VANCOUVER — More than 1,000 volunteers have fanned out across Metro Vancouver for the first homeless count since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Homeless Services Association of BC says 11 municipalities across the Lower Mainland are taking part in the 24-hour, point-in-time c...
The city area was first settled in 500 BC by Coastal Indians. The Spanish navy explored the area and in 1792 the British naval captain George Vancouver arrived here. When Captain George Vancouver sailed into the inlet he was greeted by the First Nations people who paddled out to meet his s...
The presentstudy aimed to recruit two samples of homeless mentally ill participants whodiffered on the complexity of their needs. Study details including recruitment,randomization, and follow up are presented.BurnabyBC V
“Vancouver has been home to a significant homeless population since starting an official homeless count in 2005 and the pandemic has only made matters worse, requiring all three levels of government to come together to take concerted and sustained actions," Stewart says in t...
Theatre by the community for the community. The company has worked with many groups around the world including First Nations, refugees, women's groups, environmentalists, street youth, health practitioners, and the homeless population. Communities have invited the Company to work on subjects such ...
Surrey has also experienced its share of crime and homelessness. The city has a growing homeless population, with an estimated 600 people living on the streets or in shelters on any given night. The city has implemented a number of initiatives aimed at reducing homelessness, including the const...
Theatre by the community for the community. The company has worked with many groups around the world including First Nations, refugees, women's groups, environmentalists, street youth, health practitioners, and the homeless population. Communities have invited the Company to work on subjects such ...
Some parts of the eastern city are very run down with some of the worst drug and homelessness problems in Canada. Moving a little farther out, to somewhere like Burnaby, will be cheaper than the North Shore or downtown and there are plenty of more affordable, family sized properties in ar...
The reason people do this is because this is the area where the homeless population predominately hangs out. Many of these people are mentally disturbed, and/or on drugs or alcohol. Still, one doesn’t need to be overly concerned for one’s safety in these parts (although it isn’t ...
While descriptive data were disaggregated, given small sample size of Black participants, compared to the BC population, Black/other racialized women of colour were combined. Indigenous women were asked if they identified as Two-Spirit. Two-Spirit is an identity among people Indigenous to Turtle ...