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Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter is Canada's longest running rape crisis center. [1] The shelter, located in Vancouver , British Columbia , was established in 1973 and has operated a feminist transition house since 1983, offering women shelter from men who are abusing them, including fathers, husbands, sons, pimps , johns and landlords.
The CPR president, William Van Horne, decided that Granville was not such a great name for the new terminus because of the seedy associations with Gastown, and strongly suggested "Vancouver" would be a better name, in part because people in Toronto and Montreal knew where Vancouver Island was but had no idea of where Granville was.
see patients 24/7 at the Urgent Care Centre (pregnant women who are registered to deliver here, or who have delivered and up to six weeks post-birth; As a health centre, BC Women's provides care and treatment to over 19,000 outpatients each year through women's health services including: [citation needed] Maternity Ambulatory Program
The Vancouver Women’s Caucus is Canadian feminist organization active from 1968 to 1971. [1] The group founded an abortion awareness campaign which included the Abortion Caravan . The group was also responsible for shutting down Parliament for the first time in Canadian history.
The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and sex work.
By 2008, half of Vancouver's homeless population had been homeless for over one year, and 90 percent of them were homeless by themselves without a partner, child, dog, or companion of any kind. [10] Homeless youth in Vancouver tend to have lower rates of being alone, and the number of homeless youth for each gender is evenly split. [10]
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Vancouver has hosted many international conferences and events, including the 1954 Commonwealth Games, UN Habitat I, Expo 86, APEC Canada 1997, the World Police and Fire Games in 1989 and 2009; several matches of 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup including the finals at BC Place in Downtown Vancouver, [15] and the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics ...