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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: 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: Homeless vulnerable to COVID-19 need help from governments: advocates | Vancouver Sun

URL: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/homeless-vulnerable-to-covid-19-need-help-from-governments-advocates/

Description: Homeless people staying in close quarters at shelters, tent cities and warming centres are especially at risk for COVID-19, according to community advocates who are working to ensure hand-washing stations and clean bathrooms are available in Vancouver.

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Subject:   Homelessness,  COVID-19 (Disease)

Creator:   Bains, Camille

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/news/local-news/homeless-vulnerable-to-covid-19-need-help-from-governments-advocates/

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

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