Paula Carlson 🇨🇦
@thepaulacarlson.bsky.social
🦸♀️ Editorial Director @ Megaphone
🖍 Former editor @ The Tyee
👩💻 Former editor/reporter @ Black Press
✍️ Writer at heart
🪑 Unabashed teak freak
🖍 Former editor @ The Tyee
👩💻 Former editor/reporter @ Black Press
✍️ Writer at heart
🪑 Unabashed teak freak
Batmans say: Fight evil in Gotham City by supporting @megaphonemagazine.com vendors with a Hope In Shadows purchase! No tricks, just treats in this awesome product: just $20 for a year’s worth of uplifting #streetphotography! David will be selling at Commercial + Broadway till 6pm Oct. 31 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Batmans say: Fight evil in Gotham City by supporting @megaphonemagazine.com vendors with a Hope In Shadows purchase! No tricks, just treats in this awesome product: just $20 for a year’s worth of uplifting #streetphotography! David will be selling at Commercial + Broadway till 6pm Oct. 31 🎃
With all the government scrambling to construct purpose-built rentals from scratch, I wonder what a possible solution could be… 🤔
October 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
With all the government scrambling to construct purpose-built rentals from scratch, I wonder what a possible solution could be… 🤔
2/3... Julie Chapman, Eva Takakenew and Nicolas Crier to honour those in the #DTES who exemplify Angel’s resilience and passion for social justice.
October 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
2/3... Julie Chapman, Eva Takakenew and Nicolas Crier to honour those in the #DTES who exemplify Angel’s resilience and passion for social justice.
1/3. I love this photo of Gyuu Tsi'iga Jaad (Head Strong Woman), Angel Gates of Haida Nation. It captures her fierce warrior essence, courage and intelligence. Angel died in 2022 and @megaphonemagazine.com's Angel Gates Memorial Award was created by her dear friends...
October 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
1/3. I love this photo of Gyuu Tsi'iga Jaad (Head Strong Woman), Angel Gates of Haida Nation. It captures her fierce warrior essence, courage and intelligence. Angel died in 2022 and @megaphonemagazine.com's Angel Gates Memorial Award was created by her dear friends...
colonial wounds
scars of oppression
desperately beg for healing
but they get infected
because this world
has no medicine
called justice
— Karim Wafa Al-Hussaini
#DTES #streetphotography by Mike McNeeley for @megaphonemagazine.com
Photographed with consent
scars of oppression
desperately beg for healing
but they get infected
because this world
has no medicine
called justice
— Karim Wafa Al-Hussaini
#DTES #streetphotography by Mike McNeeley for @megaphonemagazine.com
Photographed with consent
August 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
colonial wounds
scars of oppression
desperately beg for healing
but they get infected
because this world
has no medicine
called justice
— Karim Wafa Al-Hussaini
#DTES #streetphotography by Mike McNeeley for @megaphonemagazine.com
Photographed with consent
scars of oppression
desperately beg for healing
but they get infected
because this world
has no medicine
called justice
— Karim Wafa Al-Hussaini
#DTES #streetphotography by Mike McNeeley for @megaphonemagazine.com
Photographed with consent
Wanna find @megaphonemagazine.com’s awesome 🇨🇦 August mag? Hit up longtime vendor Peter Thompson today at West Fourth Avenue + Vine in #Kitsilano!
Summer books, #DTES writers, #Indigenous stories and so much more! ☀️❤️
Summer books, #DTES writers, #Indigenous stories and so much more! ☀️❤️
August 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Wanna find @megaphonemagazine.com’s awesome 🇨🇦 August mag? Hit up longtime vendor Peter Thompson today at West Fourth Avenue + Vine in #Kitsilano!
Summer books, #DTES writers, #Indigenous stories and so much more! ☀️❤️
Summer books, #DTES writers, #Indigenous stories and so much more! ☀️❤️
August's @megaphonemagazine.com has hit the streets! From Nova Scotia to the Northwest Territories, our cover story spotlights must-read Canadian authors. 📚🇨🇦 Cover art 🤩 by Nora Kelly (norakellyart.
com) + story by Hannah Mondiwa: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
#Never51 #ElbowsUp #Canada 🍁
com) + story by Hannah Mondiwa: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
#Never51 #ElbowsUp #Canada 🍁
August 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
August's @megaphonemagazine.com has hit the streets! From Nova Scotia to the Northwest Territories, our cover story spotlights must-read Canadian authors. 📚🇨🇦 Cover art 🤩 by Nora Kelly (norakellyart.
com) + story by Hannah Mondiwa: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
#Never51 #ElbowsUp #Canada 🍁
com) + story by Hannah Mondiwa: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
#Never51 #ElbowsUp #Canada 🍁
July 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
3/3... Eva Takakenew takes a deep dive into #MartinaPierre's #Women'sWarriorSong; Yvonne Mark embraces #Hoobiyee; @miss604.com spotlights 'Indigitech' leaders at #WebSummitVancouver + Cree writer Cupid reveals the real 'Bigfoot': Mis ta hi ya.
All this + more!
👉 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
All this + more!
👉 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
June 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
3/3... Eva Takakenew takes a deep dive into #MartinaPierre's #Women'sWarriorSong; Yvonne Mark embraces #Hoobiyee; @miss604.com spotlights 'Indigitech' leaders at #WebSummitVancouver + Cree writer Cupid reveals the real 'Bigfoot': Mis ta hi ya.
All this + more!
👉 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
All this + more!
👉 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
2/3... Priscillia Mays Tait interviews matriarchs from Vancouver's 3 host nations: xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) on the significance of land acknowledgments... Many thanks 🙏 to Cecilia Point, Wendy Nahanee + Carleen Thomas. 👉 PLUS...
June 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
2/3... Priscillia Mays Tait interviews matriarchs from Vancouver's 3 host nations: xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) on the significance of land acknowledgments... Many thanks 🙏 to Cecilia Point, Wendy Nahanee + Carleen Thomas. 👉 PLUS...
1/3... It's first Friday + another rockin' issue of @megaphonemagazine.com has hit the streets! 💥 We celebrate National #Indigenous History Month with a special themed edition conceived of, reported on and written by Indigenous reporters + photographers in The Shift peer newsroom! 🧡 🙌 FEATURING...
June 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
1/3... It's first Friday + another rockin' issue of @megaphonemagazine.com has hit the streets! 💥 We celebrate National #Indigenous History Month with a special themed edition conceived of, reported on and written by Indigenous reporters + photographers in The Shift peer newsroom! 🧡 🙌 FEATURING...
June 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It’s launched! 🚀
@megaphonemagazine.com’s 2025 Voices of the Street literary anthology “Gravity: Hope as Resistance in Hard Times” has hit the streets!
Vendor Peter Thompson autographed his story, What is Freedom?
Read it + pieces by 31 other #DTES writers 👉🏻 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
@megaphonemagazine.com’s 2025 Voices of the Street literary anthology “Gravity: Hope as Resistance in Hard Times” has hit the streets!
Vendor Peter Thompson autographed his story, What is Freedom?
Read it + pieces by 31 other #DTES writers 👉🏻 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
May 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It’s launched! 🚀
@megaphonemagazine.com’s 2025 Voices of the Street literary anthology “Gravity: Hope as Resistance in Hard Times” has hit the streets!
Vendor Peter Thompson autographed his story, What is Freedom?
Read it + pieces by 31 other #DTES writers 👉🏻 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
@megaphonemagazine.com’s 2025 Voices of the Street literary anthology “Gravity: Hope as Resistance in Hard Times” has hit the streets!
Vendor Peter Thompson autographed his story, What is Freedom?
Read it + pieces by 31 other #DTES writers 👉🏻 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
3/3... As the #DTES deeply grieves the loss of Trey Helten,💔The Shift's James Witwicki pens a tribute + @megaphonemagazine.com executive director Lisa Curry outlines the lifesaving work he did + frontline workers continue to do every day.
All this and more 👉 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
🙏
All this and more 👉 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
🙏
May 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
3/3... As the #DTES deeply grieves the loss of Trey Helten,💔The Shift's James Witwicki pens a tribute + @megaphonemagazine.com executive director Lisa Curry outlines the lifesaving work he did + frontline workers continue to do every day.
All this and more 👉 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
🙏
All this and more 👉 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
🙏
2/3... @megaphonemagazine.com reporter + peer mentor @amyromer.bsky.social checks in with podcaster @garthmullins.bsky.social, who's not only celebrating the arrival of a new baby 👶 (yay!), but the birth of his first book, Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs 👉 AND...
May 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
2/3... @megaphonemagazine.com reporter + peer mentor @amyromer.bsky.social checks in with podcaster @garthmullins.bsky.social, who's not only celebrating the arrival of a new baby 👶 (yay!), but the birth of his first book, Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs 👉 AND...
1/3. It's first Friday + that means the new @megaphonemagazine.com has hit the streets!💥 Featuring a kickass cover illustration by the fabulous Nora Kelly www.norakellyart.com spotlighting all the amazing writing originating in the #DTES 👉 PLUS...
May 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
1/3. It's first Friday + that means the new @megaphonemagazine.com has hit the streets!💥 Featuring a kickass cover illustration by the fabulous Nora Kelly www.norakellyart.com spotlighting all the amazing writing originating in the #DTES 👉 PLUS...
RIP Trey Helten, photographed in 2021 by @megaphonemagazine.com peer photojournalist Mike McNeeley.
Memorial service May 10 throughout the day in the Balmoral Parking lot (100 block) #DTES.
Memorial service May 10 throughout the day in the Balmoral Parking lot (100 block) #DTES.
April 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
RIP Trey Helten, photographed in 2021 by @megaphonemagazine.com peer photojournalist Mike McNeeley.
Memorial service May 10 throughout the day in the Balmoral Parking lot (100 block) #DTES.
Memorial service May 10 throughout the day in the Balmoral Parking lot (100 block) #DTES.
It’s been put to bed!
@megaphonemagazine.com’s 15th annual 2025 Voices of the Street literary anthology is now on the press! 🥳
Featuring prose + #poetry from talented #DTES writers, stay tuned for its release in early May 🩵 ✍️
@megaphonemagazine.com’s 15th annual 2025 Voices of the Street literary anthology is now on the press! 🥳
Featuring prose + #poetry from talented #DTES writers, stay tuned for its release in early May 🩵 ✍️
April 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It’s been put to bed!
@megaphonemagazine.com’s 15th annual 2025 Voices of the Street literary anthology is now on the press! 🥳
Featuring prose + #poetry from talented #DTES writers, stay tuned for its release in early May 🩵 ✍️
@megaphonemagazine.com’s 15th annual 2025 Voices of the Street literary anthology is now on the press! 🥳
Featuring prose + #poetry from talented #DTES writers, stay tuned for its release in early May 🩵 ✍️
Hamburger, hamburger
What a wondrous meat
Hamburger, hamburger
A delectable treat
Its cost is efficient
Its use versatile
It can help stretch a buck,
Or a meal, for a mile
From Ode To Hamburger, by Vicki Aldrich
#DTES #StreetArt by Luis Suárez for
@megaphonemagazine.com
What a wondrous meat
Hamburger, hamburger
A delectable treat
Its cost is efficient
Its use versatile
It can help stretch a buck,
Or a meal, for a mile
From Ode To Hamburger, by Vicki Aldrich
#DTES #StreetArt by Luis Suárez for
@megaphonemagazine.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Hamburger, hamburger
What a wondrous meat
Hamburger, hamburger
A delectable treat
Its cost is efficient
Its use versatile
It can help stretch a buck,
Or a meal, for a mile
From Ode To Hamburger, by Vicki Aldrich
#DTES #StreetArt by Luis Suárez for
@megaphonemagazine.com
What a wondrous meat
Hamburger, hamburger
A delectable treat
Its cost is efficient
Its use versatile
It can help stretch a buck,
Or a meal, for a mile
From Ode To Hamburger, by Vicki Aldrich
#DTES #StreetArt by Luis Suárez for
@megaphonemagazine.com
Come work with us!
‼️ Job Alert ‼️
@megaphonemagazine.com
is hiring a permanent F/T Vendor + Volunteer Coordinator
Want to do meaningful work that makes a real difference in individuals' lives while challenging the status quo to do better?
Apply now 😃 👉🏻 ca.indeed.com/job/vendor-a...
#DTES #jobs
‼️ Job Alert ‼️
@megaphonemagazine.com
is hiring a permanent F/T Vendor + Volunteer Coordinator
Want to do meaningful work that makes a real difference in individuals' lives while challenging the status quo to do better?
Apply now 😃 👉🏻 ca.indeed.com/job/vendor-a...
#DTES #jobs
April 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Come work with us!
‼️ Job Alert ‼️
@megaphonemagazine.com
is hiring a permanent F/T Vendor + Volunteer Coordinator
Want to do meaningful work that makes a real difference in individuals' lives while challenging the status quo to do better?
Apply now 😃 👉🏻 ca.indeed.com/job/vendor-a...
#DTES #jobs
‼️ Job Alert ‼️
@megaphonemagazine.com
is hiring a permanent F/T Vendor + Volunteer Coordinator
Want to do meaningful work that makes a real difference in individuals' lives while challenging the status quo to do better?
Apply now 😃 👉🏻 ca.indeed.com/job/vendor-a...
#DTES #jobs
3/3 ... The Shift's Jathinder Sandhu catches up with Mary Galloway, @queerfilmfestival.ca's first #Indigiqueer artistic director 🙌
PLUS: #naloxone 101 w/ Trey Helten + @miss604.com visits The Writers' Exchange!
Find a vendor this weekend to buy your copy! megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
❤️🙏
PLUS: #naloxone 101 w/ Trey Helten + @miss604.com visits The Writers' Exchange!
Find a vendor this weekend to buy your copy! megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
❤️🙏
April 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
3/3 ... The Shift's Jathinder Sandhu catches up with Mary Galloway, @queerfilmfestival.ca's first #Indigiqueer artistic director 🙌
PLUS: #naloxone 101 w/ Trey Helten + @miss604.com visits The Writers' Exchange!
Find a vendor this weekend to buy your copy! megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
❤️🙏
PLUS: #naloxone 101 w/ Trey Helten + @miss604.com visits The Writers' Exchange!
Find a vendor this weekend to buy your copy! megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
❤️🙏
2/3... Speaking of the fabulous peer newsroom, this month The Shift and @amyromer.bsky.social sit down with amazing + award-winning blind photographer 😮!! @cathybrowne.bsky.social, who writes for @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social + is a badass associate producer at CBC Vancouver! 👉 PLUS...
April 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
2/3... Speaking of the fabulous peer newsroom, this month The Shift and @amyromer.bsky.social sit down with amazing + award-winning blind photographer 😮!! @cathybrowne.bsky.social, who writes for @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social + is a badass associate producer at CBC Vancouver! 👉 PLUS...
1/3 Bam! 💥 The April edition of @megaphonemagazine.com has hit the streets with a tribute to Grace Chen, who's run much-loved #DTES diners the Ovaltine Cafe + previously Save On Meats for 25 years! Don't miss this feature by The Shift peer newsroom writer James Witwicki. 👉 AND...
April 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
1/3 Bam! 💥 The April edition of @megaphonemagazine.com has hit the streets with a tribute to Grace Chen, who's run much-loved #DTES diners the Ovaltine Cafe + previously Save On Meats for 25 years! Don't miss this feature by The Shift peer newsroom writer James Witwicki. 👉 AND...