Health Providers Against Poverty

HPAP held a press conference today (January 31) to highlight the findings of our report on conditions in the City of Toronto Temporary Respite Shelters and to call on municipal and provincial governments to act on the city’s shelter crisis. Speakers at the press conference included HPAP member Dr. Michaela Beder, Street Nurse Cathy Crowe, Patricia O’Connell from Sistering, Canadian singer-songwriter Leslie Feist, and city councillors Kristyn Wong-Tam and Joe Cressy.

You can find a live video of the press conference on our Twitter feed:

We generated lots of media coverage and buzz on Twitter with the report release and the press conference! See below for some highlights:

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/01/30/advocates-alarmed-by-conditions-in-emergency-drop-ins.html

https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2018/01/31/as-advocates-push-for-more-to-shelter-homeless-council-votes-to-review-supports-and-keep-respite-centres-open-longer.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/shelter-debate-1.4512567

https://globalnews.ca/news/3997271/toronto-warming-centres-homeless/

Last but not least, Dr. Samantha Green will be on CBC’s Metro Morning radio show tomorrow morning (Feb 1) to discuss the report, so be sure to listen in!