:::::::::::: 2009 Topics

HOMELESSNESS MARATHON TOPICS 2009 (7th Annual)
DOWNLOAD the 7th annual Marathon, coming soon!

:: HOUR/HEURE 1, 5pm / 17h - Gender and Homelessness ... Genre et Itinérance

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 2, 6pm / 18h - Comparing Shelters in Rural and Urban Areas ... Comparaison des refuges en zone urbaine et rurale

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 3, 7pm / 19h - Indigenous Hour / L'Heure autochtone

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 4, 8pm / 20h - A Critical Look at Services ... Un regard critique sur les services

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 5, 9pm / 21h - Vancouver to Montreal Pt. 1: The Rational Perspective - Organizing for the homeless in shadow of 2010
 and beyond ... La perspective rationnelle - organisant pour les itinérantEs à l’ombre de 2010 et au-delà

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 6, 10pm / 22h - Vancouver to Montreal Pt. 2: Oppression in the Downtown Eastside and Resistance to the 2010 Olympics ...
 De Vancouver à Montréal 2re partie : Oppression dans le Downtown Eastside et résistance contre les Olympiques de 2010 

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 7, 11pm / 23h - Finding/Building a Home: The Struggle for Affordable Housing and Squats ... Trouver/bâtir une maison :
 La lutte pour des logements abordables et des squats

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 8, Midnight / Minuit - OPEN MIC Rants, Poetry, and Music on the Streets ... MICRO OUVERT Declamations, chialage, poésie et musique

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)
 
:: HOUR/HEURE 9, 1am / 01h - Myths, Hows, and Whys of Homelessness (Dissecting Media Hype) ... Les mythes, le pourquoi et le comment de l'itinérance 

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 10, 2am / 02h - Families and Homelessness ... Famille et itinérance

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)
:: HOUR/HEURE 11, 3am / 03h - Linking with US Marathon for an hour ... en lien pendant une heure avec le Marathon des E-U. 

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)
:: HOUR/HEURE 12, 4am / 04h - CKDU in Halifax presents: Homeless in the Maritimes ... CKDU à Halifax vous présente: être sans-abri aux maritimes 

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 13, 5am / 05h - Criminalizing Social Space and State Terrorism on the Poor ... Criminalisation de l'espace social et terrorisme
 d'État contre les pauvres 

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)
:: HOUR/HEURE 14, 6am / 06h - The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Streets ... Impacte de la crise économique dans la rue 

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)


:::::::::::: 2008 Topics 

 
HOMELESSNESS MARATHON TOPICS 2008 (6th Annual) 

DOWNLOAD the 6th annual Marathon, click here.

 
 broadcasted on
February 20th  / diffuse
le 20 fevrier 

:: HOUR/HEURE 1, 5pm / 17h - Homelessness by Numbers / L'itinérance en chiffres 

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 2, 6pm / 18h - Disabilities in the streets / Être sans-abri avec un handicap physique

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 3, 7pm / 19h - Indigenous Hour / L'Heure autochtone

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 4, 8pm / 20h - Les réfugiéEs dans la rue / Refugees and homelessness
Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

: HOUR/HEURE 5, 9pm / 21h - A critical look at services / Un regard critiques sur les services communautaires

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 6, 10pm / 22h - Poverty on the move - from downtown to the suburbs / La chasse aux pauvres, du centre-ville aux quartiers aux banlieues 
Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 7, 11pm / 23h - Theater in the streets / Théâtre dans la rue

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 8, Midnight / Minuit - OPEN MIC Rants, Poetry, and Music on the Streets / MICRO OUVERT Declamations, chialage, poésie et musique sur la rue avec/with CKUTs Off the Hook
Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

: HOUR/HEURE 9, 1am / 01h - Policing poverty / Judiciarisation de la pauvreté 

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 10, 2am / 02h - Racisme et pauvreté dans la rue / Racism and poverty in the street

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)
:: HOUR/HEURE 11, 3am / 03h - Literacy and Education in the Streets / Analphabétisme et éducation dans la rue 

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)
:: HOUR/HEURE 12, 4am / 04h - Homelessness and working / Travailler et vivre dans la rue 

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)

:: HOUR/HEURE 13, 5am / 05h - Physical and Mental Health on the Street / La santé mentale et physique dans la rue 

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)
:: HOUR/HEURE 14, 6am / 06h - Homeless Nation Hour of Power / L'heure du pouvoir 
Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)



::::::::::::
2007 Topics 

 
HOMELESSNESS
MARATHON TOPICS 2007 (5th Annual) 

DOWNLOAD the 5th annual Marathon, click
here. 


 
 broadcasted on
February 20th  / diffuse
le 20 fevrier  


 

:: HOUR/HEURE 1, 5pm / 17h - Participatory Media and Homelessness: From Street
Papers to Other Media Projects / Les medias participatifs et l'itinerance : 
Journaux de rue et autres projets mediatiques.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps)
 
:: HOUR/HEURE 2, 6pm / 18h - Indigenous Hour / L'Heure autochtone.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 

:: HOUR/HEURE 3, 7pm / 19h - Homelessness by Numbers / L'itinerance en chiffres.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 

:: HOUR/HEURE 4, 8pm / 20h - Shelters Reviews : The system of Shelters. Homeless
voices review shelters and the services offered / Revue des refuges : Le systeme
des refuges. Les sans-abri évaluent les refuges et les services offerts.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 

:: HOUR/HEURE 5, 9pm / 21h - Families and Homelessness / La famille et les sans-abri.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 

:: HOUR/HEURE 6, 10pm / 22h - Myths of Homelessness - From Young to Old / Les mythes
sur l'itinerance - Entre jeunes et moins jeunes.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 

:: HOUR/HEURE 7, 11pm / 23h - Art on the Streets / Les arts dans la rue.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 

:: HOUR/HEURE 8, Midnight / Minuit - OPEN MIC. Rants, Poetry, and Music on the Streets
/ MICRO OUVERT. Declamations, poesie et musique sur la rue.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 

:: HOUR/HEURE 9, 1am / 1h - The Politics of Getting-by. Pan-handling, squeeging, & 
street prostitution. Les moyens pour s'en tirer. Quêter, devenir squeegee ou faire
de la prostitution de rue.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 

:: HOUR/HEURE 10, 2am / 2h - Dehumanization - Violence and Safety in the Streets 
/ Le manque d'humanisme - La Violence et la securite dans les rues.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 

:: HOUR/HEURE 11, 3am / 3h - Policing poverty / Policer la pauvrete.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 

:: HOUR/HEURE 12, 4am / 4h - Going Hungry in Canada / Avoir faim au Canada.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 

:: HOUR/HEURE 13, 5am / 5h - Physical and Mental Health on the Street / La Santé mentale
et physique dans la rue.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 

:: HOUR/HEURE 14, 6am / 6h - Resistance and Empowerment / Resister et s'organiser
en tant sans-abri.

Part 1 and Part 2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 



::::::::::::
2006 Topics 

 
HOMELESSNESS
MARATHON TOPICS 2006 (4th Annual) 

DOWNLOAD the 4th annual Marathon, click
here. 


 
 broadcasted on
February 15th at sunset, 5pm Montreal
time / diffuse
le 15 fevrier des le coucher du soleil,  17h
heures de Montreal 

 


:: HOUR 1, 5pm /
17h Why is
the social safety net failing? 

In Canada, many people question why homelessness exists when we have
resources available such as the welfare system. 



Part
1 and Part
2 (mp3s, 64kbps) 

 

:: HOUR 2, 6pm /
18h - Shelters
Reviews  

The system of shelters:
Homeless voices review shelters and the services offered. 



Part
1 and Part
2
(mp3s, 64kbps) 

 

:: HOUR 3, 7pm /
19h - Working
while Homeless ? 

Staying employed without an address. 



Part
1 and Part
2
(mp3s, 64kbps) 

 

:: HOUR 4, 8pm /
20h - The
Politics of Getting-by 

Pan-handling, squeeging, & street prostitution. 



Part
1 and Part
2
(mp3s, 64kbps) 

 

:: HOUR 5, 9pm /
21h - Getting
Around 

Traveling and Operation go-home. 



Part
1 and Part
2
(mp3s, 64kbps) 

 

:: HOUR 6, 10pm /
22h - Policing
the Streets 

Police and Homelessness 



Part
1 and Part
2
(mp3s, 64kbps) 

 

:: HOUR 7, 11pm /
23h - Applying
with No Fixed Address 

Discrimination in getting apartments or getting work. 



Part
1 and Part
2
(mp3s, 64kbps) 

 

:: HOUR 8,
Midnight / Minuit - OPEN MIC 

Poetry and Music on the Streets. 



Part
1 and Part
2
(mp3s, 64kbps) 

 

:: HOUR 9, 1am / 1h
- On the Streets
and No ID 

What do people do without documentation? 



Part
1 and Part
2
(mp3s, 64kbps) 

 

:: HOUR 10, 2am /
2h Urban
Aboriginals 

Finding a home on Native Land. 



Part
1 and Part
2
(mp3s, 64kbps) 

 

:: HOUR 11, 3am / 3h Myths around Mental Illness 

Government cuts, poverty, and criminalization. 



Part
1 and Part
2
(mp3s, 64kbps) 

 

:: HOUR 12, 4am /
4h - Gender
and Homelessness 

Being a man verses a woman, being trans and homeless. 



Part
1 and Part
2
(mp3s, 64kbps) 

 

 :: HOUR 13, 5am /
5h - Safe
Use 

Drugs & safe consumption rooms.  



Part
1 and Part
2
(mp3s, 64kbps) 

 

:: HOUR 14, 6am / 6h - No Access  

Disabilities in shelters. 



Part
1 and Part
2
(mp3s, 64kbps) 

  


 ::::::::::::
2005 Topics 



HOMELESSNESS
MARATHON TOPICS 2005 (3rd Annual)

DOWNLOAD the entire marathon
(64kbits, 30min files)




NOTE: MP3 DOWNLOAD - each hour is broken down into
two - 30 minute files beginning at 5pm with file "at1108418400.mp3"
(advance 6mins in) until 7:30am with file "zddt1108468800.mp3" which
ends 7mins in.





:: 5pm / 17h
- Introduction
to homelessness / Introduction à l'itinérance 


MP3 pt1 and MP3 pt2

Guests:
 "Nobody" founder of US-based
Homelessness Marathon starting it's 8th edition in two hours at
Columbus House a 

shelter in New Haven Connecticut, Dr. Nancy Haley (opened a free
clinque for street youth in Mtl), Audrey Cote (Editor of

L’Itinéraire), & Sara Vance of the
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, plus Joe Fontana Minister of Labour
and Homelessness

within the Department of Human Resources and Development (a Member of
Parliment from Ontario and this is his 

first Minister position within the Martin government).



:: 6pm / 18h
- Hows
and whys of homelessness? / Les comment et pourquoi de
l'itinérance 


MP3 pt1 and MP3 pt2

Guests: 
Zowie
Brown Patricia Mackenzie Pavillion, Amnon Jaboc Swissa (CRI research
iniative on poverty & law - Université du Québec en 

Outaouais - sur place),
Pierre Maheux (Regroupement d'aide ...), & Yves Casgrain Maison Échelon,
santé mentale



:: 7pm / 19h
- Street
workers / Travailleurs de rue 


MP3 pt1 and MP3 pt2

Guests: 
Sonia
Carcello - Sero-Zero, Ka'wahse street Patrol (folks include:
sebastin, peter and pamela - serving 467 First Nations,

Inuit, and Metis people in the downtown Montreal area since its
beginning, and )Street workers from Stella (Sex
Workers Union)



:: 8pm / 20h
- Mental
& physical health on the street / Santé mentale et physique
dans la rue 


MP3 pt1 and MP3 pt2

Guests: 
Donald
Boucher – URHESS (street worker & social worker specializing on
hiv/aids and mental health) St. Luc Hospital,


Chad Diabo - NFC Hep-C Team, Liz
James (Vancouver Street Nurses Union), James
Farquhar from the Douglas in Montreal, 

Debbie Warren (from SIDA Moncton, and member of the Moncton
Homelessness Committee), and Dr.
Stephen Hwang – University

of Toronto, St. Michael’s hospital (research on death in the homeless
population).



:: 9pm / 21h
- Families
and homelessness / Famille et itinérance 


MP3 pt1 and MP3 pt2

Guests:
Geo Hayes - She-way BC (a
comphrensive health and social service
organization for pregnant and parenting women 

who have substance use issues, located in the nation's poorest
neighborhood - vancouver's downtown eastside. housing is their

clients' number one issue), Josephine
- LIFT (Low Income Families Together), and Andy
former squatter and still a poor father 

surviving in the Condo-real (mtl) area.




:: 10pm / 22h
- Street
art and homeless artists / Art de rue et artistes sans-abri 


MP3 pt1 and MP3 pt2

Guests:
Roadsworth, the street artist charged
with 85 counts of public
mischief, Maude Thuot from Dans LA Rue art
room, 

and Cirque du monde - Catherine Diagle
and others.




:: 11pm / 23h
- ...
open mic :: micro ouvert ... 


MP3 pt1 and MP3 pt2

Guests:
 Andy McAllan (irish
musician), Vincent Tinguely (poet), jimmy – squeegee from
mtl



:: Midnight /
Minuit - Youth and homelessness / Jeunes et itinérance 


MP3 pt1 and MP3 pt2

Guests:
  Mannon
Barbo (street worker for youth prostitutes - PIaMP),
Student from vet school that offers free vet clinique 

at Dans la rue (by phone), and Sara
Reid youth from Ottawa formerly homeless



:: 1am / 1h
- Gambling
& addiction (inc'ld drugs) / Jeu et dépendance (incluant les
drogues) 


MP3 pt1 and MP3 pt2

Guests:
 Marie-Claude
- Spectar de la rue, Etienne
from CATCUS,
Marie-Claude Alain, Spectre de rue, Marie-Claire, Équipe

Jeunesse du Centre Dollars-Cormier, Mainline needle exchange Halifax, and
Vandu
Vancouver



:: 2am / 2h
– People
at home in the streets / Être chez soi dans la rue 


MP3 pt1 and MP3 pt2

Guests:
Jean-Baptiste
Eyroaud (No-VOX an
international network of those fighting for homes) and Bill
Ryan – a Director

with Yonge Street Mission for some 20 years,
Toronto



:: 3am / 3h – Criminalizing those without
homes / Criminalisation des sans-abri 


MP3 pt1 and MP3 pt2

Guests:
 Cory
Verbane from equity Access McGill - legal students body (working with
community groups and the cops), 

Rodney Graham (a writer and social
activist living in Winnipeg Manitoba. he is the editor of street sheet
canada a street

news magazine), and Anna from Cactus (needle
exchange and user advocacy in mtl), & Francois (COBP - the
Collective 

Opposed to Police Brutality).



:: 4am / 4h
- Link
with us marathon: green spaces as safe spaces / Connexion avec le
marathon américain : 

les espaces verts comme espaces sûrs 


MP3 pt1 and MP3 pt2

Guests:
"Nobody" founder of US Marathon, Russell
Mace - Tent City III in Seattle, and
Mike D. (OCAP) Nathan Phillips 

resistance in Toronto.



:: 5am / 5h - Empowerment and homelessness
/ S'organiser comme sans-abri 


MP3 pt1 and MP3 pt2

Guests:
 Karen
Birch (working with homeless in the Suburbs at Second base shelter)


:: 6am / 6h
- SPEAKOUT
ending homelessness in Canada – does that mean redefining having a
home? 

/ PRENEZ LA PAROLE en finir avec l'itinérance au Canada –
est-ce que ça signifie redéfinir "être chez soi"?

MP3 pt1
and MP3 pt2






:::::::::::: 2004 HM BROADCAST SCHEDULE (2nd Annual
Homelessness Marathon)




Download the 2004
Marathon (mp3s)




5pm - Hour 1 &
2
INTRODUCTION TO THE HOMELESSNESS MARATHON: "Homelessness by the
numbers" featuring

Squatters, Vendors from L'Itineraire, US & Canadian Marathon Reps,
Researchers, Social Workers, and Doctors on the

numbers and geography of life on the streets.

7pm - Hour 3 
FAMILIES & HOMELESSNESS: featuring Precarious & Homeless
Parents, Children, & Social Workers. 


8pm - Hour 4 
GOING HUNGRY IN CANADA: featuring service organizations and collective
kitchens. 


9pm - Hour 5 
CRIMINALIZATION & SOCIAL POLICIES: including a discussion on
discrimination, ticketting, and targeting. 



10pm - Hour 6 
SOCIAL MYTHS & RIGHTS: A look at government policies that create
homelessness with lawyers, anti-poverty groups, and homeless
coalitions. 


11pm - Hour 7 
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE & HOMELESSNESS: Natives without a home, a
discussion linking urban and rural communitites. 


12am - Hour 8 
OPEN MIC: Phone Calls - Check-in with Canadian Rebroadcasters INCLUDES:
Norman Nawrocki (montreal)



1am - Hour 9 
LINK with US MARATHON: GLOBAL LOOK AT HOMELESSNESS 


2am - Hour 10 
GROWING POPULATIONS ON THE STREETS: featuring youth, women, and people
in precarious situations. 


3am - Hour 11 
ADDICTION: Media Hype and Reality. 


4am - Hour 12 
OPEN MIC: Phone Calls - Check-in with Canadian Rebroadcasters


5am - Hour 13 
ACTIVISM & HOMELESSNESS: with OCAP, the Anti-Poverty Coalition in
Vancouver, and the Kitchener/Waterloo Youth Collective.

Plus organizers with the housing committee of the Anti-Capitalist
Convergence (CLAC) in Montreal and the Association of Poor People in

Nagai Park, in Osaka, Japan. 


6am - Hour 14 
EMPOWERMENT & HOMELESSNESS: Positive Initiatives. 






::::::::::::
2003 Marathon SCHEDULE (1st Canadian Homelessness Marathon)




2003
Marathon Audio Clips




5pm - Hour 1: Introduction to Homelessness Marathon -
Contextualizing how and why this consciousness raising event is
happening in Montr�al 


6pm - Hour 2:
The Media - Framing Our Views of the Homeless
Featuring Editors from Street Newspapers across Canada.



7pm - Hour 3: Homelessness by the numbers
Featuring academics and service organizations on the numbers and needs
on the streets.



8pm - Hour 4: Going Hungry In Canada: How Do Poor
People Eat?



9pm - Hour 5: The Criminalization of Poverty: An
hour on North America's cruelist cities 



10pm - Hour 6: Cross-border look at Homelessness:
Contrasting the homeless experience across border
Featuring a one hour broadcast with

the US marathon with international perspectives on homelessness from
Walter Schmidt (Switzerland), Heather Blanchard (Landless Movement -
Brazil).




11pm - Hour 7: Sucessful Struggles: An
International Look at Homelessness and Activism




12am - Hour 8: Open Mic - Phone Calls 



1am - Hour 9: Young and Old: An Intergenrational
view of Homelessness: An hour of young and old perspectives




2am - Hour 10: "The impact of economic trends,"
featuring discussion on How the New Economy Creates New Homelessness /
A street level view of the economy 



3am - Hour 11: "Finding A Place: The Struggle for
Affordable Housing," featuring a discussion on tatical actions




4am - Hour 12: Open Mic - Phone Calls - Check-in
with Canadian Homeless Marathons across Canadian 



5am - Hour 13: "Health Care and Homelessness" a
look at mental and physical health 



6am - Hour 14: PANEL "Can The Problem Be Solved?"
A coast to coast discussion / Reflections on Housing as a Human Right
with Open Mic & Call-ins