AHA Media

Free to the public, view a selection of community-based health documentaries and video reports in a 6000 sf media gallery during this international conference taking place in Vancouver. It is inside Canada Place in the first large ballroom ‘A.’ No conference registration is required.

The “Fourth Global Health Symposium on Health Systems Research: Resilient and responsive health systems for a changing world” has brought 2000 people to Vancouver from all over the world. The Symposium takes place in Vancouver on 14-18 November 2016 http://healthsystemsresearch.org/hsr2016/

Projects and organisations included:
– People’s Health Movement
– #MoreThanEbola (West Africa)
– Drawing Wisdom From The Well (Coast Salish)
– Transforming Routine Immunization (Pakistan)
– Maternal Health (South India)
– Resilience of Health Workers (Sierra Leona)
– X and Y (South Africa)
– First Nations Health Authority
– Health Systems Heroes

Plus there is a video booth for international delegates to record their knowledge of programs for men that address accountability for violence against women.
Men’s Accountability for Violence Against Women (Ray-Cam/SFU) @StoppingVAW

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

DTES Street Market is very pleased to present their BRAND NEW 40ft by 20ft Maker Space tent!

Roland Clarke, Jacek Lorek and Richard of HXBIA Tool work on New Year’s Day – Jan 1, 2014 to test fit a Solar Panel Mounting System

Roland Clarke, Jacek Lorek and Richard of HXBIA Tool work on New Year’s Eve – Dec 31 2013 to build a Solar Panel Mounting System

Green Energy

Last week, we purchased an awesome photovoltaic solar system for our office at 62 East Hastings. 2 175 Watt solar panels, fed into a MPPT charge controller, with a 150 Amp-hour battery going to a 3000 Watt inverter. Yay! Necessity is definitely the mother of invention. After waiting over a year for our power to be hooked up at the lot at 62 East Hastings, we are taking matters into our own hands and installing a completely zero waste solar energy solution for the Downtown Eastside. Hopefully, it will be up and running soon. We just need to get some wiring, and construct an intelligent mounting system that allows panels to change angle in the summer and winter.