Diana Chan McNally
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WATCH: TVO The Agenda: I speak on a panel "What Should Be Done About Violence on Toronto Transit?" (February 2, 2023)
WATCH: CP24: Extreme cold puts spotlight on homelessness (February 3, 2023)
MY OP-ED: The Globe and Mail: An Ontario ruling defending those living in encampments is only a partial victory (January 31, 2023)
MY OP-ED: The Toronto Star: A catastrophic increase in visible homelessness (January 11, 2023)
EVENT: Catch me in Montreal DJing 24 Hours of Vinyl
The Toronto Star: Washrooms, menstrual and incontinence supplies are a basic human right. Let’s ensure Toronto’s unhoused population has access (Jan. 23 2022)
Toronto.com: Times of conflict alter the trajectories of lives and communities for generations to come (Nov. 11 2021)
Toronto Star: Violent, militarized park encampment clearings won’t end homelessness in Toronto. Here’s a human rights approach (July 26 2021)
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WATCH: "Records," a documentary by filmmaker Alan Zweig I'm featured in as the requisite Italo-Disco nerd
Stamp The Wax: Digger's Directory Interview w/ Automaticamore
Music is My Sanctuary: Interview w/ Automaticamore
WATCH: CP24: 3 warming centres not enough (Jan 25, 2023)
CP24: 'Not the right time' to close temporary shelters (January 4, 2023)
CP24: City needs to open more warming centres: advocate (December 22, 2022)
CBC: I speak live on CBC Newsroom about Homelessness in Canada (October 22, 2022)
Presentation: I speak at a Global Center for Advanced Studies Roundtable: Contemporary Media in the Wake of War (March 5 2022)
Presentation: I speak at the 2022 DesignTO Festival's forum "Confronting the Housing Crisis" (Jan. 25 2022)
Global News: I speak about the federal election and encampments as a federal issue
CP24: Activists weigh in on encampment removal (July 21 2021)
CP24: Activists Demand Better After Encampment Cleared (July 14 2021)
LISTEN: Toronto Today with Greg Brady: Novotel Resident Carried Away By Police Sparks Shock & Anger (November 28, 2022)
LISTEN: CBC Ontario Today: What's your city doing about homelessness? (October 13, 2022)
The John Oakley Show ft. Diana Chan McNally (August 31, 2022)
LISTEN: Moore in the Morning on Newstalk1010: homeless encampments (June 8 2022)
LISTEN: CBC Metro Morning Toronto will hire security guards to patrol parks, but housing advocate says there's better uses for that money (May 13 2022)
LISTEN: Toronto Today on AM640 Radio: Surveillance of encampments in public parks (May 13 2022)
LISTEN: A podcast I recorded calling for personal hygiene products to be made free for low-income and unhoused people (Feb. 9 2022)
TVO Podcasts: Homing in on houselessness (Nov. 2021)
Spacing Radio Podcast: I speak about A Path Forward and Encampments (Aug 5 2021)
AM 640 Radio: Chaos erupts again as Toronto officials, officers clear homeless encampment at Lamport Stadium (July 22 2021)
WATCH: CityNews: Budget concerns include services for those living on Toronto streets (January 11, 2023)
Toronto Star: Facing an ‘unprecedented’ shelter crunch, city proposes extending leases at temporary sites (January 4, 2023)
West End Phoenix: A Fully Housed Toronto (Dec 16, 2022)
WATCH: CP24: 'Pretty devastating': 20 tenants displaced, non-profit damaged following fatal fire in downtown Toronto (December 13, 2022)
WATCH: CTV News: Fatal fire hits some of city's most vulnerable (December 13, 2022)
WATCH: CityNews: All Saints fire leaves one person dead, two injured and 18 displaced (December 13, 2022)
WATCH: Global News Toronto: 1 dead, 2 hospitalized after fire at supportive housing building (December 13, 2022)
WATCH: Global News Toronto: ‘We jumped through so many hoops’: Homeless couple recount process in accessing social housing (December 6, 2022)
The Globe and Mail: Hamilton doctors track homeless deaths amid national push for governments to collect more data (November 12, 2022)
CBC Toronto: City of Toronto asked to drop plan to deter encampments by posting security guards in parks (September 3, 2022)
The Breach: Toronto’s shelter hotels promised safe transitional housing—what happened? (September 1, 2022)
The Toronto Star: Ontario confident in monkeypox vaccine strategy, Moore says, but some seek expansion (August 8, 2022)
CTV News: Advocates in Toronto urge city to rethink 'inaccessible' heat strategy, bring back cooling centres (August 8, 2022)
The Toronto Star: Toronto says person with monkeypox at homeless shelter moved to isolation centre (August 1, 2022)
WATCH: CBC Toronto News: OmbudsmanTO's interim report on encampment evictions is released (July 16, 2022)
The Toronto Star: There has been a big spike in homeless deaths in Toronto and other cities. The reasons go beyond a toxic drug supply (July 14, 2022)
The Toronto Star: City under fire for awarding $1 million in contracts for private security for Toronto’s parks (June 9 2022)
WATCH: GlobalNews Toronto: Housing advocates respond to Toronto’s dossier on homeless encampment in Trinity Bellwoods Park (May 25 2022)
The Toronto Star: Toronto’s homeless encampments are back on the fringes. Here’s why that’s a problem (May 23 2022)
The Toronto Star: Private security guards won’t stop homelessness in Toronto — homes will (May 13 2022)
WATCH: CityNews Toronto: Housing advocates blast park patrol plans (May 12 2022)
CityNews: Homeless shelters in Toronto hotels to start closing this spring (March 28, 2022)
Toronto Star: ‘Undignified’ lack of personal hygiene products for the homeless tackled in city budget talks (Feb. 9 2022)
CTV News: Extreme cold threatens the homeless in the city (Jan. 10 2022)
Toronto Star: Toronto wants to allow the simple possession of illegal drugs. So why does the city still treat homelessness as a crime? (Dec. 7 2021)
CityNews: Council divided over encampment clearing inquiries (Oct 1 2021)
Global News: Toronto officials, police under fire for tactics used to clear homeless encampments (July 22 2021)
City News: Toronto Park evictions continue (July 21 2021)
Toronto.com: 'I ain't going to no shelter': evicted Alexandra Park resident rejects city offer (July 21 2021)
Global News: City of Toronto officials and police move to end Alexandra Park encampment, 9 arrested (Video Interview Embedded in Article) (July 21 2021)
Toronto Star: Scuffles break out in Trinity Bellwoods after Toronto police and city staff descend on the park to remove encampments (June 22 2021)
CBC News: Several arrested, tactical units mobilize as Toronto evicts encampment residents from Trinity Bellwoods park (June 22 2021)
CTV News: Several arrests made after Toronto clears out large encampment at Trinity Bellwoods Park (June 22 2021)
CBC Saturday News: Speaking About Heat Risks for Unhoused People (June 7 2021)
NOW Magazine: There’s no such thing as affordable housing in Toronto (November 20 2020)
BlogTO: What to know about the tent encampments in Trinity Bellwoods Park (September 9 2020)
CBC Toronto News: Speaking About The Overdose Crisis During COVID-19 (May 18 2020)
NOW Magazine: How Toronto’s party scene can get safer using harm reduction
Twitter Thread: My Live Coverage of the Lamport Stadium Encampment Eviction (July 22 2021)
Twitter Thread: My Live Coverage of the Alexandra Park Encampment Eviction (July 21 2021)
Twitter Thread: My Live Coverage of the Trinity Bellwoods Encampment Eviction (June 22 2021)