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The figures at the far end of the city park I was about to enter, lurking just outside the bright cone of a streetlight, had the hulking, rounded look [ read more ]
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Arleen’s heart for struggling neighbours and her previous role at YSM’s Davis Centre front desk led her to her current role providing care for adults [ read more ]
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This past year, YSM has seen generous support from our community in helping street youth stabilize and build stronger futures. [ read more ]
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“I was never afraid of people who looked homeless, but I never really knew why this was happening. Sometimes I thought maybe they were born homeless… [ read more ]
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In this video John Janzen speaks with students about the parallels between Blink's Garden and the novella Seedfolks. Community-building is the c [ read more ]
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Blink’s Garden features a great wall that divides the land in two. Metaphorically that big wall is the dividing line between two very different types [ read more ]
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What happens when you look behind homelessness? Deep understanding can change the world and you. John Janzen was the lonely farmboy who would si [ read more ]
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Blankets Wanted Written by: Amy Van Veen Illustrated by: Ryan Tsuen Photo by Sarah Shaffer on Unsplash Reprinted by permission. © 2017 Focus [ read more ]
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Paula never imagined she would be homeless, but at 15 she spent her first night on the street. She found herself roaming the streets for shelter on wh [ read more ]
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The Mustard Seed has been serving people experiencing poverty and homelessness in Alberta for more than 30 years. Motivated by the people they serve a [ read more ]
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For more information, please see the website of our contributor, The Mustard Seed. [ read more ]
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“I was homeless in a camp outside Squamish. I didn’t know what was coming… I was just scared for my life, that nothing would get better. There was no [ read more ]
