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
The seeds of chronic homelessness, with the addictions and mental illness that often accompany it, are sown frequently in traumatic childhoods. A survey of 300Milaney, KatrinaWilliams, NicoleDutton, DanielSocial Science Electronic Publishing
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 ...
She says Calgary has been attracting more people because it's considered a cheaper city to live in. But the province does not have rent control, and many units are beyond student budgets. Meanwhile, the University of Calgary announced significant tuition increases that...
With an estimated 30,000 Canadians homeless on any given night, and opioid use reaching epidemic levels, the demand for this kind of service is only intensifying. Article content “People need help and they need help right away,” she says. Article content It’s the same...
The Calgary Drop-In Centre used Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Azure to improve delivery of human services.
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...
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...
I’ve really loved working in Vancouver because the lifestyle here is much more chilled out than cities like Toronto or Calgary. So many people work from the coffee shop and modified work-weeks because we have such a work/life balance mentality. ...
It's the first time the statistics agency has collected data on how many children are eligible for an English education in Quebec, and a French education in the rest of the country. --- Also this ... With a week to go before homeless residents have to leave a T...