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WESN at Work

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

  1. St. Paul’s Hospital
  2. Transportation
  3. Housing
  4. Home Support Services
  5. Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
  6. Weather
  7. 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

  • Minutes (07-Dec-2016)
  • Handout (07-Dec-2016)

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 – A Closer Look: A Heatwave, A Pandemic, and Rising Crime (01-Jul-2021)
  • 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
  • CBC (30-Jun-2021): Top story

WESN in the News

  • APlaceforMom.com – West End Seniors’ Network: Seniors Helping Seniors (19-Feb-2015)

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

  • WESN featured in December 2020 newsletter (P#10)
  • WESN featured in March 2019 newsletter (P#15)

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

  • One in four retirees regret their decision to retire, a new poll suggests (30-Jan-2019)

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

  • B.C. seniors carrying a higher debt load than counterparts across Canada (06-Jun-2018)

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 senior makes most of second chances by giving back to community (08-Sep-2019)

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)

West End Journal

  • Talk of the Town: Executive Director leaving WESN (01-Aug-2021)

Last Updated: 27-Jul-2021

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