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B.C.’s new vision

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B.C.’s new vision for mental health and addictions care

A Pathway to Hope: A roadmap for making mental health and addictions care better for people in British Columbia  charts a course to an improved future for health and well-being in B.C. 

In the comprehensive plan for mental health and substance use care, the government is introducing various evidence-based treatment options, and among them, 12 step therapy stands out as a valuable approach to support people living in B.C.’s mental health and well-being from youth to adulthood.

It also identifies priority actions the government will be taking over the next three years to help people experiencing mental health or substance use challenges right now. This roadmap of both short and long-term changes to B.C.’s mental health care system is based on four pillars:

  • Wellness promotion and prevention
  • Seamless and integrated care
  • Equitable access to culturally safe and effective care
  • Indigenous health and wellness

A Pathway to Hope is a plan to begin transforming B.C.’s mental health and substance use service system from its current crisis-response approach to a system based on wellness promotion, prevention and early intervention where people are connected to culturally safe and effective care when they need it. At its heart, it represents a new way forward for B.C. built on compassion, care and the perspectives of people with lived experience of mental health and substance use challenges, that breaks down barriers and meets people where they’re at. Additionally, the initiative aims to prioritize mental health by breaking down barriers and meeting people where they’re at.

#mentalhealth #addiction #mentalwellbeing #peaceofmind #bccanada

Cheektowaga-Omni Launch Fundraiser for Debut Socio-Cultural Movie “My Name Is Brad”

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January 11, 2021: Cheektowaga-Omni, a production, media, and marketing company has today announced its foray into film making with the production of a socially conscious movie, “My Name is Brad”. The company hopes to engage the public and has started fundraising, soliciting support from keen donors and people who value movies with a cultural and socially significant theme.

The prevailing atmosphere in the USA makes it ripe for movies like My Name is Brad to be an eye-opener for a public swayed by bigotry and misinformation. Moreover, homelessness is a growing issue that is affecting many people.

“My Name is Brad” narrates the story of a young middle class suburban white man who struggles through University, only to end up deluded, and living on the streets. He watches his promise die, like so many North American youth today.

Cheektowaga-Omni is a production and media marketing company that was established as a tie up between Cheektowaga Music and Omni creative group Cheektowaga Music was formed by prolific musician, music, entertainment producer and, performer “Little” Herbert in 1986. Cheektowaga-Omni is in the process of reactivating a dormant Analogue TV station in Northern Washington State. This initiative reflects their commitment to blending traditional media with modern technology, offering diverse content ranging from music production to online piano lessons and beyond.

The movie My Name is Brad being produced by Cheektowaga-Omni is in memory of Kelly Thomas, who was killed by members of the Fullerton police dept in 2011. Cheektowaga-Omni has launched fundraising efforts to support the movie and plans are afoot to launch a kick-starter and a web page in support of My name is Brad. Additionally, they are exploring event ticketing options to enhance the film’s reach and impact.

Cheektowaga – Omni media is based in Kelowna BC, with studios located in Abbotsford BC and Vancouver BC.

For more information: See our position on Slated.

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Dale Corrigan

Cheektowaga – Omni Creative Group

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Homelessness During COVID – Disaster Amplified

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Homeless population
Homeless individual

In any given year, there are about 235,000 Canadians that suffer from homelessness. That’s about 0.625% of the total population, a statistically “small” minority, which is, unfortunately, seeing its woes compounded due to winter and COVID.  

Homeless people rely on shelters to provide them a place to sleep and stay, especially during the cold winter nights when staying outside or in a makeshift shelter can be deadly disastrous. So it’s only logical that the shelters try to accommodate as many people as possible.

But that’s impossible due to COVID cases spreading. To mitigate the probability of transmission, shelters have reduced the number of people they take in. Needless to say, this is a significant blow to the homeless population of the country because during the second wave, more and more people are seeking shelter and less space is available. The lifting of the eviction ban has also added fuel to the fire.

To make matters worse, some shelter homes are being forced to close down or have been working at reduced capacity because the staff and residents have contracted the virus.

People are aware of the problem and are doing what little they can to remediate the situation like staging protests and urging the government to ramp up support. And shelters are using glass dividers in between beds to reduce the probability of transmission in close confines.

James Wood Is Trending And Bill Pulti Is Spending

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The rich get to trend and spend, you and I get to watch , and so the world turns. We have been away for awhile, now we have moved to an area where believe it or not White people are a minority – still the ones that are left live in the best neighborhoods, you can tell by the electrified fencing…

All men are brothers we come from the same atomic soup, and just like a soup sometimes the ingredients clash, which makes for an exciting mix!

The Population Problem

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The elephant in the closet that everybody knows is there but won’t mention. So many of our problems would be diminished if we practiced population control. But not just the white people, all people.

 

America is becoming cramped and crowded. Unfortunately along with the crowd comes social illness, which grows exponentially – America needs to reduce it’s population and dial back dependency causing electronics or limit usage and access to people of a certain intelligence level.

Manitoba Indigent Resources

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WINNIPEG

Here is a list of resources for homeless people in the Winnipeg area. Inside, you will find links to food, shelter, and other information. Please suggest a link.

Shelters

Main Street Project, Inc.
provides crisis, shelter, transitional housing, Detox, and detention area for intoxicated persons.
Contact: (204) 982-8260
http://www.mainstreetproject.ca

Ndinawe
provides emergency shelter and counseling services for runaway youth.
Contact: (204) 586-2588

Women’s Shelters

Native Women’s Transition Centre
is a community-based, 21 bed facility providing support and services to Aboriginal women and children. Program and service philosophy is to strengthen and support Native women who have experienced victimization to become self-sufficient.
Contact: (204) 989-8240

Ikwe-Widdjiitiwin is a crisis shelter that provides safe accommodation, supportive counselling and advocacy to abused Aboriginal women and their children. Other services include a non-residential program and 24 hour provincial crisis line counselling.
Contact: (204) 987-2780

Food
Agape Table Inc. serves the needs of the hungry in the inner city of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Contact: 204-786-2370
www.agapetable.ca

Powerhouse Winnipeg is a non-profit community organization that provides emergency and support services to street involved youth aged 16-29. We operate a drop-in center where we offer peer support, referrals, advocacy, a free store (clothing, blankets, shoes etc), outreach, Internet, laundry facilities, food, an on site Public Health Nurse (one afternoon a week), and telephone access for job and housing searches.
Contact: 204-953-1310

Siloam Mission is a faith-based agency that serves 500 – 900 poor and homeless a day, at no cost or preconditions through its: meal program, food bank, clothing bank, counseling, emergency shelter, agency referrals, employment-training programs (with paid positions), health centre (which provides primary care, dental, physiotherapy, massage & chiropractic, footcare, and health education), income tax preparations, a 12 step recovery program, addictions meetings & groups, access to phone, postal mail service, a book program, optional spiritual services, haircuts, etc.
Contact: 204-956-4344
www.siloam.ca

additional resources for Winnipeg found at
Resource Assistance for Youth
http://www.rayinc.ca/

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http://homelessnation.org/node/338

Saskatchewan Indigent Resources

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REGINA

Here is a list of resources for homeless people in the Regina area. Inside, you will find links to food, shelter, and other information. Please suggest a link.

    Shelters

•HI-Turgeon International Hostel costs approx. $31/first night; $29 additional night.
Check-in: 7:00-10:00am.5:00pm-10:00pm
2310 McIntyre St.
Contact: 791-8165

•Soul’s Harbour Rescue Mission serves single men, single women and families. No cost.
Book-in time: 5:00pm
Men’s only shelter: 1836 Halifax St.
Women’s only shelter: 1610 Angus St.
Contact: 543-0011

•YWCA Isabel Johnson Women’s Shelter for women and children fleeing domestic abuse.
Hours: 24 hours
1940 McIntyre St.
Contact: 525-2141 (24 hr crisis line)

•YWCA Kikinaw Women’s Only Residence $45.00/nightly; $350.00/monthly
1940 McIntyre
Contact: 525-2141

•YMCA Men’s Residence men only. First come, first served. $39.50/night; $103.67/week; $328.60/month
Hours: Monday-Friday 5:45am-10:00pm / Saturday-Sunday 7:00am-7:00pm
2400 13th Avenue
Phone: 757-9622 ext.257

•Wichihik Safe House (WISH) for women and children fleeing domestic abuse.
Hours: 24 hours
Phone: 543-0493

•Waterston Centre provides temporary shelter for men. Different support services are available. Food is also available for those in need twice a week.
Hours: 24 hours
Book-in time: after 4:00pm
Phone: (306) 569-6088
Website: Waterson Centre

•YWCA of Regina provides emergency shelter, affordable long-term accommodation, childcare and fitness programs, violence interventions.
Contact: (306) 525-2141 x119
YWCA of Regina

Women’s Shelters
•Gemma House provides a safe, stable residential setting for female youth.
Contact: Tel: (306) 586-5388; E-mail: gemmahouse@accesscomm.ca

•Regina Transition House offers short-term shelter and several services including transportation to school and appointments. Also provides public education programs.
Hours: 24 hours
Box 1364, Regina
Contact: 569-2292

    Food

•Albert Scott Community Center serves everyone. Free bread: Monday-Friday after 11:00am
1264 Athol St.
Contact: (303) 777-7033

•Carmichael Outreach Inc. Free bread from 10:00am-noon. Clothing pick-up during regular hours.
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00am-noon/1:00pm-4:00pm
1925 Osler St.
Contact: (303) 757-2235

•Celebration Lutheran Church sermon, food and, at times, clothing hamper. Must phone first with Social Insurance Number and other information. Serves everyone.
3130 Renfrew Cres.
Contact: (303) 789-2727

•Indian Metis Christian Fellowship serves everyone. Coffee and donut everyday; Soup and Bannock served every Wednesday at noon (Cost: $2.00). Clothing pick-up Thursday 10:00am-1:00pm.
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00am-1:30pm/Friday 9:00am-noon
3131 Dewdney Ave.
Contact: (303) 359-1096

•North Central Family Center serves everyone.
Hours: Wednesday after 3:00pm/Thursday 1:30-2:30pm/Friday 1:30-2:30pm
2931 5th Avenue
Contact: (303) 347-2552

•Rainbow Youth Center Serves youth 11-19 years old.
Hours: Monday-Friday at 4:45pm
977 McTavish St.
Contact: (303) 757-9743

•Regina Food Bank offers food hampers, clothing and furniture. Educational programs are also available. Free bread during regular hours.
425 Winnipeg St.
Hours: Monday-Friday: 9:30am-12:30pm/1:30pm-4:00pm
Contact: (306) 791-6533
www.reginafoodbank.ca

•Soul’s Harbour Rescue Mission serves everyone.
Hours: Monday-Friday 4:00pm-coffee/5:00pm-supper
1836 Halifax St.
Contact: (303) 543-0011

•St.Paul Cathedral serves everyone.
Hours: 7:00am-free breakfast
1861 McIntyre St.
Contact: (303) 522-6439

•Visitation House serves women only. Drop in bread everyday; clothing for women and children sometimes available. Information, referrals, telephone, educational programs.
Hours: Monday-Thursday 10:00am-2:00pm
900- 11th Avenue
Contact: (306)352-0016 // E-mail: visithouse@sasktel.net
Visitation House website

•Waterston House serves men only – ID necessary.
Hours: 24 hours; free lunch Sunday 12:15-1:00pm
1845 Osler St.
Contact: 569-6088

    Needle Exchange

•Carmichael Outreach Inc
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00am-noon/1:00pm-4:30pm
1925 Osler St.
Phone: 757-2235

•Red Ribbon Place All Nation’s Hope AIDS Network
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00am-4:30pm
2735 5th Avenue
Phone: 1-800-210-7266 or 924-8429

•Street Project Van circulates. Call for hours and locations.
Phone: 766-7799

•Needle Drop Off Boxes 5th Avenue in alley between Cameron and garnet; and in alley behind 1800 Toronto Street.

    Miscellaneous

•Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry A social justice agency that operates in downtown Regina. RAPM’s work can be identified in three areas: 1) individual advocacy, where the needs of individuals in conflict with the system are supported, 2) public education, where conferences and workshops are combined with academic research to raise awareness within the general public on poverty issues, and 3) systemic advocacy, where deficiencies within the system are identified and addressed by campaigns and presentations to the governing bodies.

Contact:
2330 Victoria Avenue
Regina, SK
S4P 0S6
Tel: (306) 352-6386; E-Mail: rapm@sasktel.net
or
Bonnie Morton
Tel: (306) 352-6386

•Marion Centre Clothing pick-up Friday, noon-12:45pm. Men only, closed Thursday/Sunday.
Hours: Monday, Wednesday,Friday, Saturday: 10:00am-2:00pm
1835 Halifax Street
Phone: 757-0073

Community Care

•Al Ritchie Health Action Centre has a nurse on staff.
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:45pm; Tuesday afternoons by appointment only
325 Victoria Avenue
Phone: 766-7660

•Four Directions Primary Care Clinic has a nurse on staff.
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00am-4:00pm by drop-in or appointment.
3501 5th Avenue
Phone: 766-7540

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SASKATOON

Salvation Army Community Centre.

The shelter can provide one night of free accommodation in an emergency and provide meals in the morning. They also have a program where someone can get 12 free meals each calendar month provided that they have I.D.

Contact:
339 Avenue C South
S7M 1N5
(306) 242-6833

From: http://homelessnation.org/en/node/339

Homeless Shelters in Alberta

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Homeless persons and families can access emergency shelters across Alberta. There are 3 types of shelter accommodation:

■ Emergency Shelters: means overnight accommodation to individuals who have no permanent address.

■ Short-Term Supportive Housing: means temporary housing with support to assist client movement into permanent housing.

■ Long-Term Supportive Housing: means unlimited stay at a facility that provides 24/7 support to its residents.

In the 2011-12 fiscal year, the province committed $38.5 million to support agencies providing shelter spaces. Funding was allocated to 29 emergency shelters that provide 3,302 spaces across the province. The following charts list these facilities by community and shelter type.

Shelter space usage has gone down in all major cities in Alberta and there will be a reduced need for emergency shelter spaces as more and more homeless people are provided with permanent housing. However, as there continues to be a need for emergency accommodations the Alberta government continues to support about 3,500 emergency shelter spaces in 30 facilities across Alberta.

Edmonton Emergency Shelters

Hope Mission
9908-106 Avenue 780-422-2018 310 spaces

Herb Jamieson Centre
10014-105A Avenue 780-429-3470 215 spaces

Salvation Army Addictions and Residential Centre
9611-102 Avenue 780-429-4274 142 spaces

Women’s Emergency Accommodation Centre
9611-101A Avenue 780-423-5302 66 spaces

Edmonton Short-Term Supportive Housing

Hope Mission Edwardson Place
10336-114 Street 780-453-3412 20 spaces

E4C Elizabeth House
11717-93 Street 780-378-0611 20 spaces

Edmonton Long-Term Supportive Housing

McCauley Lodge
9520-108 Avenue 780-408-2996 58 spaces

Sparling Lodge
9540-110A Avenue 780-408-2985 20 spaces

Urban Manor
9524-104 Avenue 780-425-5901 75 spaces

Fort McMurray Emergency Shelters

Fort McMurray Salvation Army
9919 MacDonald Avenue 780-743-4135 32 spaces

WBHDC Marshall House
10095 Marshall Street 780-715-1870 70 spaces

Grande Prairie Emergency Shelters

Wapiti Community Dorm
Rotary House 10101-97A Street 780-513-4043 62 spaces

Grande Prairie Short-Term Supportive Housing

Elders Caring
9702-99 Avenue 780-882-7242 17 spaces

Wapiti Community Dorm
Rotary House 10101-97A Street 780-513-4043 16 spaces

Lloydminster Emergency Shelters

Lloydminster Social Action Coalition
5001-48 Avenue 306-825-3977 20 spaces

Red Deer Emergency Shelters

Central Alberta Housing Society – People’s Place Shelter
6002-54 Avenue 403-342-4722 23 spaces

Calgary Emergency Shelters

Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre
Riverfront location 423-4 Avenue SE 403-263-5707 700 spaces
Hillhurst location Contact Riverfront 100 spaces

The Salvation Army of Canada
Wagner Place 3013-15 Avenue SW 403-410-1111 12 spaces for women
Centre of Hope 20-9 Avenue SE 403-410-1111 159 spaces

The Mustard Seed Society (Foothills)
7025-44 Street SE 403-269-1319 300 spaces

Calgary Alpha House Society
203-15 Avenue SE 403-234-7388 120 spaces

YWCA – Mary Dover House
320-5 Avenue SE 403-232-1588 6 spaces

Calgary Short-Term Supportive Housing

Calgary Dream Centre
4510 Macleod Trail S 403-243-5598 120 spaces

YWCA – Mary Dover House
320-5 Avenue SE 403-232-1588 80 spaces

Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre
423-4 Avenue SE 403-263-5707 270 spaces

Calgary Long-Term Supportive Housing
Trinity Place Foundation of Alberta – Peter Coyle Place
5700-3 Street SW 403-252-5329 70 spaces

Medicine Hat Emergency Shelters

Medicine Hat Salvation Army Family Support Centre
737-8 Street SE 403-527-2474 30 spaces

Lethbridge Emergency Shelters

Aboriginal Housing Society
1205-3 Avenue South 403-328-2414 80 spaces

Lethbridge Short-Term Supportive Housing
Blackfoot Family Lodge Society
830-7 Street North 403-329-6506 15 spaces

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Modified: 2012-07-20
from : http://humanservices.alberta.ca/homelessness/14633.html