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((Infobox organization
| name                = Vancouver Community Network
| logo                = [[File:VCN-logo.png|alt=VCN logo|200px]]
| map                 = ((Coord|49|16|56.59|N|123|6|26.87|W))
| formation           = ((start date and age|1993|05|21))
| founder             = Brian Campbell<ref name=dies>((Cite news | url=https://www.straight.com/news/857286/free-speech-advocate-and-long-time-vancouver-library-employee-brian-campbell-dies | title=Free speech advocate and long-time Vancouver library employee Brian Campbell dies | first=Charlie | last=Smith | work=[[The Georgia Straight]] | date=January 17, 2017))</ref>
| founding_location   = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
| type                = [[Nonprofit organization]]
| location            = Woodward's Heritage Building, Suite 280-111, West Hastings, Vancouver, BC
| services            = [[Internet access]]<BR>[[Technical support]]<BR>[[Web hosting service]]
| key_people          = Tracey Axelsson, Executive Director<ref>((Cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2018/09/16/dtes-harm-reduction-kiosk-loses-location-after-friday-police-raid.html | title=Home of Downtown Eastside harm-reduction kiosk in question after Friday police raid | first=Perrin | last=Grauer | work=[[Toronto Star]] | date=September 16, 2018))</ref>
| website             = ((URL|https://www2.vcn.bc.ca/))
))

'''Vancouver Community Network''' ('''VCN''') is a community-owned provider of free [[internet access]], [[technical support]], and [[web hosting service]]s to individuals and [[nonprofit organization]]s in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]].

It developed StreetMessenger, a communication service for the homeless.<ref>((Cite news | url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/being-a-refugee-is-a-circumstance-its-not-a-choice | title='Being a refugee is a circumstance, it's not a choice' | first=Denise | last=Ryan | work=[[Vancouver Sun]] | date=June 20, 2018))</ref>

==History==
The organization was founded as Vancouver FreeNet by Brian Campbell and others.<ref name=dies/>

[[Revenue Canada]] initially rejected VCN's application status as a [[charitable organization]], which would have allowed it to receive [[tax-deductible]] contributions. VCN appealed this decision, and in 1997, the [[Federal Court of Appeal]] ruled that providing free internet service was a charitable tax purpose.<ref>((Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kU5WAAAAIBAJ&q=%22Vancouver+Community+Network%22&pg=PA3&article_id=6097,2827780#v=onepage |title=Internet | work=[[The Register-Guard]] | date=November 11, 1997))</ref><ref>((Cite book |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Allan C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O7tFPZ33_NcC&q=%22Vancouver+FreeNet%22&pg=PA246 | title=Interpreting Censorship in Canada |last2=Petersen |first2=Klaus | publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]] |isbn=978-0-8020-8026-4 |date=January 1, 1999))</ref><ref>((Cite web |title=Legal Developments | url=https://thephilanthropist.ca/1996/10/legal-developments-3/ | work=[[The Philanthropist (journal)|The Philanthropist]] |date=October 1, 1996))</ref><ref>((Cite web |title=Full Text of Judgement Indexed as: Vancouver Regional FreeNet Assn. v. Canada (Minister of National Revenue – M.N.R.) Between Vancouver Regional FreeNet Association, appellant, and Minister of National Revenue, respondent [1996] F.C.J. No. 914 Court File No. A-413-94 |url=https://www2.vcn.bc.ca/2704-2/ |website=www2.vcn.bc.ca))</ref>

==See also==
* [[Chebucto Community Network]]
* [[Free-Net]]
* [[Wireless community network]]
* [[Community informatics]]
* [[National Capital Freenet]]

==References==
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==External links==
* ((Official website|https://www2.vcn.bc.ca/))

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