Title: [Reflections on COVID response for Vancouver Island's unhoused population]

URL: http://web.archive.org/web/20210927032126/https://twitter.com/Elvis_Pugsley/status/1442328455874433032/

Description: Nurse Ranger 💊 on Twitter: "Today we tested someone #COVID positive who had no home. Called @VanIslandHealth: a) no shelter available b) no safe place to camp c) no budget for tents d) no capacity to support, and e) tell him to wear a mask and wash your hands We are not all in this together. #bcpoli"

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Subject:   Island Health,  Victoria Police Department,  BC Housing

Title: COVID-19 supports help people experiencing homelessness in Victoria | October 1, 2021 | Province of British Columbia

URL: https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2020-2024/2021AG0143-001882.htm

Description: BC Housing and Island Health, in partnership with the City of Victoria and non-profit operators, are taking measures to support people experiencing homelessness in Victoria who are at risk from COVID-19.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Attorney General and Responsible for Housing,  BC Housing ,  Island Health,  City of Victoria

Title: April 10, 2020, Nanaimo city council update | Ben Geselbracht, City Councillor - Nanaimo

URL: https://bengeselbracht.ca/april-10-2020-nanaimo-city-council-update/

Description: Some reports, updates and thoughts from my week on council.

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Subject:   Geselbracht, Ben,  City of Nanaimo,  BC Parks,  BC Housing ,  Island Health,  Milner Group,  Island Roots Market Co-op,  British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis

Title: Ben's Nanaimo council update, April 2, 2020: COVID-19 report and reflection | Ben Geselbracht, City Councillor - Nanaimo

URL: https://bengeselbracht.ca/bens-nanaimo-council-update-april-2-2020-covid-19-updates-and-reflection/

Description: Some reports, updates and thoughts from my week on Council. The focus has been of course responding to the Covid-19 outbreak.

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Subject:   Geselbracht, Ben,  City of Nanaimo,  Regional District of Nanaimo,  Island Health,  BC Housing ,  Island Roots Market Co-op

Title: CONNECT Warming Centre | Comox Valley Transition Society

URL: https://cvts.ca/connect-warming-centre/

Description: In March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world and changed our lives, everything shut down, including desperately needed services and community spaces that were regularly accessed by people who are unsheltered or struggling through poverty. Thanks to the support of BC Housing, the City of Courtenay, the Comox Valley Regional District, the Comox Valley Community Foundation, and countless others, CVTS and our partner, the Comox Valley Coalition To End Homelessness, were able to open the Connect Warming Centre and stay open, providing services (including a shower program) to the most vulnerable people in our community, 7 days a week.

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Subject:   Comox Valley Transition Society,  BC Housing ,  City of Courtenay,  Comox Valley Regional District,  Comox Valley Community Foundation,  Comox Valley Coalition to End Homelessness,  Connect Warming Centre

Title: CMHA Cowichan Valley Branch and Cowichan Tribes partner work together to open extreme weather shelter | January 22, 2021

URL: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/cowichancmha/pages/102/attachments/original/1611333371/MediaRelease-ExtremeWeatherShelterJan2021.pdf?1611333371

Description: The CMHA Cowichan Valley Branch, in partnership with Cowichan Tribes, is pleased to announce the opening of a new Extreme Weather Shelter in the Cowichan Tribes gymnasium at 5574 River Road in Duncan.

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Subject:   Cowichan Tribes,  Canadian Mental Health Association | Cowichan Valley Branch,  BC Housing

Title: Template letter to City Victoria, Island Health and Province of B.C.: Response to COVID-19 in unhoused community | Google Docs

URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQa08zyfPNW64cISNB7rrK2R1BTEMVvaBWtTh5HBRyhTB3NhqlMn-HshX7rGxQN_WCPOjrnoSqI3ogI/pub

Description: Template letter regarding the City of Victoria, Island Health, and the Province of BC's response to the COVID-19 outbreak amongst people who are unsheltered, sheltered, or living in temporary and supported housing.

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Subject:   City of Victoria,  Island Health,  Province of British Columbia,  BC Housing

Title: COVID-19 Task Force for Vulnerable Populations develops plan to shelter, support and self-isolate homeless and precariously housed | April 1, 2020 | City of Duncan

URL: https://duncan.ca/2020/04/covid-19-task-force-for-vulnerable-populations-develops-plan-to-shelter-support-and-self-isolate-homeless-and-precariously-housed/

Description: On March 19th, 2020, acting on the advice of BC Housing, the City of Duncan asked Cowichan Housing Association to lead a joint task force to develop a response plan to provide housing and support during the COVID-19 pandemic for people who are homeless or precariously housed.

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Subject:   City of Duncan,  COVID-19 Cowichan Task Force for Vulnerable Populations,  BC Housing ,  Cowichan Housing Association,  Emergency Management BC,  Horn, John,  Staples, Michelle,  Furstenau, Sonia

Title: Tenting site on St. Julien Street helping to shelter, support and self-isolate Duncan’s homeless during COVID-19 | May 21, 2020 | City of Duncan

URL: https://duncan.ca/2020/05/tenting-site-on-st-julien-street-helping-to-shelter-support-and-self-isolate-duncans-homeless-during-covid-19/

Description: A tenting site for up to 12 people experiencing homelessness has been set-up in a vacant lot owned by the City of Duncan on St. Julien Street.

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Subject:   City of Duncan,  BC Housing ,  COVID-19 Cowichan Task Force for Vulnerable Populations,  Cowichan Housing Association,  Canadian Mental Health Association | Cowichan Valley Branch,  Island Health

Title: Nanaimo: Memorandum of understanding (MOU) to build new housing | Let's Talk Housing BC

URL: https://letstalkhousingbc.ca/nanaimo/

Description: We have exciting news about new housing for Nanaimo. The City of Nanaimo and BC Housing have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build new housing in the community over the next few years.

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Subject:   BC Housing ,  City of Nanaimo

Title: Moving indoors, ending parks sheltering: The next few weeks | Lisa Helps – Victoria Mayor

URL: https://lisahelpsvictoria.ca/2021/04/25/moving-indoors-ending-parks-sheltering-the-next-few-weeks/

Description: Why is this particular disaster – the housing crisis combined with the COVID-19 crisis combined with the opioid crisis – dividing us as a community rather than bringing us together with a can-do helping spirit?

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Subject:   City of Victoria,  Helps, Lisa,  Beacon Hill Park,  Stadacona Park,  BC Housing ,  British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis

Title: LUSH Valley collaborating with partners to help vulnerable people access food | LUSH Valley Food Action Society

URL: https://lushvalley.org/2020/03/lush-valley-collaborating-with-partners-to-help-vulnerable-people-access-food/

Description: In the last two and a half weeks LUSH Valley Food Action Society (LUSH Valley) and the Comox Valley Food Policy Council (FPC) have been working on an emergency food accessibility response to the pandemic.

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Subject:   LUSH Valley Food Action Society,  Comox Valley Food Policy Council,  Comox Valley Food Bank,  Comox Valley Family Services Association,  Washington Inn Apartments,  Prato, Maurita,  Comox Valley Coalition to End Homelessness,  BC Housing ,  Miller, Bev,  Comox Valley Community Health Network,  Cupelli, Andrea

Title: Double your donation to support our emergency food share program | LUSH Valley Food Action Society

URL: https://lushvalley.org/2020/04/double-your-donation-to-support-our-emergency-food-share-program/

Description: The sudden onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic … resulting in layoffs, requirements for self-isolation/quarantine, and a myriad of other challenges have resulted in our organization evolving from our grass-roots food security activities to being an emergency frontline resource in a matter of days.

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Subject:   LUSH Valley Food Action Society,  Comox Valley Food Policy Council,  Scotiabank,  Comox Valley Food Bank,  Edible Island Whole Foods Market,  City of Courtenay,  Comox Valley Regional District,  Comox Valley Schools,  Comox Valley Farmers' Market Association,  Cumberland Community Schools Society,  BC Housing ,  Comox Valley Senior Support Society,  Salvation Army,  Salvation Army Comox Valley Ministries,  Comox Valley Transition Society,  Comox Valley Family Services Association,  Comox Valley Community Health Network

Title: Emergency response centre opening in June in Nanaimo with 35 shelter spaces | Nanaimo News Now

URL: https://nanaimonewsnow.com/2020/04/30/emergency-response-centre-opening-in-june-in-nanaimo-with-35-shelter-spaces/

Description: A City of Nanaimo facility is being turned into a suitable space for those experiencing homelessness to self-isolate. An Emergency Response Centre will be established in the Community Services Building at 285 Prideaux St. on June 1.

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Subject:   City of Nanaimo,  Bhopalsingh, Lisa,  Island Crisis Care Society,  BC Housing ,  Nanaimo 7-10 Club Society,  Options for Sexual Health

Title: Pacifica Housing impact: COVID-19 motel outreach | Pacifica Housing

URL: https://pacificahousing.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Francesca-Testimonial.pdf

Description: In April 2020, BC Housing requested the support of Pacifica Housing in moving 200+ people living in Victoria homeless encampments into motels to fight the effects of COVID-19 among our most vulnerable.

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Subject:   Leonzio, Francesca,  Pacifica Housing,  BC Housing

Title: [Construction of supportive housing project at 702 Nicol Street in Nanaimo] | BC Housing

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E2081QaXIAMYTb3?format=jpg&name=medium

Description: BC Housing on Twitter: "Cranes are on-site at 702 Nicol St. Nanaimo. It's the first of 4 supportive housing projects being built in partnership w/the City. Work on this 52-unit modular project is expected to wrap up at the end of this summer. https://letstalkhousingbc.ca/nanaimo @cityofnanaimo @ICCS_Nanaimo"

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Subject:   BC Housing ,  City of Nanaimo

Title: [Excerpt:] New homes coming for vulnerable people in Victoria | May 15, 2020 | Province of British Columbia

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYEqMJBWsAAScG4?format=png&name=small

Description: LizaYuzda on Twitter: "The BC Gov put up $18.5 million to buy the Victoria hotel where people are now housed who were living in a couple different park/street locations - as part of the province ensuring people who were homeless had safe places during the pandemic. #yyj #bcpoli #covid19 @NEWS1130"

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction,  BC Housing ,  Our Place Society,  Island Health,  Helps, Lisa,  McKenzie, Grant,  Topaz Park,  Comfort Inn Hotel

Title: [Image 1:] BC Liberals call for transparency related to COVID-19 outbreaks in supportive housing | BC Liberal Party

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAE2AsUVgAEy10l?format=png&name=small

Description: Srushti Gangdev on Twitter: "The BC Liberals are calling for more transparency on COVID outbreaks in supporting housing, after excellent reporting on the issue in Victoria from my colleague @brish_ti for @CapitalDailyVic"

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Subject:   BC Liberal Party,  Province of British Columbia,  Island Health,  Horgan, John,  Bond, Shirley,  Eby, David,  Stewart, Ben,  Vaccinations,  BC Housing

Title: [Image 2:] BC Liberals call for transparency related to COVID-19 outbreaks in supportive housing | BC Liberal Party

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAE2Dq-UUAU1ieL?format=png&name=small

Description: Srushti Gangdev on Twitter: "The BC Liberals are calling for more transparency on COVID outbreaks in supporting housing, after excellent reporting on the issue in Victoria from my colleague @brish_ti for @CapitalDailyVic"

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Subject:   BC Liberal Party,  Province of British Columbia,  Island Health,  Horgan, John,  Bond, Shirley,  Eby, David,  Stewart, Ben,  Vaccinations,  BC Housing

Title: COVID-19: The beginning of the end of homelessness | City of Victoria

URL: https://pub-victoria.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=69943

Description: In February 2021, the City of Victoria initiated this report to identify barriers to ending homelessness and recommendations to resolve those barriers. The process of putting this report together engaged people experiencing homelessness, many as they transitioned from homelessness to supportive housing, and with consent, documented those experiences and their reflections. They are presented as first-person accounts to enable the reader to look at the homeless system through the eyes of the user.

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Subject:   City of Victoria,  Province of British Columbia,  BC Housing ,  Cool Aid Society,  Our Place Society,  Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness

Title: COVID-19: Multiple agencies rally together to support vulnerable residents in Sooke | April 22, 2020 | District of Sooke

URL: https://sooke.ca/covid-19-multiple-agencies-rally-together-to-support-vulnerable-residents-in-sooke/

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Subject:   District of Sooke,  Sooke Homeless Coalition,  BC Housing ,  Capital Regional District,  SEAPARC Leisure Complex,  Sooke Region Communities Health Network,  Wilde, Jen,  Sooke Shelter Society,  AVI Health and Community Services,  Island Health,  Beddows, Al,  Tait, Maja

Title: Sooke searches for solutions to pandemic homelessness | District of Sooke

URL: https://sooke.ca/solutions-pandemic-homelessness/

Description: The District of Sooke’s Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) is actively looking for a new facility to house approximately 14 local homeless people recently displaced to Ed MacGregor Park.

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Subject:   Ed MacGregor Park,  District of Sooke,  Sooke Homeless Coalition,  Tait, Maja,  BC Housing ,  Sooke Region Communities Health Network,  Sooke Shelter Society,  AVI Health and Community Services,  Island Health

Title: COVID-19 crisis fast-tracks safe drug supply | The Discourse

URL: https://thediscourse.ca/cowichan-valley/covid-safe-supply-drugs/

Description: People who use drugs and don't have secure housing are extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus. Officials are scrambling to offer new supports to keep people safe.

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Subject:   British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis,  Plant, Elizabeth,  Waters, Shannon,  Nunn, Emma,  Middlemiss, Melissa,  Cowichan Leadership Group,  Province of British Columbia,  COVID-19 Cowichan Task Force for Vulnerable Populations,  BC Housing ,  Emergency Management BC,  British Columbia Centre on Substance Use

Title: COVID 19: What’s the plan for people without homes? | The Discourse

URL: https://thediscourse.ca/cowichan-valley/covid-whats-the-plan-for-people-without-homes/

Description: I spoke with John Horn, with the Cowichan Housing Association, about the plan to shelter people experiencing homelessness through a pandemic.

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Subject:   Horn, John,  Cowichan Women Against Violence Society,  Cowichan Community Centre,  COVID-19 Cowichan Task Force for Vulnerable Populations,  BC Housing ,  Cowichan Housing Association,  Island Health

Title: At COVID-19 tenting sites, residents find peace | The Discourse

URL: https://thediscourse.ca/cowichan-valley/cowichan-homelessness-covid-tenting/

Description: More than 50 people have found a temporary home at five tenting sites in the Cowichan region — three in the Duncan area plus sites in Chemainus and Ladysmith.

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Subject:   Peake, Cherlyn,  COVID-19 Cowichan Task Force for Vulnerable Populations,  BC Housing ,  Canadian Mental Health Association | Cowichan Valley Branch,  Berthiaume, Travis,  Siebring, Al,  Flynn, Jean,  Dunnigan, Donna,  Horn, John,  Ladysmith Resources Centre Association,  Cowichan Women Against Violence Society,  Hiiye'yu Lelum (House of Friendship) Society,  Cowichan Neighbourhood House Association,  Fuller Lake Arena,  Cowichan Tribes,  Cowichan Community Centre,  Bell, Jeffrey,  Victoria Foundation,  Warmland House Shelter

Title: A ‘massive success’: Task force offers temporary housing at the Ramada in Duncan | The Discourse

URL: https://thediscourse.ca/cowichan-valley/ramada-duncan-temporary-housing/

Description: 45 people, including five children, are staying in rooms at the Ramada Duncan that the COVID-19 Cowichan Task Force for Vulnerable Populations is renting as temporary housing. Along with five tenting sites, this is Phase 1 of an effort to help people who are unhoused or precariously housed stay healthy during the pandemic.

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Subject:   Olson, Jack,  Ramada Duncan,  COVID-19 Cowichan Task Force for Vulnerable Populations,  BC Housing ,  Both, Nick,  Lionas, Mary,  Middlemiss, Stacy,  Warmland House Shelter,  Island Health,  Hiiye'yu Lelum (House of Friendship) Society,  Canadian Mental Health Association | Cowichan Valley Branch

Title: Inside the struggle to keep Victoria’s homeless safe from COVID-19 | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/02/Homeless-Victoria-COVID-19/

Description: The world has turned upside down for the street community, just as it has for the rest of the world. However, one difference is that many of those living in precarious circumstances are used to daily crises, which may make it more difficult for them to take COVID-19 as an imminent threat.

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Subject:   Tysick, Al,  Victoria Dandelion Society,  Cool Aid Society,  McKenzie, Grant,  British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis,  City of Victoria,  Topaz Park,  BC Housing ,  Island Health,  Royal Athletic Park,  Helps, Lisa,  Stanwick, Richard,  Emergency Management BC,  Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness

Title: [Questions about shelter spaces for COVID-positive unhoused people]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1442592093709299712/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "Last week I asked @BC_Housing where unhoused COVID-positive can self-isolate in #yyj. They told me they’re working to find spaces Yesterday ppl werent allowed to isolate at Topaz Park. So once again, I asked where they’re supposed to go Sent them a yes or no question. Reply: / I also asked @CityOfVictoria mayor Lisa Helps where unhoused ppl can go without being forcibly displaced by bylaw officers. Her response contradicts everything frontline workers (see @TheBackPackPro1 ) have been saying. / Last week @VanIslandHealth CMHO Dr. Richard Stanwick said, "A tent is a not a place to isolate" as an argument against setting them up. So instead of a tent, I'm hearing a COVID-positive person had to sleep on a bench last night in the rain. #yyj / Stanwick's response was odd imo, considering there've been no outbreaks among the unhoused community in #yyj while most were living in tents, but cases are rampant now. Regardless, if a tent is not a safe space to isolate, will someone tell us where people are expected to go?"

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Subject:   BC Housing ,  Topaz Park,  City of Victoria,  Island Health,  Helps, Lisa,  Stanwick, Richard

Title: Nanaimo Unitarian Shelter | First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo

URL: https://ufon.ca/weather-shelter/

Description: Updates on the Nanaimo Unitirian Shelter, St. Peter’s Church Emergency Winter Shelter, and the free shower program.

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Subject:   Nanaimo Unitarian Shelter,  First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo,  BC Housing ,  St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church,  City of Nanaimo

Title: Victoria to open outdoor homeless shelters amid COVID-19 pandemic | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/victoria-to-open-outdoor-homeless-shelters-amid-covid-19-pandemic-1.4865094

Description: The City of Victoria is opening temporary homeless shelters at three city parks to assist people through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   City of Victoria,  Island Health,  BC Housing ,  Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness,  Dandelion Society,  Helps, Lisa,  Royal Athletic Park

Title: Plan for people living without homes: COVID-19 pandemic, Victoria, B.C. | Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness

URL: https://victoriahomelessness.ca/plan-for-people-living-without-homes-covid-19-pandemic-victoria-b-c/

Description: BC Housing, Island Health, the Coalition to End Homelessness and the City of Victoria have been working around the clock to develop an emergency response for the people who are most vulnerable, living outside, and unable to follow any of Provincial Medical Health Officer Dr. Henry’s orders – social distancing, wash your hands, stay at home.

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Subject:   Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness,  Our Place Society,  BC Housing ,  Island Health,  City of Victoria,  Victoria Dandelion Society,  Province of British Columbia,  Capital Regional District

Title: Greater Victoria COVID 19 vulnerable populations response plan | April 2, 2020 | Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness

URL: https://victoriahomelessness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/COVID-Vulnerable-Population-Response-Plan-A-2020.04.02_BASIC_NEEDS_LOCATION_MODEL.pdf

Description: COVID-19 response plan for Greater Victoria's vulnerable populations.

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Subject:   Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness,  Topaz Park,  Royal Athletic Park,  Island Health,  BC Housing ,  City of Victoria,  Victoria Dandelion Society,  Doctors of the World

Title: Greater Victoria COVID-19 vulnerable populations response plan | June 26, 2020 | Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness

URL: https://victoriahomelessness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-06-26-Vulnerable-Population-Response-Plan.pdf.pdf

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Subject:   Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness,  Island Health,  BC Housing ,  PHS Community Services Society,  Umbrella Society,  SOLID Outreach Society,  Victoria Cool Aid Society,  Pacifica Housing,  Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness Society,  AVI Health and Community Services,  Our Place Society,  Sooke Region Communities Health Network,  Salt Spring Island Community Services,  Topaz Park,  Beacon Hill Park,  Royal Athletic Park,  Victoria Dandelion Society,  Victoria Curling Club,  James Bay Community Centre,  Oaklands Community Centre,  Doctors of the World,  Vancouver Island Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees,  Peers Victoria Resources Society,  St. John Ambulance,  HeroWork Victoria,  Narcotics Anonymous,  Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre,  Paul's Motor Inn,  Capital City Center Hotel,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction,  SEAPARC Leisure Complex

Title: Greater Victoria - park sheltering move in strategy | Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness

URL: https://victoriahomelessness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MoveinStrategy_One-Pager-March-29.pdf

Description: The purpose of this document is to share information on how people can move into 24/7 temporary indoor sheltering spaces as a pathway to permanent housing.

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Subject:   Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness,  BC Housing ,  City of Victoria

Title: Move in strategy: Homeless-serving sector roles and responsibilities | Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness

URL: https://victoriahomelessness.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/RolesResponsibilities_ParkSheltering_March29.pdf

Description: The purpose of this Move in Strategy document is to share the collaborative roles and responsibilities of BC Housing and its contractors and funded outreach agencies, the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness and the City of Victoria during the transition of securing indoor sheltering options for individuals currently experiencing homelessness and sheltering in parks by April 30, 2021, as a pathway to permanent housing by the Provincial Government.

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Subject:   Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness,  BC Housing ,  City of Victoria,  Province of British Columbia,  Peers Victoria Resource Society,  PHS Community Services Society,  Our Place Society,  Victoria Cool Aid Society,  H.L. Demolition & Waste Management

Title: Homeless encampments, hotels, and equitable access to public space: Advancing change towards socially sustainable post-pandemic public spaces in Victoria, British Columbia | Innovative Leisure Practices: Case Studies as Conduits Between Theory and Practice

URL: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/25231/Broderick.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Description: This case study will critically examine lessons learned during COVID-19 to inform how we advance change towards socially sustainable public spaces. Through the lens of equity, access to public space for vulnerable populations during COVID-19 in Victoria, British Columbia, is explored. A stakeholder analysis is presented to illuminate the nature of stakeholder engagement within the City of Victoria, followed by a review of the intersectoral response that led to the activation of ERCs and the mobilization of hotel rooms to accommodate people experiencing homelessness during the pandemic. Furthermore, this case study will discuss how participatory processes, such as equity-centred design, placemaking, and equity mapping, can facilitate community and citizen engagement. This case highlights the emergence of leisure-related innovations as catalysts for social change—an increasingly important area of leisure research. In addition, this case study outlines the urgent need for research related to the intersection of COVID-19, equity, public space, and leisure. For broader audiences, such as local governments, not-for profit organizations, and leisure service providers, the value of this case study is underscored by the relevance of co-creation in the context of inclusive land-use planning, policy, and design.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island University,  City of Victoria,  BC Housing ,  Province of British Columbia,  Island Health,  Our Place Society,  Victoria Cool Aid Society,  Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness

Title: Community self-isolation sites & shelter expansions | BC Housing

URL: https://www.bchousing.org/COVID-19/community-sites

Description: BC Housing is working with regional health authorities, municipal partners and experienced non-profit shelter and housing providers to develop community-based response plans to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Subject:   BC Housing ,  Fraser Health,  Interior Health,  Northern Health,  Vancouver Coastal Health,  Island Health

Title: New supportive housing coming for people in Cowichan Valley | BC Housing

URL: https://www.bchousing.org/news?newsId=1479156254185

Description: The Province is partnering with the Municipality of North Cowichan and the City of Duncan to build close to 100 new supportive homes for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in the Cowichan Valley.

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Subject:   Municipality of North Cowichan,  City of Duncan,  BC Housing

Title: COVID-19 response: Isolation hotels to support those without a home | BC Housing

URL: https://www.bchousing.org/publications/COVID-19-Isolation-Hotels-Fact-Sheet.pdf

Description: BC Housing is working with regional health authorities, municipal partners and experienced non-profit emergency shelter and housing providers to find locations, such as hotels and motels, where vulnerable individuals, including people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness, can self- isolate during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   BC Housing

Title: Campbell River preparing temporary space for safer camping on Homewood Road | May 15, 2020 | City of Campbell River

URL: https://www.campbellriver.ca/docs/default-source/news/campbell-river-preparing-safer-camp-location-on-homewood-road-may-2020.pdf

Description: Work will soon begin to prepare a temporary site on Homewood Road that will support provincial public health orders and provide up to 25 appropriately-distanced camping sites for people experiencing homelessness in Campbell River.

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Subject:   City of Campbell River,  BC Housing ,  Adams, Andy,  Enns, Charmaine,  Island Health

Title: Inside the COVID isolation units for unhoused patients in Victoria | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/covid-isolation-units-unhoused-victoria/

Description: Last week, after COVID had been circulating in the unhoused community for a month, Island Health, BC Housing, and the City of Victoria announced 50 isolation beds would be coming to Victoria; 30 would be in existing shelter and housing facilities, while the other 20 would be in a new location expected to open at the beginning of November.

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Subject:   Travelodge by Wyndham Victoria,  Stanwick, Richard,  Island Health,  BC Housing ,  City of Victoria,  Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre,  Helps, Lisa,  Royal Jubilee Hospital,  Ross, Caitlin,  Victoria Cool Aid Society,  SOLID Outreach Society,  Irvine, Josh,  Ottosen, Niki,  The Back Pack Project,  Eby, David

Title: COVID cases surge in Victoria temporary housing—but residents and staff say they have only ‘whispers and rumours’ for information | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/covid-victoria-unhoused-temporary-housing/

Description: One housing worker says facilities aren’t prepared for outbreaks. The province, meanwhile, has released no information.

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Subject:   Johnson, Jerri,  Paul's Motor Inn,  Province of British Columbia,  Muncey Place,  Travelodge by Wyndham Victoria,  Johnson Street Community,  BC Housing ,  PHS Community Services Society,  Our Place Society,  Island Health,  Stanwick, Richard,  Houston, Kelvin,  Capital City Center Hotel,  Scott, Michael,  McKenzie, Grant,  Daly, Julian,  Perkins, Shae,  Beacon Hill Park,  Vaccinations,  Island Health Vax Van,  Red Cedar Cafe

Title: Leaked documents show 225 COVID-19 cases among Victoria’s unsheltered population | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/leaked-documents-covid-19-cases-victorias-unsheltered-population/

Description: A total of 225 people living in shelters and on the streets in Victoria have tested positive for COVID-19 throughout the first three weeks of September, according to a pair of internal public health documents leaked to Capital Daily.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Stanwick, Richard,  BC Housing ,  City of Victoria,  McKenzie, Grant,  Our Place Society,  Portland Housing Society,  Johnson Street Community,  Victoria Chinatown Care Centre,  Sunset Lodge,  Salvation Army

Title: Opinion: ‘We need concrete actions, now’- A letter from Victoria front-line healthcare and service workers | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/opinion-we-need-concrete-actions-now-a-letter-from-victoria-front-line-health-care-and-service-workers/

Description: Capital Daily is airing this letter to provide a platform for a group of healthcare workers concerned about the lack of support for some of the city’s most vulnerable residents.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia,  City of Victoria,  BC Housing ,  Island Health

Title: ‘This was the worst case scenario’: No plan for COVID-positive unhoused people in Victoria | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/worst-case-scenario-covid-positive-unhoused-people-victoria/

Description: Bylaw officers seized tents and supplies for sick people, while authorities wring hands over lack of options.

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Subject:   Island Health,  BC Housing ,  City of Victoria,  Stanwick, Richard,  Topaz Park,  Ottosen, Niki,  The Back Pack Project,  Perkins, Shae,  Helps, Lisa,  Royal Jubilee Hospital,  Sobering & Assessment Centre,  Province of British Columbia,  Beacon Hill Park

Title: 4th wave of COVID-19 hitting formerly unhoused people hard in provincial capital, says non-profit | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6185647

Description: When COVID-19 struck British Columbia in the spring of 2020, concerns about it tearing through the homeless population motivated the province to purchase hotels and move unsheltered people indoors. Now, a Victoria non-profit society providing services in these congregate settings says the delta variant has moved indoors too — making life difficult for people living in these places and the people trying to help them.

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Subject:   Delta Variant,  Variants of Concern,  Victoria Cool Aid Society,  Chudley, Mary,  Vaccinations,  BC Housing ,  Victoria Conference Centre

Title: Owners of new Victoria lounges undaunted by hurdles posed by pandemic | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/restaurant-lounge-opening-victoria-covid-19-1.5789008

Description: Original plans had to change, but owners of Sedona Cafe and Citrus and Cane are optimistic.

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Subject:   Janzen, Yvonne,  Sedona Cafe and Lounge,  Siebert, Tim,  Gildersleeve, Jessa,  Citrus & Cane,  Province of British Columbia,  Paul's Motor Inn,  BC Housing

Title: 50 new isolation beds to open for homeless people in Victoria as COVID-19 spreads | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/b-c-attorney-general-victoria-mayor-to-provide-update-on-covid-19-in-homeless-community-892874/

Description: The province will fund approximately 50 new spaces for unhoused people with COVID-19 to isolate in Greater Victoria, B.C.’s attorney general announced alongside Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps Friday.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia,  Eby, David,  Helps, Lisa,  BC Housing ,  Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre,  Island Health,  City of Victoria,  Stanwick, Richard,  Vaccinations,  Henry, Bonnie

Title: COVID-19 clusters reported in 'particularly vulnerable' Victoria homeless community | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/covid-clusters-victoria-homeless-community-881079/

Description: When the pandemic started there were fears about it spreading like wildfire through Victoria’s vulnerable homeless community. Surprisingly, for a year-and-a-half the virus was kept at bay — until now.

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Subject:   Daly, Julian,  Island Health,  Stanwick, Richard,  Our Place Society,  Vaccinations,  BC Housing

Title: Cowichan region receives $392,000 for emergency homeless response to COVID-19 | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/cowichan-region-receives-392000-for-emergency-homeless-response-to-covid-19-665873/

Description: The Cowichan Region will be receiving a total of $392,000 to go towards their community emergency response during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   COVID-19 Cowichan Task Force for Vulnerable Populations,  Victoria Foundation,  Jawl Foundation,  Times Colonist,  BC Housing ,  Horn, John,  Cowichan Housing Association,  Siebring, Al,  Rock for Relief,  CHEK News

Title: Island Health, BC Housing working to find isolation sites as COVID-19 spreads through street community | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/island-health-bc-housing-working-to-find-isolation-sites-as-covid-19-spreads-through-street-community-888716/

Description: Two weeks after Island Health confirmed COVID-19 has reached the street community, it’s saying little about how many cases there are and where, citing privacy. But a local service provider has now shared an internal document with CHEK News it obtained from a nurse that shows 225 cases have been identified to date in the community at 15 different sites.

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Subject:   Island Health,  BC Housing ,  Pauly, Bernie,  Stanwick, Richard,  City of Victoria

Title: ‘Most people in Chemainus won’t even notice it:’ Temporary outdoor homeless campsites proposed in North Cowichan | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/most-people-in-chemainus-wont-even-notice-it-temporary-outdoor-homeless-campsite-proposed-at-fuller-lake-arena-in-north-cowichan-668047/

Description: Fuller Lake Arena in Chemainus could become the temporary home of a homeless camp.

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Subject:   Municipality of North Cowichan,  Fuller Lake Arena,  BC Housing ,  Siebring, Al,  Cowichan Neighbourhood House Association,  Victoria Foundation,  Jawl Foundation,  Times Colonist,  Scrimbit, Ken

Title: Nanaimo's homeless to get more help because of pandemic | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/nanaimos-homeless-to-get-more-help-because-of-pandemic-665423/

Description: As the province moves to shelter homeless people during the pandemic in Victoria and Vancouver, there hasn’t been a similar move in Nanaimo at this time. But there are efforts underway to help Nanaimo’s homeless during the pandemic.

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Subject:   Brown, Wendy,  Province of British Columbia,  Bonner, Don,  City of Nanaimo,  BC Housing

Title: Nanaimo's vulnerable face self-isolation challenges with rise in COVID-19 | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/nanaimos-vulnerable-face-self-isolation-challenges-with-rise-in-covid-19-902815/

Description: There is a growing concern in Nanaimo with COVID-19 spreading rapidly among the homeless and vulnerable.

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Subject:   Arndt, Ronny,  Ventilation,  Nanaimo Area Network of Drug Users,  Livingston, Ann,  BC Housing ,  Davies, Dan,  Island Health

Title: No isolation beds exist for Victoria's homeless COVID-19 patients | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/no-isolation-beds-exist-for-victorias-homeless-covid-19-patients-886037/

Description: Turns out, there are no isolation or quarantine sites available for those living on the street who test positive for the virus.

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Subject:   Stadacona Park,  City of Victoria,  BC Housing ,  Our Place Society,  Victoria Cool Aid Society,  Island Health,  Helps, Lisa,  Livingstone, Bruce,  Chadwick, Jason

Title: Sechelt motel temporarily housing homeless to prevent COVID spread | Coast Reporter

URL: https://www.coastreporter.net/local-news/sechelt-motel-temporarily-housing-homeless-to-prevent-covid-spread-3416033/

Description: BC Housing has secured a contract with a motel in Sechelt to temporarily shelter people during the COVID-19 crisis.

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Subject:   BC Housing ,  Royal Reach Motel and Marina,  Borghese, Matthew,  Siegers, Darenelda,  Province of British Columbia,  RainCity Housing,  Vancouver Coastal Health

Title: Comox Valley family COVID-19 resource guide | Comox Valley Schools

URL: https://www.comoxvalleyschools.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cv_family_covid19_resource_guide.pdf

Description: This resource guide has been created to help school district employees link families with community supports during this global pandemic.

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Subject:   LUSH Valley Food Action Society,  Comox Valley Food Bank,  St. George's United Church,  Salvation Army,  Salvation Army Comox Valley Ministries,  Black Creek Bread of Life Food Bank,  Connect Warming Centre,  Comox Valley Transition Society,  Lilli House,  Beacon Buddies,  BC Transit,  WorkBC,  Foundry BC,  Mamatoto Counselling,  Comox Valley Family Services Association,  John Howard Society of North Island,  YMCA-YWCA of Vancouver Island,  Comox Valley Schools,  Pacific Therapy,  Bounceback Mental Health Coaching,  Comox Valley Hospice Society,  Comox Valley Medical Clinic,  BC Housing ,  Government of Canada,  Comox Valley Community Foundation,  Immigrant Welcome Centre

Title: Updated: Fuller Lake Arena parking lot to be set up as temporary homeless tent site beginning Tuesday, May 19 | Cowichan Valley Citizen

URL: https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/news/locations-of-homeless-tent-sites-for-cowichan-expected-to-be-determined-this-week/

Description: Tenting and fences will begin to be set up Tuesday, May 19 in the parking lot at the south end of Fuller Lake Arena in North Cowichan as one of the six to eight temporary tenting sites for the homeless that are to be set up in the Cowichan region.

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Subject:   Fuller Lake Arena,  Municipality of North Cowichan,  Siebring, Al,  BC Housing ,  Province of British Columbia,  COVID-19 Cowichan Task Force for Vulnerable Populations,  Victoria Foundation,  Jawl Foundation,  Times Colonist,  Cowichan Neighbourhood House Association,  Island Health

Title: Short-term plan in place for Cowichan Valley’s homeless during COVID-19 crisis | Cowichan Valley Citizen

URL: https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/news/short-term-plan-is-place-for-cowichan-valleys-homeless-during-covid-19-crisis/

Description: A short-term plan to provide housing and support for Cowichan Valley’s homeless during the COVID-19 crisis is being put in place.

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Subject:   Horn, John,  Cowichan Housing Association,  City of Duncan,  BC Housing ,  Emergency Management BC,  COVID-19 Cowichan Task Force for Vulnerable Populations,  Island Health,  Staples, Michelle,  Furstenau, Sonia

Title: Warmland House in Duncan cutting back on shelter beds due to COVID | Cowichan Valley Citizen

URL: https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/news/warmland-house-in-duncan-cutting-back-on-shelter-beds-due-to-covid/

Description: Due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Warmland House shelter on Lewis Street is reducing the number of people it can take in each night.

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Subject:   Warmland House Shelter,  Haddock, Lise,  BC Housing

Title: The Harbour supervised consumption service goes mobile in response to COVID-19 needs | April 1, 2020 | Island Health

URL: https://www.islandhealth.ca/news/news-releases/harbour-supervised-consumption-service-goes-mobile-response-covid-19-needs/

Description: People in the 900 block of Pandora will continue to receive essential life-saving services during the dual public health emergencies of the overdose crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Health Canada,  Stanwick, Richard,  The Harbour,  City of Victoria,  BC Housing ,  Topaz Park,  Royal Athletic Park,  BC Emergency Health Services,  Lookout Health and Housing Society,  Society of Living Illicit Drug Users,  AVI Health and Community Services,  PHS Community Services Society,  Victoria Cool-Aid Society

Title: Helping Ladysmith's homeless access services, self-isolate during COVID-19 | Town of Ladysmith

URL: https://www.ladysmith.ca/city-hall/news-media/2020/05/14/helping-ladysmith-s-homeless-access-services-self-isolate-during-covid-19/

Description: Those experiencing homelessness in the Cowichan Valley will soon have additional sheltering spaces and supports during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   Town of Ladysmith,  Province of British Columbia,  BC Housing ,  Ladysmith Resources Centre Association,  Cowichan Housing Association,  Island Health,  COVID-19 Cowichan Task Force for Vulnerable Populations,  Nanaimo and Area Resource Services for Families

Title: Notice of temporary use permit: 440 1st Avenue | Town of Ladysmith

URL: https://www.ladysmith.ca/docs/default-source/news-documents/2021-02-01-tup_440-1st-avenue.pdf

Description: The purpose of the Temporary Use Permit application is to authorize BC Housing and its agents to establish a temporary shelter to support residents experiencing homelessness adhere to provincial public health advisories for social distancing, self-isolation and sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   BC Housing ,  Town of Ladysmith

Title: Temporary use permit: BC Housing Management Commission | Town of Ladysmith

URL: https://www.ladysmith.ca/docs/default-source/news-documents/2021-02-16_tup_final_draft.pdf

Description: Pursuant to section 497 of the Local Government Act, this Permit authorizes BC Housing, to establish a temporary shelter on the Lands to support social distancing, self-isolation and sheltering in place, during the COVID-19 Pandemic, for individuals experiencing homelessness.

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Subject:   Town of Ladysmith,  BC Housing

Title: Washington Inn Apartment tenants say thank you to Comox valley non-profit | My Comox Valley Now

URL: https://www.mycomoxvalleynow.com/68715/news/washington-inn-apartment-tenants-say-thank-you-to-comox-valley-non-profit/

Description: Tenants at The Washington Apartments off Ryan Road are saying thank you to the LUSH Valley Action Food Society.

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Subject:   Washington Inn Apartments,  LUSH Valley Food Action Society,  BC Housing

Title: Province and City to protect Nanaimo’s vulnerable during COVID-19 crisis | April 30, 2020 | City of Nanaimo

URL: https://www.nanaimo.ca/NewsReleases/NR200430ProvinceAndCityToProtectNanaimoSVulnerableDuringCOVID19Crisis.pdf

Description: In response to a request from BC Housing, the Province and the City have agreed to use a portion of 285 Prideaux Street (Community Services Building) to operate an Emergency Response Centre (ERC).

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Subject:   City of Nanaimo,  Province of British Columbia,  BC Housing ,  Krog, Leonard,  Robinson, Selina,  Options for Sexual Health,  Nanaimo 7-10 Club Society

Title: The 20/20 of 2020 | City of Nanaimo

URL: https://www.nanaimo.ca/your-government/news-events/blog/blog-detail/city-of-nanaimo-blog/2021/01/05/the-20-20-of-2020/

Description: 2020 was so unusual that it’s hard to look back and see it as a glass half-full kind of year. From the toilet paper crisis in the spring to the newly normal shopping patterns we now follow, it’s been an emotional journey, full of frustration and patience-testing adjustment.

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Subject:   City of Nanaimo,  Snuneymuxw First Nation,  BC Housing

Title: COVID-19 compounds isolation of rural women facing violence | Canada's National Observer

URL: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/04/22/news/covid-19-compounds-isolation-rural-women-facing-violence/

Description: The danger to rural women facing violence is higher than ever due to the COVID-19 crisis, but the number of victims reaching out for support is not growing apace in the North Island region, troubling the agencies that help them.

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Subject:   Palmer, Diane,  Campbell River and North Island Transition Society,  Clelland, Julie,  Royal Canadian Mounted Police,  Ann Elmore Transition House,  Cortes Island Women's Resource Centre,  Government of Canada,  Bulford, Sean,  Status of Women Canada,  BC Housing

Title: Amidst the paradise: Homelessness in the Sooke region | Sooke Region Communities Health Network

URL: https://www.sookeregionchn.org/_files/ugd/cca5de_a87cdfac42704783a2aface5072f5bdd.pdf

Description: The current report has been developed to illustrate the needs of the chronic and hidden homeless population in the Sooke Region, to map existing and required services in the region and to propose a clear strategy of how to proceed in supporting the homelessness needs in the Sooke Region going forward.

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Subject:   Sooke Region Communities Health Network,  Sooke Homelessness Coalition,  Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness,  Sooke Shelter Society,  Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness,  BC Housing ,  Sooke Food Bank,  Capital Regional District,  Province of British Columbia,  Government of Canada,  Island Health,  SEAPARC Leisure Complex,  AVI Health and Community Services,  Forbes Pharmacy,  Jenny's Country Pantry,  Sooke 2 for 1 Pizza,  District of Sooke,  Emergency Management BC,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction,  Ed MacGregor Park,  Royal Canadian Mounted Police,  Victoria General Hospital,  Sooke Transition Housing Society,  Sooke Family Resource Society,  Bridges for Women Society,  WorkLink Employment Society,  West Coast Family Medical Clinic,  Doctors of the World,  BC Emergency Health Services,  Knox Vision Society,  Frances Gardens Co-operative Housing Association,  Harbourside Cohousing,  West Wind Harbour Cohousing,  Sooke Elderly Citizens' Housing Society,  Sooke Place Housing Society,  Sooke Region Volunteer Centre,  Holy Trinity Anglican Church,  Sooke Baptist Church,  Sooke Meals on Wheels,  Sooke Loan Cupboard,  Sooke Multi Belief Initiative,  Sci'anew First Nation,  T'Sou-ke Nation,  Pacheedaht First Nation

Title: Sooke region homelessness consultation (2020-2021) | Sooke Region Communities Health Network

URL: https://www.sookeregionchn.org/sooke-region-homelessness-report/

Description: The Sooke Homelessness Coalition has worked together for over two years to find temporary and more permanent solutions for the chronic homeless in our community.

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Subject:   Sooke Region Communities Health Network,  Sooke Shelter Society,  Capital Regional District,  District of Sooke,  Royal Canadian Mounted Police,  BC Housing ,  Island Health,  Sooke Homelessness Coalition,  AVI Health and Community Services,  Government of Canada,  Sooke Food Bank

Title: Number of people experiencing homelessness in Nanaimo increased by 25 percent: Risk of COVID-19 immediate concern | United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island

URL: https://www.uwcnvi.ca/latest-news/news/number-people-experiencing-homelessness-nanaimo-increased-25-percent-risk-covid-19-immediate-concern/

Description: The preliminary results of Nanaimo’s 2020 Point-in-Time Homeless Count show a continued increase in the population of people experiencing homelessness – at least 25 percent compared to the last count, held in 2018.

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Subject:   United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island,  Nanaimo Homeless Coalition,  City of Nanaimo,  BC Housing ,  Island Health,  Nanaimo Region John Howard Society

Title: Province paid below market value to buy hotels for homeless: Auditor general | Vancouver Is Awesome

URL: https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/bc-news/province-paid-below-market-value-to-buy-hotels-for-homeless-auditor-general-5114669/

Description: Some critics had questioned what B.C. Housing paid for the properties — including four in Victoria — as it worked to find shelter for people without housing during the pandemic.

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Subject:   BC Housing ,  Province of British Columbia,  Pickup, Michael,  Topaz Park,  Oppenheimer Park,  Muncey Place,  Paul's Motor Inn,  Capital City Centre

Title: Victoria health care worker sends plea to closed business to donate unused masks, gloves | Victoria News

URL: https://www.vicnews.com/news/victoria-health-care-worker-sends-plea-to-closed-business-to-donate-unused-masks-gloves/

Description: Downtown street nurse Corey Ranger says salons, pubs, and restaurants can help even if they’re closed.

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Subject:   Ranger, Corey,  BC Housing