Destigmatizing Homelessness Community Workshops
In partnership with The Existence Project, we are hosting free community workshops to destigmatize homelessness across Victoria. In the workshops participants will:
Next workshop: Oak Bay Community Members [December 3rd, 5:30-7:30 PM: Sign Up Here]
- listen to the story of someone who has experienced homelessness
- reflect on social issues happening in their neighborhood and
- envision working housing solutions for their community.
Next workshop: Oak Bay Community Members [December 3rd, 5:30-7:30 PM: Sign Up Here]
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Watch the documentary on Cory Resilient, a man who experienced homelessness and now tells his story in our workshops.
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Alternative Mental Health Crisis Response Teams
Progress:
City of Victoria - Unanimously passed a supportive motion.
City of Victoria - Unanimously passed a supportive motion.
Protect Hotel Workers' Jobs
50,000 hotel workers laid off due to Covid-19 are worrying how they will put food on the table, pay rent, and support their families next month.
Celebrating a win! On September 1, 2020, laid-off hotel workers ended the “Fast for Our Jobs” hunger strike in Maple Ridge after winning a first step to recall their rights.
Celebrating a win! On September 1, 2020, laid-off hotel workers ended the “Fast for Our Jobs” hunger strike in Maple Ridge after winning a first step to recall their rights.
Protect Old Growth Forests
Celebrating a win! Last Friday, the B.C. government passed a new Old Growth Forest Strategy, which repeatedly named the need for a paradigm shift towards conservation, agreeing to protect over 350,000 hectares of Old Growth Forest and defer current logging plans. [Read more]
Housing For All
Call on our municipal and provincial governments to create affordable housing across Victoria to end homelessness.
Read Our Op-Ed: GVAT Supports Victoria's Call to House the Homeless
Progress:
City of Victoria - Unanimously passed a resolution based on our campaign!
Saanich - Campaign underway; take action!
Esquimalt - Campaign underway; take action!
Oak Bay - Campaign underway; take action!
Read Our Op-Ed: GVAT Supports Victoria's Call to House the Homeless
Progress:
City of Victoria - Unanimously passed a resolution based on our campaign!
Saanich - Campaign underway; take action!
Esquimalt - Campaign underway; take action!
Oak Bay - Campaign underway; take action!
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Creating a 'Just and Green Recovery' from COVID-19
We submitted recommendations to the provincial and federal governments for policies to ensure a 'just and green' recovery from COVID-19.
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COVID-19 Policy Asks
We called on government to implement the following policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic:
- A moratorium on evictions during the COVID-19 outbreak, for individuals who cannot afford their rental payments. The provincial government has already implemented this for people in subsidized housing, but that still leaves out a lot of people who will need help. [POLICY ACHIEVED; April 2020]
- Cancellation of basic utilities payments during the outbreak for lower and middle income individuals only.
- Quick establishment of safe emergency shelters for the unhoused (one room per person), followed by transition of all the homeless into supportive or social housing. This is now a public health issue, in addition to being a moral issue.
- Subsidized childcare for healthcare workers and support staff in the healthcare system during the pandemic.
