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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: COVID-19: Homeless advocates arrested in overnight occupation of Strathcona school

URL: http://www.ecosocialistsvancouver.org/article/covid-19-homeless-advocates-arrested-overnight-occupation-strathcona-school/

Description: Article taken from the Province newspaper. Homeless advocates occupation of an empty Strathcona School.

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Subject:   Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.) ,  Occupy movement,  Homelessness

Title: Government and Grassroot Initiatives Support the DTES During COVID-19

URL: https://runnermag.ca/2020/04/government-and-grassroot-initiatives-support-the-dtes-during-covid-19/

Description: News article in The Runner detailing new initiatives initiated by government and grassroots organizations which prioritize care for unhoused people living on the DTES.

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

Title: COVID-19 Has Rats on the Move | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/22/COVID-Rats/

Description: With restaurant and catering business slowing down due to COVID-19, urban rats have begun looking for other sources of food, becoming an even larger health hazard for individuals experiencing homelessness.

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

Title: Without Safe Supply, Moving Homeless People into Hotels Could Kill | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2020/04/29/Safe-Supply-Hotels-Homeless/

Description: Article in The Tyee reporting on the recent government efforts to house individuals in Victoria and Vancouver living in tent cities into temporary accomodations in hotels and community centers. The article argues that without a coordinated approach and safe supply of drugs, there will be an increase in overdoses.

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

Title: COVID-19: Free smartphones connect vulnerable with health resources | Vancouver Sun

URL: https://vancouversun.com/health/local-health/covid-19-free-smartphones-connect-vulnerable-with-health-resources/

Description: News article reporting on a provincial government initiative to distribute smartphones to vulnerable individuals living on the DTES in order to facilitate better access to information during the pandemic.

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

Title: Vancouver's Gastown residents besieged by homeless on their doorstep | Vancouver Sun

URL: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/its-gotten-worse-and-worse-gastown-residents-besieged-by-homelessness-on-their-doorstep/wcm/68195ac3-2897-44de-bd03-d965bb4b3d15/

Description: Vancouver Sun article detailing the increasingly worsening problem of homelessness on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

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

Title: Vancouver : Vital community facilities reopen in DTES and Downtown | Indo-Canadian Voice

URL: https://voiceonline.com/vancouver-vital-community-facilities-reopen-in-dtes-and-downtown/

Description: News article recording the reopening of community facilities in Vancouver's DTES following the initial province-wide COVID-19 lockdown.

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

Title: B.C. enacts order to move tent city residents into hotels amid COVID-19 pandemic | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-enacts-order-to-move-tent-city-residents-into-hotels-amid-covid-19-pandemic-1.5545146/

Description: In April 2020, B.C. has enacted a public safety order to move homeless people living in tent city encampments into hotels in Vancouver and Victoria during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Title: B.C. giving 3,500 smartphones to people on the street for COVID-19 information, connectivity

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/smartphones-aid-access-for-vulnerable-1.5566195

Description: News article reporting on a provincial government initiative to distribute smartphones to vulnerable individuals living on the DTES in order to facilitate better access to information during the pandemic.

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

Title: 60-room care facility unveiled in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside as area braces for COVID-19 | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-downtown-eastside-coronavirus-covid-19-care-facility-1.5524334/

Description: CBC News report on a 60-room COVID-19 care facility created in Vancouver's DTES, in a pre-emptive strike to stop the spread of the coronavirus among the city's poorest residents.

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

Title: Vancouver hotels being used for homeless should be bought by government, advocates say | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-homeless-hotels-bc-government-covid-19-coronavirus-1.5549370/

Description: CBC News article detailing the efforts of the BC provincial government to find housing for individuals living on the DTES. DTES advocates respond by urging government to find more permanent solutions to the community's housing crisis.

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

Title: Vancouver shuts down DTES street market to the dismay of organizers | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-shut-down-dtes-street-market-dismay-organizers-1.5504901/

Description: CBC News article reporting on the City of Vancouver's first steps to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic - part of that response was the closing of the DTES street market.

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

Title: Poverty advocates call for protection of vulnerable amid COVID-19 pandemic - The Globe and Mail

URL: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-poverty-advocates-call-for-protection-of-vulnerable-amid-covid-1/

Description: Article in the Globe and Mail detailing poverty advocates' concerns about the rising risk of COVID-19 in March 2020 among the vulnerable individuals living in the DTES.

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

Title: BC Housing tells Oppenheimer Park homeless to vacate grounds by 6 p.m. today | Vancouver Courier

URL: https://www.vancourier.com/bc-housing-tells-oppenheimer-park-homeless-to-vacate-grounds-by-6-p-m-today-1.24132305

Description: Report in the Vancouver Courier detailing the closure of the Oppenheimer Park tent city and the city's and provincial government's response to the need to provide temporary housing to the individuals who vacated the park, with COVID-19 as a backdrop to the decision-making.

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

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