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COVID-19 Impacts on the DTES

Collected by: University of British Columbia

Archived since: Apr, 2020

Description:

A collection of of local news articles, government support options, and social policy websites documenting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES). Includes information regarding how COVID-19 has impacted drug and overdose prevention as well as homelessness.

Subject:   Spontaneous Events Government - Cities Science & Health

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Title: Letter to Minister Shane Simpson re COVID-19 Support

URL: https://www.binnersproject.org/uploads/3/8/7/1/38714015/letter_to_minister_shane_simpson_re_covid-19_supports.pdf

Description: The Binners’ Project is a group of waste-pickers aided by support staff dedicated to improving their economic opportunities, and reducing the stigma they face as informal recyclable collectors. In this letter, addressed to Provincial Minister Shane Simpson, the organization is advocating to the Provincial Government for better economic protection for its volunteer binners.

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Subject:   Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.) COVID-19 (Disease)

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