Solving Homelessness

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012

A short film profiling a participant in the At Home/Chez Soi mental health and homelessness research project, as he cooks a group breakfast.

Mental Health Day: Canadian Homelessness and Addictions

Monday, October 10th, 2011

Interview with a Vancouver, BC man who is homeless after completing a drug rehab program, talking about housing conditions in the Downtown Eastside and systematic barriers to stable mental health and sobriety with housing.

Camp Take Notice

Friday, May 27th, 2011

The brilliant leader of a progressive self-governed tent city talks about its genesis, principles, and his personal experiences of depression and homelessness.

Prison Horrors

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Documentary examining conditions on a prison psych unit, as social trends continue to close hospital beds and criminalize mental illness. Excellent short film.

Participatory Research

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Mental health consumers collaborate with an investigator to design and conduct a research project on housing.

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