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New complex-care housing services open on the Sunshine Coast
Press Release Nov. 25, 2022 SECHELT – People living on the Sunshine Coast with complex mental-health and substance-use challenges will have access to enhanced services as the Province adds complex-care…
Three New Transitional Housing Project for Vulnerable Inuit Women and Children
Press Release Nov 22, 2022 IQALUIT, NU – Today, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion was joined by the Honourable Daniel Vandal, Minister of Northern…
Manitoba Government Announces Initiatives to Improve Community Safety and Wellness across the Province
Press Release Working in Partnership with Community-Based Organizations to Provide Supports for Those Most in Need: Premier The Manitoba government is helping make communities safer by addressing and preventing homelessness…
Indigenous shelters for victims of abuse in Canada, 2020/2021
Press Release 2022-09-16 In Canada, First Nations people, Métis and Inuit are overrepresented among victims of violence. Research has shown that colonial policies and practices—such as the residential school system—and…
Complex-care services planned for housing in Nanaimo
Press Release Aug. 25, 2022 NANAIMO – People in Nanaimo living with complex mental-health and substance-use challenges, and are at risk of homelessness, will benefit when the Province adds 30 complex-care housing…
Government of Canada nearly doubles funding to address rise in homelessness
Press Release From: Infrastructure Canada Toronto, Ontario, August 12, 2022— Everyone deserves a safe and stable place to call home, but as we’ve seen recently in communities across our country,…
New Kitimat homes provide safe housing for women, children
Press Release Aug. 8, 2022 KITIMAT – Women and children leaving violence will soon have access to safe and secure homes as construction begins on a 44-unit housing development in Kitimat.…
Crisis in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside; UBCIC Calls on City of Vancouver to Uphold Safety and Human Dignity
Press Release (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C. – July 28, 2022) Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents, including a disproportionately high number of Indigenous peoples, are facing…
Canada supports Indigenous womens shelter in Hammonds Plains
Press Release Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia, July 18, 2022 People who are fleeing domestic violence need access to safe emergency shelters. That is why, through the help of the Government…
New homes for women, children open in Prince George
Press Release July 14, 2022 PRINCE GEORGE – Women and children leaving violence have access to 55 new safe and affordable homes, including supports, with the opening of My Sister’s…
