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Tag Archives: Gendered violence

My extensive reporting on violence against women has been recognized by the Canadian Journalism Foundation and the Canadian Association of Journalists with awards and nominations.

From in-depth regular coverage of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, to breaking news about international scrutiny, and exposés of cover-up allegations, my work has been published in THIS Magazine, Windspeaker, Indian Country Today Media Network, The Tyee, and Vancouver Observer.

Below are some samples from my gendered violence portfolio.

Tribal same-sex marriages spark sexuality conversation

December 1, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A number of Indigenous tribes across the United States have moved to recognize same-sex marriages this year, bringing the total to eight, many of which are in states that moved in the opposite direction. But where do First Nations in Canada stand on sexual and gender diversity?

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Windspeaker newspaper

FROSH events abandoned over rape chants

September 11, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A growing outcry over orientation-week chants encouraging rape has led student leaders at the University of B.C. to abandon their FROSH celebrations altogether, pledging more education on the issue of sexual assault.

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24 Hours, Sun News Network

Remembering Bonnie Fournier: Longtime street nurse remembered as ‘integrity in action’

June 24, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Street nurse Bonnie Fournier is remembered as the “mom of the Downtown Eastside.”

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Megaphone magazine

Surrey School District passes anti-homophobia regulation

June 21, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

More than a decade after their predecessors waged a battle to ban gay-friendly books from their school district’s classrooms, the Surrey school board’s trustees passed an anti-homophobia regulation June 20.

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Xtra!

Parliament’s Violence Against Indigenous Women committee raising concerns

June 1, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The launch of Parliament’s Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women was applauded as a rare show of political consensus, drawing unanimous all-party support on Feb. 27.

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Windspeaker newspaper

Housing Justice Project puts affordable lodging and legal advocacy into action

May 30, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Affordable housing is a recognized human right, say legal advocates, but too many residents of B.C. are unable to exercise that right, or even access the legal system as tenants.

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The Tyee, Tyee Solutions Society

Families of Four Pickton Victims File Sweeping Lawsuit

May 9, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Named: RCMP, VPD, City of Vancouver, justice minister, crown prosecutors. Pickton siblings accused of ‘abetting’ murders.

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The Tyee

RCMP slammed with report on rapes, violence in B.C.

March 1, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Canada’s national police force insists it is taking seriously allegations of widespread police misconduct and abuse against Native women, including several rapes, death threats and violence, brought forward by the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).

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Windspeaker newspaper

Violence Against Women Act moves ahead in U.S.

March 1, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

As violence against women dominates discussions among Aboriginal and human rights groups in Canada, south of the border the long-sought Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was passed by the U.S. Senate on Feb. 12.

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Windspeaker newspaper

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About David P. Ball

I BELIEVE IN JOURNALISTS' DUTY TO INFORM, IMPACT & DEFEND DEMOCRACY

I am a reporter with CBC News, Canada's public broadcaster, in Vancouver.

I have experience in podcasting, radio and video storytelling, photojournalism, investigative & digital news.

BYLINES:

CBC. Toronto Star. Agence France-Presse. Globe & Mail. VICE. The Guardian. The Tyee. National Post. South China Morning Post. Times of India.

Previously B.C. correspondent for Agence France-Presse, the world's oldest news service, I also worked in the Toronto Star's B.C. bureau for four years, have hosted podcasts for CFRO 100.5fm and Cited Media, and did investigative and enterprise journalism at TheTyee.ca.

My work has been published in the Globe & Mail, The Guardian, National Post, South China Morning Post, VICE, Le Monde, and the Times of India — and won awards from the Canadian Association of Journalists, Jack Webster Foundation, and Canadian Journalism Foundation.

CAJ Award-Winner & Multiple Finalist

Webster Award Award-Winner & Finalist

CJF Co-winner

Search my reporting:

Published in over 100 publications, reaching more than 1.5 billion readers worldwide:

• Globe & Mail
• Toronto Star
• Agence France-Presse
• The Guardian
• National Post
• New York Post
• Daily Mail UK
• VICE
• Ottawa Sun & QMI chain
• iPolitics
• Huffington Post
• Hamilton Spectator
• 24 Hours
• The Tyee
• Georgia Straight
• Xtra!
• Windspeaker
• Extract: Pipeline anthology chapter

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MY PHOTOJOURNALISM:
Published in the Globe & Mail, The Province, New York Post, CBC News, Toronto Star, National Post, Bild am Sonntag (DE), Arsenal Pulp Press, Georgia Straight, Tricity News


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