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A discussion around gender based violence with guest Pamela Cross, feminist lawyer and Advocacy Director at Luke's Place in Kingston, Ontario.

This week on Division Street, guests from Kingston Indigenous Languages Nest. Mondays at 8:30pm on Cogeco YourTV, new episodes every two weeks. Truly local!

The housing crisis in Kingston, Ontario is affecting many residents. Dan Cohen, Assistant Professor at Queen's University (Department of Geography and Planning) discusses the challenges of affordable housing and the possible solutions. Division Street is a local YourTV series that takes a hard look at the challenges of poverty in Kingston.

Mutual Aid Katarokwi/Kingston was formed to respond to a need seen in the Kingston community to support those in need.

What is causing homelessness in Kingston? Why are we facing a drug poisoning crisis? What does it mean to be food insecure? How are people responding to unaffordable rents? Division Street is a new YourTV series that probes these questions. But it does so in a different way.

“Too many of our neighbours don’t get a chance to share their experiences,” said veteran Kingston journalist and community producer Jamie Swift. “These are the real experts. People who’ve experienced struggles first-hand. And people who’ve walked alongside them.

Division Street looks at Kingston in an anxious age of falling expectations. Rents through the roof. Shrinking paycheques. Inflation. Drug poisoning deaths. Tent cities. Uncertain futures. “It doesn’t have to be that way,” said community producer Sayyida Jaffer, an organizer with the Providence Centre. “We’ll be introducing YourTV viewers to everyday people who are responding to local problems in ways that are both practical and hopeful.”

Division Street’s examination of Kingston’s frayed social fabric premieres Monday January 30 at 8pm and continues to early April.

Kingston's Integrated Care Hub is providing 24/7 low-barrier services to vulnerable citizens with immediate needs such as safety, food and rest and longer-term needs such as addiction and mental health services. Join the discussion on "Division Street", a YourTV series focusing on poverty in Kingston, Ontario.

Kingston's sleeping cabin project has been controversial, with both supporters and critics weighing in on how to best deal with Kingston's increasing unhoused population. Division Street offers an honest look at Kingston's poverty challenges, and the hopeful paths forward. Tune in Mondays at 8pm to Cogeco YourTV.