Web Resources

General

http://www.beatcopdiary.vpd.ca/
Beat Cop Diary is a blog created by Officer Addison of the Vancouver Police Force. Office Addison writes about his daily beat in the Downtown East Side. This is first hand perspective of daily life in the Downtown East Side; his posts are not considered representative of the police, which provides an immensely introspective view.

http://www.streetconnect.org/
Street Connect is an online community of street resources. It connects homeless and street-involved youth with resources. It is a cross partnership between shelters, service-providers, academics, and youth.

Homelessness

http://www.homelessnation.org/
Website for homeless people by homeless people.

http://www.homelesshub.ca/Default.aspx
Homeless Hub is a collection of resources, mainly from the perspective of academics, exploring the issue of homelessness. Lot of topics are covered in the online library.

National Youth Homeless Awareness Day – Nov 17^th

Motion 504 was introduced to parliament by Hon. Carolyn Bennett, M.P., to officially recognize Nov. 17 as National Youth Homelessness Awareness Day. You can support this initiative by spreading awareness, writing your MP. For more information:

http://www.covenanthouse.ca/Public/National-Youth-Homeless-Awareness-Day

Youth

http://www.wyndhamhouse.org/about/index.htm

Wyndham House provides shelter, counseling, and growth plans for youth between the ages of 16 and 21 from Guelph and Wellington County

http://playing-it-safe.nfb.ca/home.php 
Playing it Safe is a National Film Board sponsored project documenting the biographies of street involved youth, produced by the youth themselves with the assistance of peer filmmakers.

http://www.guelphy.org/y-in-the-community/teen-age-parent-program-tapps/

The local YMCA-YWCA provides the Teenage Parent Program, TAPPS, which provides support and resources to parenting teenagers from the Guelph community.

http://www.michaelhouse.ca/index.html

Michael House is a local organization providing shelter and support to pregnant and parenting young women.

Addiction


http://supervisedinjection.vch.ca/
North America's first supervised injection site, located in the Downtown Eastside. Insite has been at the heart of social and political debate since its inception in 2003.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/crack5.htm
Curious how crack works on the brain?

http://www.homelesshub.ca/Library/The-Biology-Morality-and-Politics-of-Addiction---Dr-Gabor-Mate---The-Freedomain-Radio-Interview-51640.aspx

Interview with Dr. Gabor Mate (Doctor who has written about addictions and campaigned for Insite):  

Sex Trade

http://www.wish-vancouver.net/index.cfm

WISH Welcome Centre is a Downtown Eastside support centre for women in the sex trade.