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David P. Ball

David P. Ball is a freelance writer and photojournalist in Vancouver, B.C., on Coast Salish territories. Find him at davidpball.net and @davidpball on twitter. 
In love with photojournalism since he was eight, David studied professional writing and political science at the University of Victoria, following that passion to the Middle East where he reported from the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war. He has been published in more than 20 publications.

Articles

Hastings Urban Farm offers food security and connection to land
City
David P. Ball
May 21st, 2012
Rows of lush kale, beets and lettuce are a-sprouting on a Downtown Eastside lot, where the Portland Hotel Society is growing a new food garden and tackling food insecurity raised by a recent UN visit.
Komagata Maru history vividly revisited in Ali Kazimi's "Undesirables"
Politics
David P. Ball
May 20th, 2012
Ninety-eight years after the Komagata Maru deportations, demands for a Parliamentary apology resurfaced. But history must not ignore the migrant justice activists of then and now, writes Ali Kazimi.
Memory engineering pioneer Elizabeth Loftus charts course for Inception-style mind control
Life
David P. Ball
May 15th, 2012
The mind control techniques of Inception or Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind are closer than we think, says a California psychologist speaking at SFU. Can they be harnessed for good?
Canada-Europe free trade: after Victoria's pullout, Vancouver demands clarity on 'clandestine' CETA deal
Politics
David P. Ball
May 14th, 2012
Worried about its municipal rights and services, Victoria has joined Montreal, Toronto and dozens of cities in opting out of the 'most ambitious trade deal' in history. Is Vancouver next?
Harper's former lobbying group looks to US for thoughts and ideas
Politics
David P. Ball
May 11th, 2012
Stephen Harper's former employer – the National Citizens Coalition – re-emerged in 2012 with an ad targeting Liberal leader Bob Rae. VO spoke to NCC's leader about Harper, hustings, and...
“Totalitarian” state surveillance on First Nations adds to “demonization” of pipeline critics: Grand Chief
Politics
David P. Ball
May 9th, 2012
New documents reveal the RCMP has been spying on environmentalists and First Nations opponents of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.
Rioting research from Vancouver to India points to restorative justice solutions
Crime
David P. Ball
May 9th, 2012
With 200 charges filed against alleged 2011 Stanley Cup rioters, a visiting UK scholar hopes BC pushes ahead with alternative sentencing.
Vancouver's arts and culture bleeding out in “steady migration", warn city creatives
Art
David P. Ball
May 9th, 2012
As artists flee Vancouver for less expensive lives, are they taking city's future with them?
Matching Tory-robocall IP address adds to scope of widespread fraud allegations
Politics
David P. Ball
May 5th, 2012
Tories linked directly to voter suppression calls. Call centre workers allege they sent voters astray. GOP operatives in Canada. The 2011 election scandal keeps growing.
Climate activists arrested at behest of Warren Buffett's BNSF Railway over coal blockade
Politics
David P. Ball
May 5th, 2012
Fourteen climate change activists, including a Nobel Peace Prize winning economist, have been arrested after BNSF railway served 40 blockaders with a pre-emptive court order this morning.
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