[Infocus Management Consulting and Land Management?]
Description
Purpose of count is to obtain estimate of extent of homelessness, identify demographic characteristics of the population, and track trends by comparing results to those of previous counts.
Snapshot took place March 3rd and 4th, 2020, before the state of emergency was declared due to COVID-19. Indigenous peoples accounted for 33% of the respondents, making them 13.2 times more likely to experience homelessness.
Aboriginal Health, Healing, and Wellness in the Downtown Eastside Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kinwa Bluesky
Description
Goal of study was to gather information on extent of culturally appropriate health supports and to make recommendations that would increase integration of traditional, spiritual and cultural practices into existing services and programming.
Focuses on four themes: protection of vulnerable women, structure of police force, policies and practices used in investigations of missing persons and suspected serial murders, and relationships with communities and media.
Focus on Robert Pickton case.
Reviews responses to survey in which sample consisted of service providers, representatives of community partner organizations, and two focus groups; identifies best practices and makes recommendations.
WISE Project deals with women living in the downtown East/South areas of Vancouver, with focus on Aboriginals.
Discusses Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn's film The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open set in Vancouver, BC. The film is about the interactions between two Indigenous women in a lower income neighborhood.
Reports on public discussions which took place to gather recommendations with respect to changes in police practices and new police initiatives to protect vulnerable and marginalized women.
Project involved facilitated weekly group meetings in which participants shared common experiences and gained empowerment through discussion, counselling and role modeling. Sources of information for evaluation include project files, key informant interviews, and documents and data collected by community support coordinator.
International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 87, 2021, p. 103012
Description
A study that focuses on Indigenous female drug using sex workers in British Columbia to discuss the culture of violence and its ties to both historical and ongoing colonization.
Violence Against Women, vol. 21, no. 3, March 2015, pp. 313-329
Description
Studied trends of assault and associated risk factors in cohort of 259 participants living in Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia, between 2003 and 2010.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 44, November 06, 2017, pp. e1352-e1359
Description
Study interpretation concluded that deaths were occurring at an alarming rate, particularly young women or those using injection drugs. Argues that these results reflect intersections of current and historical injustices, substance use and barriers to care.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 5, July/August 2015, pp. 265-270
Description
Sample of 605 individuals between the ages of 14 and 30 years of age from Prince George and Vancouver, British Columbia. Those who had been taken from their biological parents were more likely to be HIV-positive, homeless, paid for sex, diagnosed and hospitalized with mental illness, self-harmed, and had thought about or attempted suicide.
Discussion on how best to reach out to the homeless and the services that are available including Lookout Emergency Aid Society and Dunsmuir House Hostel for Men.
Duration: 27:39.
Actions taken by sister and friend of Sarah de Vries (one of Robert Pickton's victims), and well-known activist. Covers events from 1996 to August 4, 2010.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies , vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 165-168
Description
Authors examine the intersecting social, economic, racial, and colonial/systemic factors that create a reality for Indigenous women living in the Vancouver DTES that includes elevated incidences of poverty, violence, substance use, and health concerns. Provide commentary and recommendations surrounding the creation of policy, programs, and interventions.
Section one describes consultation process, section two provides excerpts of participants' contributions, and section three provides synthesis of recommendations.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. 1-2
Description
Introduction to issue featuring articles on self-identification in Canadian census, gang violence, gambling research, and the University of Regina and Vancouver's Urban Aboriginal Housing and Wellness Strategy.
Recommendations based on literature review and responses to 71 survey questions. Survey included questions about substance use and addictions, history of sexual abuse, reasons for entering sex trade, and barriers to leaving it. Sample consisted of 14 current or former workers between the ages of 19 and 34.
Includes results of literature review and interviews with 22 key informants and four case studies: Kootenay Lodge in Calgary, Alberta, The Ni-Apin Program at the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre of Winnipeg Ltd., Manitoba, Lu’ma Native Housing Society in Vancouver, British Columbia, and My Aunt’s Place at the YWCA in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Study included developing a database organizations providing housing services and their policies, procedures, and practices, case studies of effective organizations, and identification of best practices.
Information gathered from literature review, interviews and survey involving service providers, and guided interviews and sharing circles with seniors.
Documentary about the murders and disappearance of an estimated 500 Aboriginal women in the past 30 years. Accompanying material: Finding Dawn: A Guide For Teaching and Action.
Duration: 73:29.
Brief television feature focuses on the artist's controversial series of paintings of the sixty-nine murdered and missing women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Duration: 6:36.
Discussion about the controversial series of paintings entitled The Forgotten by Pamela Masik which portrayed the sixty-nine missing and murdered women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The exhibition to be held at the Museum of Anthropology was cancelled due to protests.
Duration: 31:50.
Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, vol. 3, no. 2, Mothering, Fathering and a Culture of Peace, Fall/Winter, 2012, pp. 49-65
Description
Comments on a community agency, WAVS, that leads the way in family violence awareness, healing intervention and prevention.