Jul 8, 2021 | Community, Our Team, Social Innovation
Isha Matous-Gibbs has officially joined the Urban Matters (UM) team as a Social Health and Well-being Planner. Isha graduated with a diploma in Community, Family, and Child services in 2012, going on to work in harm reduction, outreach, and frontline work in homeless...
Jun 21, 2021 | Community, Indigenous Communities
Photo Credit: Burning Ceremony after Rural and Indigenous Overdose Action Exchange hosted on the traditional lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation in October 2019 Written By: Jen Casorso, Social Health and Well-Being Lead It has taken me some...
Jun 8, 2021 | Community, Community-Building, Social Innovation
Reimagining Post Pandemic Possibilities: A Collaborative Exploration June 29, 2021 – 11:30am -12:30pm PST The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted deep patterns of living and highlighted critical vulnerabilities within Canadian communities. The pandemic’s...
Mar 24, 2021 | Community, Housing, Our Team
Meet Peer-Daniel, the newest member of the Urban Matters team. Peer-Daniel will be part of the community housing team working on housing & homelessness research, needs assessments, affordable housing policies and programs, and development consulting. He is driven...
Mar 5, 2021 | Affordable Housing, Community, Housing, Social Innovation
YWCA Metro Vancouver Launches a Housing Solutions Lab to Tackle Barriers to Building More Deeply Affordable Housing for Single Parents In early 2020, YWCA Metro Vancouver reached out to Urban Matters with a persistent and difficult challenge: how to sustainably fund...
