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British Columbia Civil Liberties Association NEWSFLASH! Video Surveillance in Public Places

Publication type: 
Position Paper
Agency: 
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA)
Date: 
1999-07
Pages: 
9
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Position paper arguing against the initiation of video surveillance (closed circuit television / CCTV) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. It argues that the Vancouver Police Department's goals of crime prevention; more accurate court convictions; and community development will not be met and that the benefits of CCTV would never justify the infringement on personal privacy that CCTV involves. Instead of crime reduction, the DTES would likely see population displacement. There are major problems with using video to identify suspects and match other police data to video images. CCTV is also very expensive for taxpayers, and the level of crime in Vancouver does not warrant such spending.
Keywords: 
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA); Vancouver Police Department (VPD); DTES; Downtown Eastside; surveillance; video surveillance; crime; privacy; public surveillance; closed circuit television (CCTV)

Cope/Green Vancouver's Voice: Where we stand on: Improving the Downtown Eastside

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Vancouver's Voice
Date: 
1999
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Pamphlet produced by Vancouver's Voice (COPE/Green/Independent Team) prior to the November, 1999 municipal elections. It provides information about voter registration and election day. It describes how a Cope/Green/Independent City Council would, if elected, focus on community economic and social development, address homelessness and expand addiction programs. It gives a profile of Ann Livingston, City Council Candidate. Contact details for Vancouver's Voice are provided.
Keywords: 
Vancouver's Voice (COPE/Green/Independent Team); COPE; The Green Party of British Columbia; environment; politics; elections - municipal; Vancouver City Council; harm reduction; addiction; crime; drugs; Downtown Eastside (DTES); community development; community economic development

Vancouver's Voice Candidates Call For Preventative Measures to Tackle Drugs and Crime

Publication type: 
Media Release
Date: 
1999-11-16
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
The document is a press release prepared by Vancouver's Voice, a team of COPE/Green/Independent candidates in the Vancouver municipal election. The document highlights a two-pronged approach to dealing with problems associated with drugs and crime in Vancouver; quotes candidates as supportive of harm reduction strategies, collective approaches, and long-term residential treatment and community support programs.
Keywords: 
crime; downtown eastside; DTES; elections-municipal; harm reduction; municipal government; Vancouver's Voices; Vancouver City Council

End Legislated Poverty - letter to members of a coalition opposing recent BC Benefits reforms

Publication type: 
Letter / Correspondence
Agency: 
End Legislated Poverty
Date: 
1999-10-26
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Letter from End Legislated Poverty (ELP) to various BC organizations who formed a coalition against changes to BC Benefits in the late 1990s. The letter was originally sent out with a copy of the "ELPKIT", a document providing information to help the coalition with their campaign. The letter describes how the ELPKIT includes strategies for lobbying politicians, information about BC Benefits, a sample letter to send to City Council, and resolutions that coalition members can bring to their Regional Health Boards and Municipal Councils. The letter advocates lobbying the provincial government to make income assistance and poverty issues a key focus of the NDP leadership convention in 2000.
Keywords: 
End Legislated Poverty (ELP); BC Benefits; anti-poverty; activists; advocacy; elections - municipal

Rescind Welfare Time Limits!

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Date: 
2002
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Activist / advocacy pamphlet opposing a recent policy on time limits on welfare. Beginning April, 2002, all people on welfare who are considered "employable" are limited to 2 years of income assistance out of every 5 years. Unlike in the US, in BC there are no support, training or transition programs to help people who hit their time limit. Welfare time limits violate people's rights to a decent standard of living and will increase poverty and homelessness. Workers should care about these issues because welfare time limits are designed to force people to accepted very low wage jobs - this can ultimately undermine working people's bargaining power with employers.
Keywords: 
welfare policy; welfare rates; welfare cutbacks; income assistance; poverty; poor-bashing; Employment and Assistance Act; British Columbia

The Relations Between Homelessness and Health in Canada: Research Lessons and Priorities

Publication type: 
Research Paper / Project Report
Date: 
2003-09
Pages: 
57
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
This paper was presented by the authors at the International Think Tank on Reducing Health Disparities and Promoting Equity for Vulnerable Populations, held Sept 21-23, in Ottawa. The paper reviews existing research on homelessness in Canada, within three broad areas: risk factors for homelessness; health and quality of life among the homeless; and interventions to reduce homelessness and improve the health status of homeless persons. The literature review identifies gaps in knowledge and identifies future research topics and strategies for carrying out research. This includes discussion of the roles that stakeholders (service providers, professionals, governments) can play in future research activities.
Keywords: 
Canada; Canadian homelessness; homelessness; research; health; health services; health care; policy; access to services; housing; housing need; support services; community-based services; service provision; services; discussion forum; literature review

The facts about drug testing in the workplace

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
BC Civil Liberties Association
Sponsor: 
BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Date: 
1996
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Pamphlet answering commonly asked questions by employees on the issue of drug testing in the workplace. Legal information about workers' rights is provided. Questions such as whether a worker can refuse drug testing; what to do if a prospective employer asks you to test; and what other privacy concerns workers should have, are answered.
Keywords: 
BC Civil Liberties Association; drugs; drug testing; workplace; workers' rights; Canada

Getting Old - Getting High in Vancouver

Publication type: 
Position Paper
Agency: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)
Pages: 
2
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Position paper about the challenges and needs of senior citizens who are drug addicts in Vancouver. There are many services available for seniors in the city, but seniors with addictions face discrimination and other barriers. Many seniors live in SROs and do not access services. There is a need for communal style housing for addicted seniors in order to ensure they are provided with stability, nutrition, companionship, and better health care.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU); addiction; drugs; addiction services; housing; access to services; seniors

Benefits for HIV+ Persons If you are on M.S.S. (Welfare)

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
Agency: 
Permafrost HIV AIDS Advocacy
Pages: 
1
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Pamphlet describing benefits that HIV positive persons on welfare are eligible for, including added income attached to having disability status; a year-round BC Transit Pass, high protein supplements; free cases of Ensure Food Supplement; a complementary health fund from British Columbia Person's with AIDS (BCPWA); a five gallon water cooler through BCPWA. Contact information for BCPWA, AIDS Vancouver, and Positive Women's Network (PWN) are provided.
Keywords: 
HIV/AIDS; Vancouver; welfare; income assistance; disability benefits; AIDS service organizations (ASOs); Positive Women's Network (PWN); AIDS Vancouver; British Columbia Persons with AIDS Society (BCPWA)

Vancouver/Richmond Health Board Action Plan to Combat HIV/AIDS in the Downtown Eastside - Media Backgrounder

Publication type: 
Media Release
Agency: 
Vancouver/Richmond Health Board (VRHB)
Date: 
1997-10-23
Pages: 
3
Collections: 
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Summary: 
Background information for use by the media, released by the Vancouver/Richmond Health Board (VRHB) in October, 1997. It describes the immediate and longer term goals and actions of a new action plan to address HIV/AIDS in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. These include the immediate actions of improving access to health services and improving HIV testing and medical protocols. Longer term strategies include working in collaboration with all 3 levels of government, the community, and other organizations; strategies to address broader determinants of health such as housing; and plans to provide additional funding through the Continuing Care Program.
Keywords: 
Vancouver/Richmond Health Board (VRHB); Downtown Eastside; DTES; action plan; HIV/AIDS; needle exchange; outreach; health services; harm reduction; drugs; drug users; addictions

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