Documents & Resources

Complete Documents Listing

Last updated: 2010-Mar-10

Document Title Date Author/Source
New! 2010 Olympic Impact Update—Impact on Communities Coalition 2009-11-12 Impact On Community Coalition (IOCC)
New! Homelessness Hunger Strike Relay—1st Anniversary 2009-12-29 Am Johal, et al
New! Impact On Communities Coalition 2010 Olympic Oversight Interim Report Card 3PDF 2010-02-25 Impact On Communities Coalition
New! Red Tent 2010-01-29 Pivot Legal Society and allied organizations
New! Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, Raquel RolnikPDF 2009-12-18 Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur, United Nations
New! Right to the City: Rally for a National Housing Program (poster)PDF 2010-02-20 Impact On Community Coaltion (IOCC)
New! The Right to the City: Civil Liberties and the 2010 Olympics—forum video 2009-09-28 Impact On Community Coaltion (IOCC)
New! The Right to the City: The Economics of the 2010 Olympics 2010-01-25 Impact On Community Coaltion (IOCC)
20/20Foresite—Feb-2006PDF 2006-02-01 Impact On Community Coaltion (IOCC)
20/20Foresite—Jul-2006PDF 2006-07-01 Impact On Community Coaltion (IOCC)
2002 Olympic Winter Games: Economic, Demographic and Fiscal ImpactsPDF 2000-11-01 State of Utah Governor's Office of Planning and Budget
2010 Crackdown?PDF 2008-03-27 CKNW
2010 Winter Games Inner-City Inclusive Commitment StatementPDF not available Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC
2010 Winter Olympic Bid: North Shore HighwayPDF 2001-11-19 World Journal B3 (Northshore Outlook)
A Conversation with Dr. Kris OldsPDF 2008-01-23 Am Johal
A Conversation with Helen Jefferson LenskyjPDF 2008-01-02 Am Johal
A Displacement Analysis—Atlanta Olympic Conscience CoalitionPDF not available Atlanta Olympic Conscience Coalition
A Healthy Olympics - Interim ReportPDF 2003-01-20 Impact of Olympics on Community Coalition
A Sustainable Olympics? Report on IOCC's Public Forum (03-Oct-2007)PDF 2007-10-03 Impact On Community Coaltion (IOCC)
A Vancouver Art and Cultural Legacy for 2010? Report on IOCC's Public Forum (Nov-11-2007)PDF 2007-11-07 Impact On Community Coaltion (IOCC)
Activists Concerned About the Vancouver Bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics Worry the Games Will Miss Opportunities to Leave BC in a Better PositionPDF 2006-12-26 Vancouver Sun, David Beers
Activists file complaints, Groups say VANOC, government violating their rights 2009-08-10 Kristen Thompson, Metro Vancouver
Are We Worse Than AnimalsPDF 2008-02-15 Paul Taylor, Carnegie Newsletter
Atlanta—The Olympic War on the PoorPDF not available not available
Backgrounder—Vancouver Low-income housing closures December 2007 to datePDF 2008-04-09 Compiled by David Eby, Pivot Legal Society
BC Leaders Divided Over GamesPDF 2002-09-25 Various News Articles
BC Liberals' Cutbacks Track RecordPDF not available not available
Beijing intensifies local focus on 2010 Games 2008-08-21 Jackie Wong, westender.com
Bread, Circuses and Olympic QuestionsPDF 2002-06-14 Mark Milke, Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Candidates to Pay $600,000 US for Right to Bid on 2010 OlympicsPDF 2002-05-28 Associated Press
Chronology of Events: The Expo 86 Eviction Crisis. Appendix 2PDF 1988-00-00 Kris Olds
CKNW audio file 2006-03-09 CKNW
Collection of Press Clippings regarding Expo '86 EvictionsPDF 1986-01-01 various
Collins Backtracks on Olympics Benefits ConcernsPDF 2002-07-25 Sterling News Service, Paul Willcocks
Community Involvement and the Olympic Games—A Review of Related Research not available Peter A. Haxton
Community Organizations are Key to an Olympic Legacy.PDF not available Robert VanWynsberghe, Vancouver Sun editorial
Community Survey on a "Healthy Olympic Games"PDF not available Dr. Robert VanWynsberghe, Dr. James Frankish, Institute of Health Promotion Research, University of British Columbia
COPE Stalwart Endorses Olympic BidPDF 2003-02-05 CBC
Could a Flood and Local Opposition Wash Away Whistler's Olympic Dreams?PDF 2002-01-01 CBC Radio
Did we share the spirit? One year after the Sydney 2000 Olympic GamesPDF 2001-01-01 not available
Fair Play For Housing Rights: Mega-Events, Olympic Games and Housing RightsPDF 2007-00-00 Centre On Housing Rights And Evictions (COHRE)
From the Outside In: Vancouver's Olympic Housing CrisisPDF 2009-02-09 Am Johal
Games Ignore Locals, Says ProfPDF 1998-05-01 Vancouver Courier, Mike Howell
Gold Medal Ring TossPDF 2000-12-14 Orlando Weekly
Government Inaction Contributing to High Inuit Suicide Rates in Canadian Arctic?PDF 2008-01-07 Am Johal
Hallmark Events & Impacts on Housing—Presentation SlidesPDF 2008-01-21 Kris Olds, Claire Mahon
Homelessness: Clear Focus NeededPDF 2009-03-00 British Columbia, Office of the Auditor General
Housing activist passes the baton in hunger strike relay 2009-01-05 Jeff Hodson, Metro Vancouver
Hunger strike for housing 2009-01-05 Am Johal
Impacts of Olympics on Community Warns Against Negative ConsequencesPDF 2002-08-27 Impact of the Olympics on Community Coalition (IOCC)
Impacts on Communities Must be Addressed if Olympics Goes ForwardPDF 2003-01-03 CKNW, Bill Good interview transcript
In Beijing, No Answer to The Bulldozer 2008-04-26 Jill Drew, Washington Post Foreign Service
In the Northwest: Pricey Olympic Bid and Deep Budget Cuts .  .hmmmPDF 2002-06-17 Joel Connelly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Inner City Inclusive Housing Table: Final ReportPDF 2007-03-01 Inner-City Inclusive Housing Table
Inner-City Inclusivity (ICI) Update: January 2006PDF 2006-01-01 VANOC and Partners
Inside the Olympic Industry Power, Politics, and Activism not available Helen Jefferson Lenskyj
Inside Vancouver's pre-Olympic housing crisis 2007-12-10 Am Johal
Interview with Glen BaileyPDF 2007-12-07 Am Johal
Interview with International Housing Activist Miloon KothariPDF 2007-10-07 Am Johal
IOC Needs to Step In Or Perhaps Move On 2008-03-26 Sally Jenkins, The Washington Post
IOCC Public Forum—Labour & TrainingPDF 2008-06-04 Impact on Community Coalition (IOCC)
Letter to Jack Poole, CEO, Vancouver Olympic Bid CorporationPDF 2002-07-04 Impact of the Olympics on Community Coalition (IOCC)
Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP)PDF 2008-04-17 HANSARD, House of Commons
Manchester Plays Games: Exploring the Local Politics of GlobalisationPDF 1996-01-01 Allan Cochrane, Jamie Peck, Adam Tickell
Mapping the Olympic Growth Machine: World-City Networks and the Transnational Capitalist ClassPDF not available Björn Surborg, Elvin Wyly, Rob VanWynsberghe
Matt Hern on Creating Cities for CitizensPDF 2008-04-21 Am Johal, Rabble News
Mayor Says no Report Necessary on Impact of Local Olympic BidPDF 2002-03-15 Mike Howell, Vancouver Courier
Mega—Events, Urban Development, and Public PolicyPDF 2002-01-01 Burbank, Andranovich, Heying
Message to Coleman: Protect Renters' RightsPDF 2005-10-09 Mike Howell, The Vancouver Courier
Ming Pao Article-ChinesePDF 2006-09-03 Ming Pao
Misplaced Priorities Atlanta, the '96 Olympics and the Politics of Urban RemovalPDF not available not available
Natives Target OlympicsPDF 2001-11-16 Kamloops This Week
New Poll Shows British Columbians Don't Want to Spend Tax Dollars on OlympicsPDF 2002-06-18 SPEC News Release
No Medal for the Olympics on Labour RightsPDF 2007-06-11 PlayFair 2008
NPA won't touch land bank 2006-03-16 Matthew Burrows, The Georgia Straight
Olympic Bid Is Dead if it Doesn't Have a HeartPDF 2002-03-07 The Westender
Olympic Budget Highlights Big Costs (2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games)PDF 2002-01-11 By Paul Foy, Associated Press
Olympic Cities: Lessons Learned from Mega-Events PoliticsPDF 2001-01-01 Andranovich, Burbank, Heying
Olympic Costs & Benefits, A Cost—Benefit Analysis of the Proposed Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games 2003-02-01 Marvin Shaffer, Alan Greer, Celine Mauboules
Olympic funding vs. hospitalsPDF 2002-09-25 Yvonne Eamor, CKNW,
Murray Jack: letter to editor, The Delta Optimist
Olympic Games: Catalyst of Urban ChangePDF not available Stephen Essex, Brian Chalkley
Olympic human-rights complaints taken to Switzerland 2009-08-13 Jackie Wong, westender.com
Olympic Movement's Agenda 21-Sport for Sustainable DevelopmentPDF 1999-06-01 International Olympic Committee Sport and Environment Commission
Olympic organizers ignoring basic rights: B.C. activists 2009-08-09 CBC News
Olympic Oversight Interim Report Card—2010 Olympic GamesPDF 2007-05-07 Impact On Community Coaltion (IOCC)
Olympic Referendum WantedPDF 2002-09-24 CBC Early Edition
Olympic WarningPDF 2002-03-21 Charlie Smith, The Georgia Straight
Olympic Watchdog Seeks Assurances from Bid BackersPDF 2002-08-24 Mike Howell, Vancouver Courier
Olympic Windfall with Help from his Allies in Congress: a Utah Businessman Cashes in on the Winter GamesPDF 2006-11-01 Dan Oko, Mother Jones Magazine, November/December 2006
Olympics threaten free speech, may spur evictions, watchdog says 2009-08-10 Jane Armstrong, Globe and Mail
Olympics Watchdog Grows Stronger: Two Major Lower Mainland Labour Groups Join The Impact on Community Coalition to Help Monitor Games DevelopmentPDF 2004-02-13 Impact of the Olympics on Community Coalition (IOCC)
Olympics: Gold, Silver, Bronze—But Not GreenPDF 2002-02-05 Martin A. Lee, AlterNet
Paying the Price—Paradise Isn't CheapPDF 2001-11-08 Clare Ogilvie, Whistler Pique
Poole Meets ActivistsPDF 2002-07-11 Charlie Smith, Georgia Staight
Project 20/20 and Pathways for Lasting Change: Mobilizing CURA Partnerships for Public PolicyPDF not available Robert VanWynsberghe
Promotion and Protection of All human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to DevelopmentPDF 2009-02-17 United Nations General Assembly, Human Rights Council
Reaching Beyond the Gold: The Impact of the Olympic Games on Real Estate MarketsPDF 2001-01-01 Melinda McKay, Craig Plumb, Global Insights, Issue 1-2001, Jones Lang LaSalle IP, Inc.
Recommendations made by the Impact of the Olympics on Community Coalition to the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation and its Member PartnersPDF 2002-08-01 Impact of the Olympics on Community Coalition (IOCC)
Report on Torino Olympic Legacy Findings to Vancouver City CouncilPDF 2005-07-20 Linda Mix, Impact on Community Coalition
Review of Estimates Related to Vancouver's Bid to Stage the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter GamesPDF 2003-01-01 Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia
Sandy Calder: Vancouver's Olympic Legacy?PDF 2007-12-03 Am Johal
Sea-to-Sky Highway Toll Proposal Sparks OutcryPDF 2002-06-20 Vancouver Sun, Stephen Hume
Second Olympic Oversight Interim Report CardPDF 2009-04-19 Impact On Community Coalition
Security, Civil Liberties and the 2010 Olympics. Report on IOCC's Public Forum (26-Mart-2008)PDF 2008-03-26 Impact On Community Coaltion (IOCC)
Short List Interviews—CBC 2002-08-28 CBC
South East False Creek—Working toward an Inclusive and Sustainable NeighbourhoodPDF not available Impact of the Olympics on Community Coalition (IOCC), BC Coalition of People with Disabilities, Acorn Canada
Sportswear Industry Shamed by New Allegations on Working ConditionsPDF 2008-04-21 PlayFair 2008
Stephen Quinn—CBC 2002-12-11 CBC
Still waiting at the altar: Vancouver 2010's on-again, off-again, relationship with social sustainabilityPDF 2007-06-12 David Eby, Pivot Legal Society, Impact on Community Coalition (IOCC)
Summary of Proposed Research: Community-Based Coalitions & Mega-Events: A Case Study of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics as a Healthy Communities InitiativePDF not available Impact of Olympics on Community Coalition
Sustainability within a Generation—A New Vision for CanadaPDF 2004-01-01 David Suziki Foundation, David R. Boyd
Swiss Bid for 2010 Winter Olympics Dealt BlowPDF 2002-09-22 Eduard Mader, Associated Press
TDRC presentation to Toronto City Council On the Olympic BidPDF 2000-02-17 Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
The City as an Image—creation Machine: A Critical Analysis of Vancouver's Olympic BidPDF 2005-01-01 Katherine McCallum, Amy Spencer, Elvin Wyly, University of British Columbia
The Economic Impact of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games: An updatePDF 2002-11-20 InterVISTA's Consulting Inc. (November 2002)
The Imageability of South East False CreekPDF 2003-12-01 Trent Snikkers
The Olympic Bid 'ignores social impact'PDF 2002-03-21 Vancouver Courier, Randy Gaudreau
The Question of Housing, Human Rights and the 2010 OlympicsPDF 2008-11-05 Vancouver Flying University
The social impacts of changes in the housing sector: Assessing the 2010 Winter Olympic Games—Summary of Proposed ResearchPDF 2008-08-01 Robert VanWynsberghe
The View From The Sidewalk Towards A New Definition Of People Who Are Homeless—A Study By Organic IntellectualsPDF 2001-12-01 various contributors
UBC Students Set to Highlight Vancouver Housing Problems to UN 2008-04-10 The Georgia Straight
Uncommon Competition—panel presentation from the Dr. Kris Old's lecture: Mega-Events, Olympic Games and Housing RightsPDF 2008-01-21 Jeff Derksen, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Simon Fraser University
Urban development through hosting international events: a history of the Olympic GamesPDF 1999-01-01 Brian Chalkley, Stephen Essex
Using the Vancouver Bid for Social Change 2003-06-30 CBC.ca
Vancouver 20/20 Project Work PlanPDF not available Impact On Community Coaltion (IOCC)
Vancouver 2010 Sustainability Report 2006-07PDF 2008-03-31 VANOC
Vancouver Activists Launch Olympic Watchdog GroupPDF 2002-01-31 Globe and Mail, Allison
Vancouver Agreement: Community Assessment of 2010 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games on Vancouver's Inner-City Neighbourhoods: Final ReportPDF 2003-02-01 Prepared for: Vancouver Agreement, Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation
Vancouver Municipal Poll—Impact on Communities CoalitionPDF 2008-09-11 Impact on Community Coalition (IOCC)
Vancouver's Promise of the World's First Sustainable Olympic GamesPDF not available Meg Holden, Julia MacKenzie, Robert VanWynsberghe
Vancouver's Promise of the World's First Sustainable Olympic GamesPDF 2008-02-23 Meg Holden, Simon Fraser University; Julia MacKenzie, Jacques Whitfod; Robert VanWynsberghe, University of British Columbia
Vancouver's Public Legacy? Report on IOCC's Public Forum (26-Jun-2007)PDF 2007-06-26 Impact On Community Coaltion (IOCC)
Vancouver's Story: Looking at the Images of Vancouver's Winning Winter Olympic BidPDF not available Katherine MacCallum, Amy Spencer, University of British Columbia
Vancouver-Whistler Warned of Olympic DownsidePDF 2002-01-02 CBC Online
Various News ItemsPDF 2002-09-25 North Shore News, Vancouver Sun
Watchdog goes to UN for help in 2010 2009-08-10 Bob Mackin, 24 Hours
Watchdog Group Calls for Olympic ReferendumPDF 2002-03-27 CBC News
Watchdog group files human-rights complaints over 2010 Olympics 2009-08-10 Carmen Chai, The Province
Whistler Council Fails To Support Vancouver's 2010 BidPDF 2002-06-21 GamesBid.com
Whistler Holdings Put Olympic Minister in Potential ConflictPDF 2002-09-05 NDP Newsrelease
Whistler Reveals Proposed Games LegaciesPDF 2002-02-21 The Province, Clare Ogilvie
Will Games Put Those Living On the Edge Out on the Street? 2002-01-29 Hilart Groutage Smith, The Salt Lake Tribune
Winning Name of His Game—Jack Poole Has a Big Challenge to Bring Winter Olympics HerePDF 2002-01-27 The Province, Ashley Ford
Winter Games Inspire Fiduciary ShiversPDF 2002-07-24 The Vancouver Sun, Vaughn Palmer
Worldwide outrage not likely to taint Vancouver's 2010 Olympic Torch relay 2008-04-08 Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press
Worldwide outrage not likely to taint Vancouver's 2010 Olympic Torch relay 2008-04-08 Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press