As December 2018 frost crunches underfoot and we hunch our shoulders against the cold , I’m looking ahead to winter solstice: that welcome day when we’ll turn the corner on darkness and the days begin to inch longer and lighter. In these dark months, we’ve got to make our own light to get by. Winter … Read more
sdfsdf 2017-2018 temporary shelters to open 301 beds October 18, 2017 – This fall 301 beds will become available at 10 temporary shelter locations in Vancouver, thanks to funding from the BC Government and the City of Vancouver. Shelter address Beds Opening hours Operator 1648 E 1st Ave 40, for men and women 24 hours, 7 days per week, Open November 8 … Read more
What are “Red Zones” and how do they impact the lives of marginalized people? Join Douglas C. King on Feb. 15
OTTAWA, Jan. 27, 2017 /CNW/ – Three leading national housing and homelessness organizations today jointly called on the federal government to commit to long-term investment on the scale needed to tackle the housing crisis in Budget 2017. The three organizations – the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, and the Canadian … Read more
Alex Himelfarb and Roy Romanow are co-chairs of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness Homelessness has been an issue for so long many view it as a natural fixture of our world. Inevitable. Unfixable. Quite simply, that’s not the case. Mass homelessness is the result of choices we have made. It’s time to make better … Read more
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops is a community leading the way on youth homelessness, but while social agencies are still collecting information from a major survey one thing is clear — there is a lack of information about the issue. Last week A Way Home, the group made up of community and government partners, held the country’s … Read more
WATCH: Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness releases plan to create hundreds of new units of housing over the next five years. April Lawrence reports. You don’t have to look far at Our Place Society during the lunch hour to find someone struggling to find housing. “You can’t get an apartment here, there is no … Read more
RALLY TO DEFEND THE METROTOWN DEMOVICTIONS OCCUPATION! Tuesday July 12 6:00PM Rally outside 5025 Imperial Street in the Metrotown area of Burnaby, 2 blocks west of Royal Oak With the dawn of day three of our occupation, our political demands have not changed, but the character of our action has. What began as a protest coordinated … Read more
Five Days for the Homeless starts March 13th to March 18th 2016 . Students will raise money for homeless youth https://5days.ca/ Posted by Johnny Zakharia Vancouver
March 2nd Rallies planned for Victoria, Burnaby, Van, New West against @christyclarkbc https://www.change.org/p/premier-christy-clark-raise-the-rates-leave-our-bus-pass-alone Posted by Johnny Zakharia Vancouver