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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 .
The Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA) was a non-profit society in the Downtown Eastside area of Vancouver, operating from 1973 until 2010. The association was founded by Bruce Eriksen , Libby Davies , Jean Swanson , University of Victoria professor Calvin Sandborn [ 1 ] and other residents of the Downtown Eastside.
Along with West End, Stanley Park and the nearby Downtown Eastside, Downtown makes up Central Vancouver, one of the city's three main areas (the others being East Side and West Side). With a disproportionately high amount of residential towers for a central business district in a geographically constrained area, Downtown Vancouver is one of the ...
Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has been reported to have a disproportionately high population of Indigenous people. [13] As of 2013, the Indigenous population made up 2% of Vancouver as a whole and 10% of the Downtown Eastside. [14] Downtown Eastside is one of Vancouver’s oldest neighbourhoods, and one of Canadas poorest. It has been marked ...
Jean Swanson CM (born 1942 or 1943) [2] is a Canadian politician, anti-poverty activist, and writer in Vancouver, British Columbia. She represented the left-wing Coalition of Progressive Electors on Vancouver City Council as one of Vancouver's 10 at-large city councillors from 2018 to 2022. [1]
East Vancouver (also called East Van or the East Side) is a region within the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Geographically, East Vancouver is bordered to the north by Burrard Inlet , to the south by the Fraser River , and to the east by the city of Burnaby .
In 1991, the Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA) converted a local hotel to housing for homeless people and named it after the American city of Portland, Oregon, due to its reputation for aiding homeless people. [4] Shortly after, the hotel became the headquarters of PHS as a breakaway group from DERA.
Bruce Eriksen (March 22, 1928 – March 16, 1997) was an artist, social activist and founder of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA). Eriksen and DERA are recognised for materially improving the lives of residents in the Downtown Eastside .