is not an umbrella body for the Shack Dwellers Movement. They are two separate movements who work together under the banner of the Poor Peoples Alliance.
By Chris Famighetti
Intern, NESRI Human Right to Housing Program
Taraneh Ghajar Jerven’s recent article in the Christian Science Monitor, “2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony: What about Vancouver’s homeless?” highlights the injustices perpetrated in the run-up to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.(1) Jerven discusses the expensive development costs associated with the 2010 Olympic Games, where the original budget of $660 million was revised to over $5 billion.(2) Read the rest of this entry »
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