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THE BLOG.

Street-level writing about what happens when policy hits pavement. No tidy version of the story.

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A layered street collage of signs, slogans, and 3ESM marks.FILE 01
From the Desk

This Is 3rd Eye Street Media

Not a charity brochure. Not a success story factory. Street-rooted media in our own words.

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An illustrated maze of housing and referral paperwork.FILE 02
Housing Systems / Ottawa

You’re Not Crazy

If the housing system feels impossible to understand, you’re not imagining it.

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Illustrated protesters holding signs calling to stop homelessness.FILE 03
Ontario / Policy

Ontario Declares War On The Poor

You cannot criminalize, stigmatize, displace and neglect people into recovery.

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A bright billboard that says “Rebranding Struggle For A Brighter Tomorrow.”FILE 04
Media / Poverty

The Problem

When people closest to a crisis are excluded from the story, the public understands the branding.

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Illustrated figures under a sign reading “Keep Your Distance From the Unfortunate!”FILE 05
Stigma / Policy

Legitimized Stigma

When cruelty becomes policy, society starts mistaking harm for order.

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A theatre curtain with a sign reading “Don’t Look Behind the Curtain.”FILE 06
Ottawa / Housing

Another Action Plan

Ottawa keeps announcing solutions to homelessness while visibly failing to understand homelessness itself.

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An illustrated group of residents holding signs beside people living outside.FILE 07
Encampments / Ottawa

Ottawa Condo Tenants Want To End Homelessness... Just Not in the Same Way the Rest of Us Do...

Ottawa does not need fewer homeless people visible. It needs fewer people made homeless.

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A person with a dog and cart beneath the words “We the Unhoused, We the Unheard.”FILE 08
Lived Experience

Who “We” Really Are

We are still here. We have not disappeared because somebody stopped looking.

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A man shouting over two people seated against a purple wall.FILE 09
Harm Reduction / Commentary

Change Your Approach

Change your perspective before demanding people change their survival.

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A crowded illustrated blog post graphic with the 3ESM mark.FILE 10
Media / Ottawa

Hi,it's us we're the problem.

The city keeps talking about homelessness without listening to homeless people.

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3ESM / KEEP THE RECEIPTS

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