Media contact
Julia Aoki, Executive Director
Press releases
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Past coverage
2022
- This podcast explores the lives of people on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (Vancouver is Awesome)
- New podcast aims to break down stereotypes of people living on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (CBC)
- Hope in Shadows 2022/2023 - and 20th anniversary - Calendar Launch
- December 3, 2022 - The Last Word with Mark McCardell (CTV News) featuring Megaphone Vendor Terry
- Hope in Shadows calendar campaign returns (Global TV)
2021
- Street vendor magazine Megaphone goes digital in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (Vancouver is Awesome)
- Operation Support Local: Megaphone Magazine (News 1130)
- West coast-inspired wrapping paper, day planners being sold by Vancouver's non-profit Megaphone (News 1130)
- Hope in Shadows 2021/2022 Calendar Launch (CTV News)
2020
- This Vancouver artist's beautiful mural sends a powerful message on homelessness (Vancouver is Awesome)
- Megaphone magazine annual calendar release (Global News)
- A Vancouver magazine is featuring wrapping paper made by their low-income vendors (Vancouver is Awesome)
2019
- Vancouver's Downtown Eastside residents document the human spirit (The Globe and Mail)
- Calendar features pictures taken from DTES residents (News 1130)
- Megaphone Magazine annual calendar release (Global BC)
- How (Not) to Report on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (Canadaland)
- More Action to Prevent Homeless Deaths (Global BC)
- In BC Homeless Deaths More than Doubled in 2016, According to Coroner (CFAX with Adam Stirling)
- Still an Emergency, Still No Action: BC's Homeless Deaths Have Skyrocketed (The Tyee)
- "Why do we have stigma?" Speakers' Bureau Launch - segment begins at 37:30 (CBC Radio)
- Megaphone's Speakers Bureau is Changing the Way We Talk about Drug Use (The Tyee)
- Drug users launch speakers bureau targeting organizations, businesses, and educators (Global BC)
- Vancouver drug users host community talk about overdose crisis (the Vancouver Sun)
- Megaphone vendor Stephen on CTV News Segment "The Last Word" (CTV News)
2018
- How Megaphone Magazine has helped turn around the life of one man, and many more (Global BC)
- These meaningful holiday gifts offer a unique way to give back in Vancouver (Vancouver is Awesome)
- Subtle brushwork portrays downtown dwellers with dignity (CBC)
- Megaphone is auctioning off the naming rights to everything they own—including staff (Vancouver Courier)
- This charity is auctioning off the naming rights to EVERYTHING they own (Vancouver is Awesome)
2017
- How one organization offers a lifeline to homeless and low-income people (Global)
- Megaphone Magazine is now full of free holiday wrapping paper (Vancouver is Awesome)
- Our Kids Are Safe: It’s Homeless People Who Are in Danger (The Tyee)
- Drug users, first responders share stories from the overdose crisis' front lines (National Post)
- Civilians now being trained as first responders in effort to battle opioid crisis in B.C. (Global, CKNW)
- A Good News Story About the News in British Columbia (The Narwhal)
- How to save a life: Volunteers hold workshop for naloxone training, story sharing (CBC)
- Once he lived in a tent. Now he helps find Hope in Shadows (Vancouver Courier)
- $1M raised by low-income vendors selling Hope in Shadows calendar (CBC Vancouver)
- Vancouver advocate for the homeless dies at 68 (Vancouver Courier)
- In Vancouver, ‘Voices of the Street’ Renewed My Faith in Storytelling (The Tyee)
- B.C.'s homeless death 'crisis' warrants review, advocate says (CBC )
- British Columbia’s homeless deaths at record high: report (Globe and Mail)
- Michael's story: the life and death of a homeless man (Vancouver Courier)
- B.C. homeless advocates call for ‘death review panel’ as fatality figures spike (Vancouver Sun)
- Courage To Come Back: Recipient of medical award gives back by spreading good news (News 1130)
