Resources
- Lesson Plans
Learning about Homelessness in British Columbia
GRADES: Grade 10 Civics, Grade 11 IAPS, Grade 12 Challenge and Change, Grade 9-12 Health and Physical Education (Mental Health unit *can also be included in elementary HPE resources), connections to...
- Report
Evaluating the Housing First Approach in the Metro Vancouver Region
Based on the literature review of best practices, the Housing First approach has been shown to achieve remarkable success on a number of homelessness outcomes for homeless persons with mental...
- Report
Senior Homelessness in Metro Vancouver: Issues and Challenges
The homeless population in Metro Vancouver is getting older. Those aged 55 and over represent 16% of the homeless population in Metro Vancouver, up significantly from 9% in 2005 (GVRD,...
- Report
The At Home/Chez Soi Project: A Review of the Proposal Development and Planning Phase in Vancouver, BC
This report examines how a consortium of diverse stakeholders, including community service providers and researchers, convened in Vancouver to respond to the MHCC’s Request for Applications for a research demonstration...
- Report
Baseline Consumer Narratives of Lived Experience of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi Project: Vancouver Report
This report examines the key themes that emerged from “personal story” interviews conducted with 52 participants within one month of their enrollment in the Vancouver At Home Study. The report...