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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

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Date:   March 2020--

Collector:   Vancouver : University of British Columbia. Library

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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

Creator:   Rankin, Eric (Reporter)

Publisher:   Toronto, ON : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-downtown-eastside-coronavirus-covid-19-care-facility-1.5524334/

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)

Creator:   Ghoussoub, Michelle

Publisher:   Toronto, ON : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/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/

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.)

Creator:   Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/smartphones-aid-access-for-vulnerable-1.5566195

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)

Creator:   Howell, Mike (Reporter)

Publisher:   Vancouver, BC : Vancouver Courier

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://www.vancourier.com/bc-housing-tells-oppenheimer-park-homeless-to-vacate-grounds-by-6-p-m-today-1.24132305

Title: CEO Janice Abbott's Statement on Oppenheimer Park - Atira Women's Society

URL: https://atira.bc.ca/ceo-janice-abbotts-statement-on-oppenheimer-park/

Description: Official statement by the Atira Women's Society's CEO regarding the violence directed against women during the protest taking place at Oppenheimer Park in 2020.

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

Creator:   Abbott, Janice (Community organizer)

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   Community group website

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://atira.bc.ca/ceo-janice-abbotts-statement-on-oppenheimer-park/

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

Creator:   Cruickshank, Ainslie

Publisher:   Vancouver, BC : The Tyee

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/22/COVID-Rats/

Title: COVID-19 Report | Union Gospel Mission

URL: https://www.ugm.ca/covid19report/?where=e200801&utm_source=UGMNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020covid19report&utm_content=e200801&caid=701f4000001EcKHAA0

Description: Union Gospel Mission impact report from March to July 2020, covering the first stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and its appearance and presence within the DTES community.

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

Creator:   Union Gospel Mission (Vancouver, B.C.)

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   Religious organization website

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://www.ugm.ca/covid19report/?where=e200801&utm_source=UGMNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020covid19report&utm_content=e200801&caid=701f4000001EcKHAA0

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.)

Creator:   Ip, Stephanie

Publisher:   Vancouver, BC : Vancouver Sun

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://vancouversun.com/health/local-health/covid-19-free-smartphones-connect-vulnerable-with-health-resources/

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

Creator:   Ip, Stephanie

Publisher:   The Province

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/http://www.ecosocialistsvancouver.org/article/covid-19-homeless-advocates-arrested-overnight-occupation-strathcona-school/

Title: Canada: Vancouver homeless left to fend for themselves amid coronavirus pandemic - World Socialist Web Site

URL: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/27/vanh-m27.html

Description: Article from March 2020, detailing the difficulties faced by the community of DTES in the face of the then-rising COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Creator:   Smith, Penny (Reporter)

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   Labour organization website

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/27/vanh-m27.html

Title: DTES Response – Fundraising & Community Network Support

URL: https://dtesresponse.ca/

Description: DTES Response is a coordinated effort comprised of organizations in the DTES to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and ensure this threat does not disproportionately affect the most vulnerable in the community.

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

Creator:   DTES Response

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   Community group website

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://dtesresponse.ca/

Title: Dept of Deathspiral Studies – digital barfings courtesy of the free futures society

URL: https://free-futures-society.org/

Description: Personal website of Karen Ward, community organizer in working in Vancouver's DTES. The website contains articles and views about the current issues affecting the DTES community.

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

Creator:   Ward, Karen (Community organizer)

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   Personal website

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://free-futures-society.org/

Title: Front line workers on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside sound the alarm over COVID-19 - APTN News

URL: https://aptnnews.ca/2020/03/31/front-line-workers-on-vancouvers-downtown-eastside-sound-the-alarm-over-covid-19/

Description: The people who work the front lines on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside are sound the alarm over how the novel corona virus is being managed on the streets. Some say there’s a potential catastrophe brewing for people with addictions and the ongoing spread of COVID-19.

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

Creator:   House, Tina

Publisher:   Winnipeg, MB : APTN

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   Video

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://aptnnews.ca/2020/03/31/front-line-workers-on-vancouvers-downtown-eastside-sound-the-alarm-over-covid-19/

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.)

Creator:   Laube, Aly

Publisher:   The Runner

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://runnermag.ca/2020/04/government-and-grassroot-initiatives-support-the-dtes-during-covid-19/

Title: Hotels for Oppenheimer Park residents - Cambie Report

URL: https://www.cambiereport.ca/hotels-for-oppenheimer-park-residents/

Description: Interview conducted by Ian Busfield with City of Vancouver Councillor Jean Swanson, discussing hte BC Government decision to move residents camped in Oppenheimer Park to temporary accommodations in hotel rooms and community centres.

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

Creator:   Bushfield, Ian

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News website

Contributor:   Swanson, Jean, 1943-

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://www.cambiereport.ca/hotels-for-oppenheimer-park-residents/

Title: Keeping Our Homeless Safe From COVID-19 | Union Gospel Mission

URL: https://www.ugm.ca/covid-19-pandemic/

Description: Update by Union Gospel Mission detailing its response to the Covid-19 pandemic within the DTES community the over the spring and summer of 2020. The page contains an option fo donating towards UGM's continued response.

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

Creator:   Union Gospel Mission (Vancouver, B.C.)

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   Religious organization website

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://www.ugm.ca/covid-19-pandemic/

Title: Petition · Prioritize a COVID-19 Protection Plan for the Homeless · Change.org

URL: https://www.change.org/p/department-of-health-canada-and-city-of-vancouver-prioritize-a-covid-19-protection-plan-for-the-homeless/

Description: A petition started by a local community organization addressed to various health authorities, community organizations and local government, urging action to find housing for the DTES residents experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Creator:   Carnegie Community Action Project

Publisher:   Change.org

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   Online petition

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://www.change.org/p/department-of-health-canada-and-city-of-vancouver-prioritize-a-covid-19-protection-plan-for-the-homeless/

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.)

Creator:   Bula, Frances

Publisher:   Toronto, ON : The Globe and Mail

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-poverty-advocates-call-for-protection-of-vulnerable-amid-covid-1/

Title: Q&A about Red Braid and the Stewart Squat – Red Braid

URL: https://www.redbraid.org/2020/04/28/qa-stewart-squat/?fbclid=IwAR3M4ad9OUmYuvNeH9kTzsC01MlUekF3AVfmQ0VOt_DthzqdoOYhjdr1zQo/

Description: An update published by the Red Braid Alliance detailing the responses and feedback the organization had received in April 2020 with regard to the earlier Stewart Squat event. The update answers community concerns in the form of a written Q & A.

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

Creator:   Red Braid

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   Community group website

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://www.redbraid.org/2020/04/28/qa-stewart-squat/?fbclid=IwAR3M4ad9OUmYuvNeH9kTzsC01MlUekF3AVfmQ0VOt_DthzqdoOYhjdr1zQo/

Title: UGM’s Response to Cases of COVID-19 | Union Gospel Mission

URL: https://www.ugm.ca/ugm-response-to-1-case-of-covid-19/?utm_source=UGMNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020COVID-19campaign&utm_content=e200010&caid=701f4000001EebLAAS/

Description: Online newsletter detailing UGM's response to recent cases of COVID-19 within their shelter.

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

Creator:   Union Gospel Mission (Vancouver, B.C.)

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   Religious organization website

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://www.ugm.ca/ugm-response-to-1-case-of-covid-19/?utm_source=UGMNewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020COVID-19campaign&utm_content=e200010&caid=701f4000001EebLAAS/

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.)

Creator:   Mall, Rattan

Publisher:   Vancouver, BC : Indo-Canadian Voice

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://voiceonline.com/vancouver-vital-community-facilities-reopen-in-dtes-and-downtown/

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)

Creator:   McElroy, Justin

Publisher:   Toronto, ON : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-homeless-hotels-bc-government-covid-19-coronavirus-1.5549370/

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

Creator:   Mussett, Ben

Publisher:   Toronto, ON : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-shut-down-dtes-street-market-dismay-organizers-1.5504901/

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)

Creator:   McIntyre, Gordon,  Lee-Young, Joanne

Publisher:   Vancouver, BC : Vancouver Sun

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

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)

Creator:   Gagnon, Marilou, 1980-

Publisher:   Vancouver, BC : The Tyee

Language:   eng

Coverage:   Vancouver (B.C.)

Type:   Web archives

Genre:   News article

URL:   https://wayback.archive-it.org/13892/*/https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2020/04/29/Safe-Supply-Hotels-Homeless/

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