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November 12, 2021
Healthcare: the heart of PHS
The communities we serve suffer grave health inequities. And since we started in 1993, when...
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‘We are in a trauma crisis’ – Guy Felicella on the overdose emergency
Walking through the Downtown Eastside you see human suffering at its rawest – people temporarily...
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Radical pragmatism: how harm reduction saves lives at a PHS homeless shelter
PHS’s New Fountain Shelter allows open drug use – to save lives. Shelter guests who...
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Insite: an anniversary of hope
Insite, which celebrates its 18th anniversary this month, is both a frontline clinical unit...
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A race for the community is on!
The Under Armour Eastside 10K brings a real sense of community to runners, and fundraising...
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From marginalized to prioritized: how the community became a vaccination-drive focus
Vaccinations are ending the pandemic – which is why PHS staff are supporting pop-up clinics...
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The case against the war on drugs
The war on drugs has been a 50-year failure. By whatever measure you judge it...
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#ICYMI June news
In case you missed it! There’s always media interest in what we do at PHS....
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Supporters building community in the Downtown Eastside and Victoria one donation at a time
Giving to others gives back to you. PHS Community Services Society is a registered charity...
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Vancouver business inviting customers to support people hit by homelessness and overdose crisis
A community business has a novel approach to fundraising that’s collected more than $25,000 towards...
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Mental Health Workers: where housing meets harm reduction
Mental Health Workers are the heart of frontline PHS operations in Victoria and Vancouver. These...
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PHS has an innovative response to homelessness in store
Vancouver’s former Army & Navy department store will serve as an innovative pathway to housing...
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The PHS Board: volunteers maintaining our vision & values
The public face of PHS is all about the services provided to the community, but...
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East Van Roasters serves up ambitious expansion plans
Award-winning Vancouver artisan coffee and chocolate specialists East Van Roasters (EVR) has a new ownership...
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Applying harm reduction to alcohol consumption on city streets
An innovative PHS program to serve alcohol at an outdoor parklet as a public health measure is now underway...
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Arena offers relief to homeless in Victoria
An innovative temporary shelter operated by PHS Community Services Society at a Victoria hockey arena...
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PHS to deliver multi-year safe supply program
A new multi-year PHS project will provide life-saving pharmaceutical alternatives to toxic street drugs. The SAFER Initiative...
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Sheltering homeless people while they wait for COVID-19 test results
RV trailers operated by PHS to provide temporary quarantine stays PHS Community Services Society is...
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“We’ve lost a true friend and a genuine hero”
Tributes paid to civil liberties icon who helped save Insite “When the Canadian government tried...
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Decriminalization of Personal Possession of Illicit Drugs Membership at the November 18, 2020 Annual General...
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Safe supply saves lives
Researchers confirm the lifesaving power of a safe supply of drugs “It will come as...
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Breaking the cycle of survival drinking
Applying harm reduction to illicit drinking A peer-led PHS program that gives people alternatives to...
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Homeless count examines race-based data
Homeless count examines race: minority groups significantly more like to be on the streets This...
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Dr. Christy Sutherland on advances in treatment options
Doctors integrate opioid agonist treatments in their practice PHS medical director Dr. Christy Sutherland talks...
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