Falling Through the Cracks: How the Community-Based Approach Has Failed Calgary's Chronically Homeless The seeds of chronic homelessness, with the addictions and mental illness that often accompany it, are sown frequently in traumatic childhoods. A survey of 300 people experiencing chronic homelessness...
John's, Montreal, Hamilton, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Calgary, the findings of this study suggest that labor occurs within a particular street context and street culture. Formal and informal work can be inter-related, and despite the hardships they experience, young people who are homeless or who...
How Calgary Homeless Foundation is Funded As the Community Based Organization guiding the the fight against homelessness in our city, we receive funding from the provincial and federal governments and donors and philanthropists. We then allocate the funds to our agency partners, who provide housing ...
All parts of Calgary are considered to be safe during the day, so tourists can explore Downtown Calgary with all its attractions and sights. However, walking at night should be avoided in the East Village and Victoria Park areas, as well as Skid Row, because of the poor and homeless peop...
Once people heard about the wonderful work being done at the center, they began taking all kinds of hurt or homeless animals there. Soon it was no longer just a home for cats and dogs. So many animals were living there that it became more like a zoo. Popcorn Park Zoo got its funny...
complex mental health‚ addiction‚ and social problems. Because of this‚ there are a lot of creative ways being implemented to combat homelessness and they all take different approaches and vary in effectiveness. One solution that appears to be working in Calgary is an unorthodox model ...
I am homeless and have to eat out of the garbage. I’m too sick to work. I’m surprised I’m still alive. What are the tests needed to verify if you are poisoned with mold, and what is the treatment? I have no time for this any longer. Does anyone have any idea on how to ...
in the co-op program and had completed an eight-month job in Calgary. I had been contented and grateful since leaving my mother’s house and moving to a new town. I was more happy than I had been in years. But little by little, I found myself increasingly sad and life became pep...
The Calgary Drop-In Centre used Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Azure to improve delivery of human services.
The whole citizenship test process took about an hour and a half, but this too will depend on the number of people attending the test, how many government employees are working that day, etc. If you fail the knowledge test, they’ll schedule an interview with a judge on a different date...