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Building a library for the Bosman Hotel Community in Vancouver
Hendrik Beune and April Smith of AHA MEDIA are very happy to help a library with excited Bosman Hotel Community residents of the “At Home/ Chez Soi” project.
With a new library onsite, residents can improve their literacy and life skills through positive peer community engagement. Sharing books and new found knowledge brings friends closer together at the Bosman.
Over 100 people will now have access to books and resources to help enrich and support their lives.
Many thanks to the wonderful support from Angelika Sellick , Literacy Outreach Coordinator of DTES Adult Literacy Roundtable and Megan Langley of Carnegie Centre Library.
Plans to build the Bosman library started a few months ago and our first donations have begun to arrive.
The official opening of the library is scheduled for Thursday 24 May 2012.
Located in the former Bosman’s Motor Hotel in downtown Vancouver, the Bosman is an important part of the Mental Health Commission’s At Home / Chez Soi initiative – the largest research project of its kind in the world studying mental illness and homelessness. In Vancouver, At Home / Chez Soi is focusing on people who also have substance abuse and addiction issues, and over the next four years will provide housing and support to 300 homeless mentally ill people in the city.
Liz Evans, Executive Director, PHS Community Services Society, said: “The Bosman project offers hope because it embraces the very values our society strives for – one that is inclusive and one that says that every life matters and every individual deserves a chance to be their best self. The Bosman is an exciting start to acknowledging that we can live in a community, in a city and in a country where fellow human beings living with a mental illness do not have to be sleeping on our streets.”
At Home/Chez Soi: Largest research project of its kind in the world
At Home/Chez Soi is a ground‐breaking national research project in five cities -Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto,Montreal and Moncton – to find the best way to provide housing and services to people who are living with mental illness and homelessness. Using a ‘Housing First‘ approach, the research project focuses on first providing people who are homeless with a place to live, and then the other assistance and services they require. The goal is to see if this approach is better than traditional care.
The research will help make Canada a world leader in providing better services to people living with homelessness and mental illness.
For more information on the At Home/Chez Soi project, please visithttp://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/English/Pages/homelessness.aspx (English)
orhttp://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/Francais/Pages/Litinerance.aspx (French).
The Mental Health Commission of Canada is a non-profit organization created to focus national attention on mental health issues and to work to improve the health and social outcomes of people living with mental illness. In February 2008, the federal government allocated $110 million to the MHCC to find ways to help the growing number of people who are homeless and have a mental illness. For more, visit www.mentalhealthcommission.ca.
The PHS Community Services Society provides affordable, low-barrier supportive housing and services to marginalized people, many of whom suffer from mental illness, physical disabilities and addictions. These services include a supervised injection facility, detoxification and addiction recovery services, an art gallery, life skills training, low threshold employment and banking.
BEYOND PROHIBITION History, harms and alternatives to the war on drugs Public Forum on Wed Feb 8 7-9pm at Carnegie Theatre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
BEYOND PROHIBITION
History, harms and alternatives to the war on drugs
A free public forum and panel discussion
…
Wed Feb 8
7- 9pm
Carnegie Theatre (401 Main St – Vancouver, Canada)
PANEL: Lorna Bird (WAHRS), Patti Ellertson (VANDU), Bud Osborn (DTES Poet), Susan Boyd (End Prohibition Project), Mark Haden (VCH drug educator)
FACILITATORS: Hugh Lampkin (VANDU), Ann Livingston (DNC)
HOSTED BY: Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society (WAHRS),
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), DTES Neighbourhood Council (DNC), Carnegie Community Centre Association (CCCA), Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, End Prohibition Project.
AHA MEDIA and Positive Paid Work at World AIDS Day in Carnegie Centre, Vancouver Downtown Eastside
Hendrik Beune, Holy Moyo, Dan Wilson, Mathieu and April Smith as Positive Paid Work with SFU Literacy Lives speak at World AIDS Day at Carnegie Centre in Vancouver
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Grand Reopening of Carnegie Centre and the 125th birthday of Vancouver on Oct 14, 2001 in Vancouver Downtrown Eastside (DTES)
R I B B O N
C U T T I N G
FRONT STEPS
9:00 AM
CARNEGIE SCAVENGER HUNT
How well do you know Carnegie past
and present? Test yourself with the
Carnegie Scavenger Hunt. Scavenger
Hunt sheets are available
throughout the building. You can find
the answers to the Scavenger Hunt
questions in the Carnegie Centre,
either in one of the historical photographs
displayed throughout the
building, or in the building itself.
Stumped? Want to find out how you
did? Come and check your answers
in the Library.
1st FLOOR
10:00 – Noon Button making with Beth
Davies – Make your very own Carnegie keepsake –
create a Carnegie button from images designed by
Carnegie patrons. (Table by Library)
4:00 ‐ 4:30 PM Artist talk on Summer City Street
mural – Richard Tetrault will talk about his 1978
mural which has graced the 1st floor of the Centre
since the early 80’s. He has restored the mural on
the occasion of this reopening celebration. Special
gift for attendees! (Games Room)
T H E A T R E
1:30 – 2:30 Storytelling with Randy Tait – First Nations Storytelling with Nisga’a artist, dancer, and storyteller Randy Tait
2:30 – 3:00 Aboriginal Drumming – Buffalo Spirit Drum with Sam George
3:00 – 4:00 Official Ceremony – Join us for celebratory words, a medley of peace songs by the Carnegie Village Choir, a
staged reading of Sandy Cameron’s poem “One Hundred Years of Struggle” and refreshments, including party cake.
6:00 – 7:00 Fire, Wind & Ice – Actors and performers from the Carnegie Theatre workshop present a repeat performance
on Fire, and & Ice. On June 13th, 1886, 125 years ago, sparks from a clear cut fire in False Creek leapt into an inferno that
destroyed the new city of Vancouver. See what happens in a story of the Great Fire.
7:30 – 9:30 Documentaries
• CBC Special on the opening of Carnegie Community Centre (1980) 15 min
• Carnegie Stories by Librarian Nancy Stubbs for Vancouver Stories 125 (2011) 3 min 24 sec
• Summer Afternoon (1956) 25 min Two boys exploring Chinatown and the waterfront in the 1950′s.
• Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story (2003) 51 min Story about Japanese Canadian baseball
team that played at Oppenheimer Park before WWII.
D I N I N G R O O M 2nd Floor
Acoustic Music Showcase with:
11:30 Stan Hudac
12:00 Nancy Delyzer
12:30 Kat Norris
1:00 Brian Brinsmead
2:00 Dalannah Gail Bowen
2:30 Earle Peach & Gathering Place Choir
4:30 Sean Gunn
5:00 John Cote
5:30 Ricky Lavallee
2 – 4 Portrait Drawing with Felicity
Don. Join in as an artist or a model!
2nd Floor All Day Carnegie Images
Slide show will be playing on the TV Screen
A S S O C I A T I O N O F F I C E
2nd Floor
11:00 – 3:00 Displays of past campaigns,
photo albums, publications and stories about
the history of the Carnegie Community
Centre Association and the Carnegie
Community Action Project.
C L A S S R O O M I I 3rd Floor
9:30 – 11:30 First Nations Journey class – Come and learn about the history of First
Nations people in this neighbourhood from Capilano University instructor Gary Johnston.
A R T G A L L E R Y 3rd Floor
12:30 – 1:30 Artist Talk – Meet local artist Ron Horsefall, Ron J. Ward and
Diane Wood at a reception for their group exhibit, Bone, Beads and Dolls, a
display of art dolls, beadwork, and traditional and contemporary Native regalia.
2:00 – 3:00 Historical Postcards (TBD) with Dick Billingsley
4:00 – 6:00 “Chindi Revolution – what the anarchist cook book left
out” with Karenza – In Hindi dialect chindi means scraps or rags. Rags is thetrade name for clothing. Have a chat with Karenza about her clothing work and her upcoming show at W2.
L E A R N I N G C E N T R E 3rd Floor
1:00 – 3:00 Open House and Presentation – The Learning
Centre will be open to visitors who are interested in finding out
about education programs. At 1:30, students, volunteers, and
staff will read their stories on two themes: “I came to
Vancouver …” and “I grew up in Vancouver …”
Carnegie Street Band In and around
the building starting at 4pm in the Theatre.
COMPLIMENTARY
LUNCH
Noon to 2
2nd Floor Concession
HomeGround 2011 for the DTES Homeless and Underhoused at Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
HomeGround
For Homeless & underhoused DTES Residents
4 Days of Free Food, Great Entertainment, Workshops & Activities About your right to food
AT OPPENHEIMER PARK
Thursday February 17 4pm – 10pm
Friday, Saturday, Sunday Feb 18 – 20 8am-8pm
Enjoy delicious hot meals. Explore & engage about your Right to nutritious, affordable, and healthy Food. Relax, listen & dance to great bands and performers.
THURSDAY February 17
4pm Late Lunch
Split pea stew & chorizo
4pm-8pm Right to Food Fair
Informative & Interactive displays showcasing our communities
Right to Food activities
8-10pm Movie Supersized Me
Popcorn & Beverages served
Learn what happens when you eat nothing but McDonalds supersize meals for an entire month
FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY February 18-20
8am Breakfast
Hot Oats & strong coffee
12-12pm Lunch
A changing daily menu of classics
12:30-1pm First Nation Musical Opening
1-3pm Right to Food Workshops &
creative, engaging activities for all ages
3:30-8pm Entertainment Your favorite local performers, singers & bands to put you in a mellow mood or get up up dancing
5-7pm Dinner Delectable gourmet evening feasts
PERFORMANCES FEATURING TALENTED LOCAL ARTISTS AND BANDS
Dalannah Gail Bowen
Carnegie Jazz Band
Good for Grapes
Ron Stelting’s Drum Circle
Downtown Eastside Poets
Niddi Cascade & Dianna
Nancy Delyzer
Bev Blanchard
SongTree
Harmony of Nations
Stan Hudac Quartet
Pancho & Sal
Buffalo Spirits
WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES
Lantern Making & Parade
Spring Planting Workshop
Food Street Theatre
Cooking Demonstarations
Storytelling
Food Jeopardy
Mural Painting
SOLEFood Display
Community Kitchens Showcase
Recipe Swap
Fondest Food Memory Contest & Daily Draws
Brought to you by The Carnegie Community Centre and the DTES Neighbourhood House with seed funding from the City of Vancouver. HomeGround acknowledges & honours the fact that our community lies within the Traditional Territory of the Coast Salish People
Below are photos of friends of AHA MEDIA who have given permission to have their photos taken
Below is Roy giving a friendly wave
Below is Garvin Snider wearing his HomeGround toque
Below is Rob with a plate of healthy food
Below is Peter with delicious and healthy food
Below is Roy painting at the DTES murals
Below are some paintings from Peter









































































