homeless Archives | City Share Canada https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative-tag/homeless/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:15:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://citysharecanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/favicon.png homeless Archives | City Share Canada https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative-tag/homeless/ 32 32 Pilot project pairs unhoused people with members of faith communities in Oshawa’s bid to tackle homelessness https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative/pilot-project-pairs-unhoused-people-with-members-of-faith-communities-in-oshawas-bid-to-tackle-homelessness/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:15:33 +0000 https://citysharecanada.ca/?post_type=initiative&p=2470 The project, launched earlier this month, is modelled after Canada’s refugee sponsorship program, which played a key role in welcoming Syrian refugees to the country five years ago. That included sponsoring refugees to help them with housing, employment and fostering friendships. Now Oshawa is taking a similar approach to tackling homelessness, mental health issues and addiction.

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]]> The project, launched earlier this month, is modelled after Canada’s refugee sponsorship program, which played a key role in welcoming Syrian refugees to the country five years ago. That included sponsoring refugees to help them with housing, employment and fostering friendships. Now Oshawa is taking a similar approach to tackling homelessness, mental health issues and addiction.

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]]> The City of Edmonton is using social innovation to improve Edmonton’s Urban Wellness https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative/the-city-of-edmonton-has-using-social-innovation-to-improve-edmontons-urban-wellness/ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 13:28:56 +0000 https://citysharecanada.ca/?post_type=initiative&p=2405 The City has been working with residents, businesses, agencies and government to develop a ‘Recover’ approach to improve urban wellness. Urban wellness includes economy vitality, social capacity, physical and mental health, built and natural environments. Bringing all kinds of people together, from businesses to residents to talk about their lived experiences, is not easy;If we can […]

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]]> The City has been working with residents, businesses, agencies and government to develop a ‘Recover’ approach to improve urban wellness. Urban wellness includes economy vitality, social capacity, physical and mental health, built and natural environments. Bringing all kinds of people together, from businesses to residents to talk about their lived experiences, is not easy;If we can ensure the right systems are in place, we can promote and sustain conditions for people and neighbourhoods to thrive.

We use a social innovation framework which allows for constant learning, testing and adapting ideas, while considering their cumulative impact.  This isn’t about replacing existing strategies, programs or services. It’s about testing small solutions to improve urban wellness and finding ways to align and collaborate across different orders of government, agencies, local businesses and the community.

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]]> $1.1M committed for public washrooms in Downtown Eastside Vancouver https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative/1-1m-committed-for-public-washrooms-in-downtown-eastside-vancouver/ Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:20:22 +0000 https://citysharecanada.ca/?post_type=initiative&p=2312 Public spaces in downtown Vancouver becoming washrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic, as homeless residents ‘have no other options’

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]]> Public spaces in downtown Vancouver becoming washrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic, as homeless residents ‘have no other options’

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]]> In Edmonton, outdoor library services set up for homeless https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative/in-edmonton-outdoor-library-services-set-up-for-homeless/ Sat, 08 Aug 2020 16:31:25 +0000 https://citysharecanada.ca/?post_type=initiative&p=2268 The Edmonton Public Library is taking some of its operations outside to give the city’s homeless a place to read books and magazines, use a laptop computer or participate in adult classes. Called EPL on the Square, the pilot project has three designated areas in Sir Winston Churchill Square for outdoor library services. The initiative is a collaboration […]

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]]> The Edmonton Public Library is taking some of its operations outside to give the city’s homeless a place to read books and magazines, use a laptop computer or participate in adult classes. Called EPL on the Square, the pilot project has three designated areas in Sir Winston Churchill Square for outdoor library services. The initiative is a collaboration between EPL and the City of Edmonton, was launched five days after the Edmonton EXPO Centre closed as a temporary drop-in day shelter. The city, social agencies and the province have been working on a plan to find hundreds of physically distanced spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic since the EXPO closed.

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]]> Charlottetown outreach facility relocates to allow increased capacity for vulnerable community members https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative/charlottetown-outreach-facility-has-relocated-to-allow-increased-capacity-for-vulnerable-community-members/ Sun, 03 May 2020 01:44:10 +0000 https://citysharecanada.ca/?post_type=initiative&p=1933 The Community Outreach Centre has moved its operations to a local school’s gymnasium for the purpose of enhancing its capacity to provide vulnerable residents with services such as counselling, shower access and laundry facilities under the new health regulations of social distancing.

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]]> The Community Outreach Centre has moved its operations to a local school’s gymnasium for the purpose of enhancing its capacity to provide vulnerable residents with services such as counselling, shower access and laundry facilities under the new health regulations of social distancing.

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]]> Downtown Eastside Community Resilience Taskforce https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative/downtown-eastside-community-resilience-taskforce/ Sat, 02 May 2020 16:36:18 +0000 https://citysharecanada.ca/?post_type=initiative&p=1851 The City of Vancouver is organizing a multi-agency taskforce to generate engagement and harm reduction strategies as at-risk populations in the area face greater challenges during the crisis.

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]]> The City of Vancouver is organizing a multi-agency taskforce to generate engagement and harm reduction strategies as at-risk populations in the area face greater challenges during the crisis.

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]]> Recovery site for homeless COVID-19 patients offers dignity and a pathway to housing https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative/recovery-site-for-homeless-covid-19-patients-offers-dignity-and-a-pathway-to-housing/ Sun, 26 Apr 2020 14:45:54 +0000 https://citysharecanada.ca/?post_type=initiative&p=1815 The recovery site for COVID-positive homeless people is a unique collaboration between many health partners, government, addiction recovery supports, community & neighbourhood groups and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontier Canada providing expertise on project co-ordination and logistics. Among the primary goals of the recovery site is treating homeless patients with dignity in a clinical setting and […]

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]]> The recovery site for COVID-positive homeless people is a unique collaboration between many health partners, government, addiction recovery supports, community & neighbourhood groups and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontier Canada providing expertise on project co-ordination and logistics. Among the primary goals of the recovery site is treating homeless patients with dignity in a clinical setting and ensuring they have a home to go to afterward — not a return to homelessness.

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]]> British Columbia working with the Cities of Vancouver and Victoria to transition people living in encampments into temporary accommodations with wraparound supports https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative/british-columbia-is-working-with-the-cities-of-vancouver-and-victoria-to-transition-people-living-in-encampments-into-safe-temporary-accommodations-with-wraparound-supports-to-protect-their-health-an/ Sat, 25 Apr 2020 19:46:19 +0000 https://citysharecanada.ca/?post_type=initiative&p=1813 The Province of BC, in partnership with BC Housing and local municipalities, has worked to secure and operate 686 hotel and community centre accommodations in Vancouver and 324 hotel spaces in Victoria. This allows people from the encampments to safely physically distance, with access to important health, social and other supports.

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]]> The Province of BC, in partnership with BC Housing and local municipalities, has worked to secure and operate 686 hotel and community centre accommodations in Vancouver and 324 hotel spaces in Victoria. This allows people from the encampments to safely physically distance, with access to important health, social and other supports.

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]]> City of Victoria acquires 115 motel rooms to house homeless population https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative/city-of-victoria-acquires-115-motel-rooms-to-house-homeless-population/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:01:13 +0000 https://citysharecanada.ca/?post_type=initiative&p=1465 These rooms are meant for people who have not displayed any symptoms of COVID-19, and one person will occupy each room. The rooms will be available to vulnerable people living outside in order to make sure they can meet physical distancing protocols put in place by the provincial health officer. The new locations will be administered by […]

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]]> These rooms are meant for people who have not displayed any symptoms of COVID-19, and one person will occupy each room. The rooms will be available to vulnerable people living outside in order to make sure they can meet physical distancing protocols put in place by the provincial health officer. The new locations will be administered by BC Housing and social service providers will be identifying people in the community who would be suitable to move in. Temporary outdoor homeless shelters at Royal Athletic Park and Topaz Park are currently being set up as temporary stopgap measures before authorities are able to find suitable indoor shelter spaces.

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]]> Canada’s libraries step up to help vulnerable people during pandemic https://citysharecanada.ca/initiative/canadas-libraries-step-up-to-help-vulnerable-people-during-pandemic/ Wed, 22 Apr 2020 23:38:56 +0000 https://citysharecanada.ca/?post_type=initiative&p=1420 In Toronto, nine TPL branches have been converted into food distribution centers in the past few weeks, in partnership with three local food banks. In Montreal the Grande Bibliothèque, the largest library in Quebec has been transformed into a daytime respite space for homeless people.

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]]> In Toronto, nine TPL branches have been converted into food distribution centers in the past few weeks, in partnership with three local food banks. In Montreal the Grande Bibliothèque, the largest library in Quebec has been transformed into a daytime respite space for homeless people.

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