timothy martin

Housing Justice Oral History Project

Education EN ↓ 7 episodes

This project aims to collect the oral testimonies of leaders in the struggle for housing justice across Canada. These are educational materials, bearing witness to the violence of dehousing. They reveal a movement characterized by plural voices, a strong commitment to collective freedom, and endless examples of creative interruption. These materials are intended to assist in the passing on of practices, traditions, and stories within the housing justice movement. But they are also intended to educate the public about the housing crisis and the experience of dehousing. The educational force of...

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timothy martin

Episodes

John Clarke: "the real fight lies ahead" 25.06.2026 58:36

The full oral history interview with John Clarke (OCAP, 23oFightback). Photo credit: Christopher Bognat, City of Toronto Archives.

Greg Paul. Mutuality and Liberation: “from talking about housing to talking about homes” 18.06.2026 1:04:59

The full oral history interview with Greg Paul of Sanctuary Toronto.

Bob Rose: "If you don't understand the words, listen to the tune" 15.05.2026 55:48

Interview with Bob Rose—PARC staff member, TDRC member, storyteller, musician, and good listener. Photo: from the Toronto Homeless Memorial, Fall 2006 (City of Toronto Archives)

Cathy Crowe and Beric German: "Warriors from a different time" 26.02.2026 1:17:47

The full oral history interview with Cathy Crowe and Beric German. (Image Credit: Cathy Crowe)

Gaétan Héroux: "Everything the poor have was fought for" 25.02.2026 1:14:45

The full oral history interview with Gaetan Heroux. (Image credit: Gaetan Heroux, "Bay Street has no business at Dundas and Sherbourne," May 31, 2023. YouTube.)

The Colonel: "All we want is a little place to live" 25.02.2026 1:04:21

The full oral history interview with The Colonel. (Image Credit: City of Toronto Archives)

What is the Housing Justice Oral History Project? 17.02.2026 3:01

In this trailer, timothy martin explores some of the thinking that underpins the project, while we get glimpses into the testimonies offered in the “episodes” to come. Each oral history interview preserves the voices and memory of significant contributors to the housing justice movement in Canada. As Beric German says, this is…a time… We are living through a time. It is a time for action, a time f...