PovPolPodcast Episode 4: Don't Design to Relocate, Design to Create!

More of Nigel's rants. Today he discusses a failed pilot project in Winnipeg to keep the homeless from sleeping under bridges, proposes that Universal Basic Income could be good for businesses, and gives a reader's digest summary of Standpoint Theory. And of course, a Lightning Round! Written and Produced by Nigel Kirk. Support us...

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PovPolPodcast Episode 3: How to Alienate Everyone who's Ever Loved You Using Only Words

In Today's Episode, Nigel mentions the one part of Vocational Charter Schools that no one will - and it's pretty frightening. He also talks about potential mask laws and how that might criminalize the poor and during the Lightning round has a controversial take on Alberta's proposal to form militias. Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/povpolpodcast Music:...

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PovPolPodcast Episode 2: A Humanazing Perspectives of Homelessness

Nigel passes his thoughts about shelters cutting important programs for the homeless community, how the NDP got decriminalization of poverty backwards, and of course, a lightning round! Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/povpolpodcast Music: "Poor Boy" by Pedro Santiago. ...

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PovPolPodcast Episode 1: Ranting about the News

Nigel rants about a the COVID-19 pandemic and the impacts it has on people in poverty, racism in Calgary and in Canada, as well as the demonstrations in the States. Written and Produced by Nigel Kirk. Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/povpolpodcast Music: "Poor Boy" by Pedro Santiago ...

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New Feature on my Site!

Hey! Been a long time! I've added a hostile design map to my site! It's only a few items right now, but I hope to see it grow! MapHubs doesn't have an open collaborative feature yet, so I'm going to be relying on your help to add more examples of hostile design to the map. Details (and the map) can be found here: Hostile Design Map Calgary As always, if you wish to support me and my work, feel free to click on the "I'm...

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Longest Night of the Year

This Thursday, I will have the honor of being the emcee for this year's Longest Night of the Year Ceremony. So I wanted to discuss a little about what Longest Night means to me, and why it's important the homeless have their own day of memory. You see, the first Longest Night in Calgary was four years ago. It was unsanctioned, but then again, Circle Park (aka James Short Park) has vagrancy rights, so we didn't need a permit...

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RELEASE: A Response to the National Housing Strategy

For the past couple of days, people have been wanting to know my response to the National Housing Strategy revealed by Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Government, so here I have prepared my response: RELEASE A National Housing Strategy is long overdue, so while I'm grateful for the discussion on the subject, and the acknowledgement of the homelessness crisis in Canada, this is NOT the strategy we need. There are good things...

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