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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: Pleas for 'Bonnie Henry of homelessness' to resolve Strathcona encampment | CTV News

URL: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/pleas-for-bonnie-henry-of-homelessness-to-resolve-strathcona-encampment-1.5043121

Description: News article concerning the combined issues of COVID-19 and the Strathcona Park tent city.

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

Title: Tent Cities Aren’t Going Away. Why Not Provide Sanctioned Sites? | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/08/07/Tent-Cities-Sanctioned-Sites/

Description: News article in documenting the issue of tent cities in Strathcona Park and Vancouver in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, proposing sanctioned sites as opposed to camping in parks.

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

Title: Petition · Strathcona Residents Against Tax Evasion in Support of KT Camp · Change.org

URL: https://www.change.org/p/city-of-vancouver-strathcona-residents-against-tax-evasion-in-support-of-kt-camp/

Description: Petition calling for help to the homeless and low-income individuals currently occupying the KT Camp at Strathcona Park, through more involvement of local authorities and, as the petitioner maintains, through eliminating tax evasion by private property owners in Strathcona.

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Subject:   Homelessness ,  Strathcona (Vancouver, B.C.)

Title: Residents of Vancouver neighbourhood refusing to pay property taxes until concerns regarding homeless camp addressed - Vancouver Is Awesome

URL: https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/vancouver-news/vancouver-neighbourhood-withhold-property-taxes-concerns-homeless-camp-2639143/

Description: News article in reporting on Strathcona residents' reluctance to continue paying property taxes as a response to city of Vancouver's slow response to the Strathcona Park tent city.

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

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