Rethinking Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and solutions related to homelessness and substance abuse in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Vancouver’s Downtown East Side has long been associated with high levels of homelessness and substance abuse, issues which many cities across the country are now facing. Host Mary Rowe speaks with two people who help deliver services and housing supports to people in the neighbourhood, and share lessons that other communities can learn.Donna-Lynn Rosa is CEO of Atira Women’s Resource Society and Corey McCallum is Atira’s Director of Outreach Programs. They talk about how to engage respectfull...

People in this episode

Host: Mary Rowe

Guests: Donna-Lynn Rosa, Corey McCallum

Topics covered

• homelessness
• substance abuse
• community support
• housing
• social services

Keywords

• Vancouver
• Downtown Eastside
• homelessness
• substance abuse
• community services
• housing support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Atira Women’s Resource Society

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