Please see below for some of the media coverage and reports in which our organization has been involved as part of achieving our mission.
Contents
- St. Paul’s Hospital
- Transportation
- Housing
- Home Support Services
- Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
- Weather
- WESN in the News
St. Paul’s Hospital
- CBC Radio On The Coast (13-Apr-2015): Starting at 58:32 minutes
- Vancouver City Council – Standing Committee on Planning, Transportation and Environment (29-Apr-2015): Agenda item 6, starting at 14:14 minutes
- Vancouver City Council – Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities (20-Jan-2016): Agenda item 4, starting at 1:39:46
- CTV News – St. Paul’s Hospital update: Construction beginning at new site (08-Mar-2021)
Media coverage of St. Paul’s Hospital Town Hall meeting (26-May-2015)
- CTV – Hospital relocation upsets seniors
- CBC – St. Paul’s Hospital relocation upsets West End seniors
West End Stakeholder Meetings
Transportation
- West End Journal – A Closer Look: Vanishing Bus Stops (01-Dec-2020)
- Georgia Straight – Vancouver eyes reopening Beach Avenue to eastbound traffic as seniors struggle with #23 bus reroute (21-Oct-2020)
- Georgia Straight – West End Seniors’ Network opposes removal of Davie Street bus stop for new Vancouver parklet (19-Feb-2020)
- Vancouver Courier – West End seniors oppose plan to replace bus stop with a parklet (15-Feb-2020)
- Georgia Straight – Bus stop versus parklet: Potential outdoor space overlooking Vancouver’s English Bay stirs controversy (12-Feb-2020) [Featuring member Ann Hunter]
- MLA opposes 350% street parking cost increase in West End (07-Feb-2017)
- Metro – Vancouver to consider 350% parking cost increase in West End (06-Feb-2017)
- News 1130 – Uber could be beneficial for seniors (27-Sep-2016)
- Vancouver Sun – City of Vancouver to permanently close one block of Robson Street (20-Apr-2016)
- Thunderbird – West End seniors demand cyclists slow down at English Bay (17-Oct-2012)
- Letter to City of Vancouver re. closure of 800 block of Robson Street (13-Sep-2012)
Housing
- Seniors Housing Lab (09-Nov-2020)
- WESN Report: Issues Facing Older Adult Renters in the West End of Vancouver (20-Sep-2019)
- Globe and Mail – “They’ve taken baby steps: Professor slams Ottawa’s housing strategy (02-May-2019)
- Vancouver Courier – Renters demand Vancouver city council protect them from renovictions (27-Nov-2018)
- Fabiosa – Some senior citizens who face homelessness would rather would rather commit suicide (28-Sep-2018)
- Vancouver City Council – Funding for West End Older Adult Housing Navigation Service (18-Apr-2018): Agenda item 12, starting at 01:05 minutes
- StarMetro – Millennials and seniors room together as response to Vancouver’s housing crisis (13-Apr-2018)
- Global News Radio 980 CKNW (The Lynda Steele Show) – Vancouver held its annual homeless count earlier this month, and seniors are particularly vulnerable (27-Mar-2018)
- ThinkPol – Unable to afford rent, some Vancouver seniors choosing to take their own lives rather than become homeless (26-Mar-2018)
- CTV – BC housing crisis forcing seniors into the streets (05-Jan-2018)
- Canadian Press – Housing crisis in B.C. pushing seniors to brink of homelessness: advocates (17-Dec-2017)
- CTV – ‘We see suicidal seniors’: BC housing crisis forcing elderly into the streets (17-Dec-2017)
- CBC – Facing the housing crisis later in life: Vancouver seniors seek help (27-Nov-2017)
- CBC Radio Early Edition – Seniors in West End need help connecting with roommates, housing resources (27-Nov-2017)
- CBC – Pairing older adults as roommates community consultation (27-Nov-2017): Starting at 15:02 minutes
- CBC – Vancouver council candidates square off in housing and homelessness forum (05-Oct-2017)
- Vancouver Courier – Seniors giving up quality of life to pay rent (10-Aug-2017)
- Vancouver City Council – Rezoning of 969 Burrard Street and 1019-1045 Nelson Street (18-Jul-2017): Agenda item 3, starting at 55:56 minutes
- Westender – ‘No Fixed Address’ tackles Vancouver’s housing crisis (18-May-2017)
- Metro – Documentary takes a deep dive into Vancouver’s housing crisis (12-May-2017)
- Globe and Mail – Seniors: The ‘invisible’ renters in Vancouver’s housing boom (31-Mar-2017)
- Georgia Straight – Protection for Low-Income Renters (17-Dec-2015)
- Vancouver City Council – Standing Committee on Planning, Transportation and Environment (10-Dec-2015): Agenda item 4, video clip of part 2, starting at 4:40 minutes
- WESN Housing Committee Report – A Preliminary Look at Issues Facing Senior Renters in the West End (Sep-2012)
Home Support Services
- Vancouver Sun – Big increase in demand for home services for seniors due to COVID-19 (25-Mar-2020)
- CKNW Radio – Aging Alone:
- Part 1: The Price of Loneliness (28-Dec-2015)
- Part 2: Care and Isolation (29-Dec-2015)
- Part 3: Thriving with Independence (30-Dec-2015)
- Final Report – West End Better at Home Community Consultation (Feb. 2013)
Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
- Special Meeting – COVID-19 Pandemic and Stanley Park Transportation and Access Reopening Plan (18-Jun-2020): WESN presentation starts at 11:15:47
- Special Meeting – CCA-Joint Operating Agreement (09-Feb-2017): WESN presentation starts at 03:51:10
Food Security
- CBC – Food bank clients struggle with access as Greater Vancouver Food Bank centralizes services (11-Sep-2020)
- CBC – Food bank clients have hard time accessing food during pandemic (11-Sep-2020)
- Powered By Age Podcast – Alliance of Seniors’ Centres of BC (09-Jul-2020): Starting at 35:20 [Featuring Executive Director Anthony Kupferschmidt]
COVID-19 (Other)
- West End Journal – Community Spotlight: West End Seniors’ Network – Providing needed help in a troubled time (01-Mar-2021)
- CBC Vancouver News – Letters, phone calls and meals: How people in Metro Vancouver have pivoted to help isolated seniors (25-Dec-2020)
- CBC Vancouver News – Seniors struggle with online applications (19-Dec-2020): Starting at 4:19
- Province – Mental health challenges expected to increase during the first full winter of COVID-19 (11-Oct-2020)
- Global News – COVID-19 memorial unveiled in Vancouver’s West End (15-Sep-2020)
- Vancouver Sun – COVID-19 West End memorial honours seniors who died from coronavirus (15-Sep-2020)
Alcohol
- Engaging in Community Dialogues on Low-Risk Alcohol Use Guidelines for Older Adults – Report (2018)
- Engaging in Community Dialogues on Low-Risk Alcohol Use Guidelines for Older Adults – Journal of Applied Gerontology (2019)
- Updated Understanding of the Experiences and Perceptions of Alcohol Use in Later Life – Canadian Journal on Aging (2020)
Participatory Budgeting
- CBC – The people of the West End have spoken: This is what they want with $100K (09-Feb-2020)
- CBC Vancouver News (08-Feb-2020): Starting at 8:47 [Featuring Executive Director Anthony Kupferschmidt]
- WE Choo$e Participatory Budgeting pilot video (Youtube)
Weather
- CTV (08-Dec-2016): Starting at 10:32
- CBC Radio Early Edition (04-Jan-2017): Starting at 02:31:22
- 107.7 Pulse FM (05-Jan-2017): Featuring Executive Director Anthony Kupferschmidt
WESN in the News
BC Association of Community Response Networks (BCCRN)
WESN is proud to be the Coordinator Agency for the Vancouver West End / Coal Harbour / Yaletown chapter of the BCCRN.
- COVID-19 is shining a light on elder abuse at home (May 2020 newsletter)
CBC
- Seniors’ groups call for B.C. ministry devoted to people in their later years (14-Oct-2020)
- The consumer debt that goes ‘poof’ when you die (17-Jun-2018)
City of Vancouver
- Planning Vancouver Together – What you’ve told us so far (10-Mar-2020) [Featuring Barclay Manor, WESN members, and Executive Director Anthony Kupferschmidt]
Clothes and Collectibles Thrift Store
- West End Journal – Community Spotlight (01-Aug-2020)
- West End Business Improvement Association – Interview with manager Laura Fee (31-Oct-2017)
- Vancouver Courier – Urban Senior: Friendly thrift store offers rare finds (27-May-2014)
- West Coast Reader – Volunteers help people (07-Aug-2013)
Consulate General for France in Vancouver
- Consulate General for France in Vancouver – Recognition for commitment during COVID-19 (14-Jul-2020)
- Radio-Canada – A July 14 like no other in Vancouver (13-Jul-2020)
- Radio-Canada – Seniors in the spotlight during French National Day (13-Jul-2020)
Council of Senior Citizens’ Organizations of BC
CTV
- Ottawa announces support for seniors (12-May-2020): Starting at 1:14
- In Your Neighbourhood: West End (15-Sep-2017): Starting at 33:21 [Featuring lifetime member Evelyn Black]
- B.C. cancer cases to rise 57 per cent by 2030, agency warns (26-May-2015)
Global News Radio
McGill University
- Lived experiences of aging immigrants (11-May-2017)
Simon Fraser University
- Public Square – How is grandma really doing?: Caring for elders in our community (21-May-2020)
- Gerontology Research Centre Newsletter special edition on COVID-19 (Summer 2020) [Article by Executive Director Anthony Kupferschmidt]
StarMetro Vancouver
University of British Columbia Active Aging Research Team / Centre for Hip Health and Mobility
- Make it walkable… and sittable! Lessons from Vancouver’s West End for the new Arbutus Greenway (24-Jan-2017)
- “Benches are like porches”: Built and social environment influences on older adults’ experiences of mobility and well-being – Social Science & Medicine (2016)
United Way of the Lower Mainland
- Safe Seniors, Strong Communities video (BC Seniors’ Week 2020)
- Celebrating community resilience (BC Seniors’ Week 2020)
Vancouver Coastal Health
- Health and Social Profile – Community Health Area 1: City Centre (Fall 2013) [Introduction by Executive Director Eric Kowalski]
Vancouver Courier
Vancouver Sun
- Poorest BC seniors not getting help, advocate says (06-Mar-2015)
- United Way shortfall cuts off funding to 31 seniors groups (06-Apr-2014)
- A comfortable, convenient single life (01-Jun-2013)
- Troubling economic trends for Metro Vancouver seniors, according to new research (14-Mar-2013)
Westender
- What’s good for Vancouver seniors is good for us as a whole (25-Jul-2013)
- Vancouver seniors staying connected at Barclay Manor (25-Jul-2013)
Last Updated: 16-Jun-2021