by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 30, 2013
I was abused by my ex partner, who is also my children’s father, for ten and a half years. I had four children with him – Angela, Rosalie, Mike, and Jackson. I was beat all throughout my first pregnancy, and as a result my girl Angela was born a month early. She...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 30, 2013
A single parent living on the outskirts of Vancouver, Nadine’s transient, poorly paid jobs made it hard to make ends meet and to provide for her three-and five-year old daughters. She worried constantly that they would lose their home. A friend suggested that Nadine...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 30, 2013
We are the women of the Downtown Eastside Power of Women group. Our aim is to empower ourselves through our experiences, and to raise awareness from our own perspectives about the issues affecting the neighbourhood. We believe that the cycles of violence,...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 30, 2013
When I was about 15 years old I ran away from my parent’s home in Burnaby. My parents were alcoholics and there was a lot of abusive behaviour and yelling in our home. This is common in a lot of Native homes, but I think this is because our parents are mimicking the...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 30, 2013
A man’s painful journey through addiction… In my years spent chasing after what I thought was a way to exist, I’ve run into a lot of life. In all the desperate, frantic and scary chaos, a lot of stories come up. I could tell you about waiting...
