by Chris Wrightson | Jun 22, 2020 | Graduate Stories
This June is known worldwide as a celebration of Pride. The reason we are able to so openly express our love and identities in the form of world wide parades is because we took to the streets and fought for our rights. Governments which persecuted “sexual...
by Jill | Jun 20, 2020 | Events
In the last twelve months, Canada has had to face a lot of truths about its treatment of Indigenous Canadians. Of course, this has only opened our eyes to the work still yet to be done — both on a national and personal scale. That is why it is more important...
by Jill | Jun 10, 2020 | Youth Homelessness
Will you help us fight for Recovery for All? Sign up now to join this urgent plan of action to include people experiencing homelessness in Canada’s recovery plan. Once you sign up, you will be prompted to share your support for this plan with The Prime Minister...
by Jill | Jun 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Zero Ceiling team are devastated and outraged by the murder of George Floyd and countless other Black victims by police officers in Minneapolis last week. We support the protests and calls for justice and an end to white supremacy that are ringing out across the...
by Jill | Jun 3, 2020 | Community
Youth Connections is an online mental health community for youth. Join Zero Ceiling and Vancouver Coastal Health in creating a safe space for young people, where they can grow a support system in the Sea to Sky Corridor and neighbouring communities. Accessible mental...
by Jill | May 27, 2020 | Community, Partner Profiles
The Friendly Landlord Network was initiated by Aunt Leah’s Place, a Vancouver-based charity that has been helping former youth in care and young mothers toward a better future since 1988. The program helps youth exiting care and transitional housing connect with...
by Jill | May 20, 2020 | Core Programming
In 2020, we introduced the RentSmart Certificate to the Life Skills Education curriculum for our Work 2 Live crew. In our last post, we told you how important supportive housing is for keeping a community’s most vulnerable residents healthy. In this blog, you...
by Jill | May 13, 2020 | Core Programming
Supportive housing in BC is gaining more recognition as a key way to prevent homelessness. In the social service field, it is considered best practice in a laundry list of possible interventions when supporting individuals with barriers. However, to the average...
by Lizi McLoughlin | May 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
We’ve been adapting to the “new normal” in all sorts of ways over the last six weeks. And one thing we had to figure out pretty quickly: how do we hold our AGM in this new online world? Our AGM was scheduled for April 14, and we’d been looking...
by Jill | May 6, 2020 | Blog
May 4-10 is the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Mental Health Week. To celebrate, we are bringing you another letter from Rhianna, our Case Worker. She connects with our participants nearly every day, and we wanted her to share what mental health and...
