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Listen to Margaret Pfoh on Central City Foundation's Hope Dialogue

Margaret joins us to discuss the importance of improving the availability and quality of culturally appropriate Indigenous housing.

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Listen to Kathleen Leahy on Central City Foundation's Hope Dialogue

Kathleen joins us to talk about the impact of research on community members in low-income neighbourhoods and what ethical research practices look like in practice.

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Listen to Don Shafer on Central City Foundation's Hope Dialogue

This week, Jennifer Johnstone interviews our regular host, Don Shafer, who was recently awarded a PhD from the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice department at UBC.

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Listen to Irwin Oostindie on Central City Foundation's Hope Dialogue

Irwin joins us to discuss lessons from the 2010 Olympics and the impacts that large events like the FIFA World Cup have on host cities and the communities within them.

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Listen to Mary Clare Zak on Central City Foundation's Hope Dialogue

Mary Clare joins us to talk about creating low-barrier employment opportunities by turning vacant urban land into street farms, and to reflect on her decades of work helping shape social change in our city.

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Listen to Dr. Sarah Schulman on Central City Foundation's Hope Dialogue

Dr. Sarah Schulman, founder of InWithForward, joins us to discuss moving beyond traditional top-down policy-making and instead using ethnographic and participatory research methods to hear what people actually need.

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Listen to Cory Douglas on Central City Foundation's Hope Dialogue

Cory Douglas, a multidisciplinary Squamish Nation artist, joins us to talk about the benefits of viewing community planning and design through an Indigenous lens.

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Change Can Happen. Profiles in community leadership: Djaka Blais

Central City Foundation is once again celebrating examples of extraordinary community leadership and innovation from the organizations we walk alongside and support. Click below to read more about Djaka Blais, Executive Director of Hogan’s Alley Society.

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See how your donations are building a more inclusive, resilient community through the investment in community-led solutions that help people in the inner city improve their lives.

An innovative grant ensures hundreds of youth in Surrey have access to essential supports at the City Centre Youth Hub

Hope Dialogue's Don Shafer profiled in UBC's Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice faculty publication

Building Indigenous Youth Leadership
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