For 21 years, Hum has been part of communities in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Downtown South, and the University of British Columbia, on the unceded, ancestral, traditional territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.

There is lots of information about the Programme below, and for now, we will also post some information relevant to our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Downtown Eastside resource list, from the Vancouver Coastal Health Overdose Emergency Response Team (VCH OER). Please email any resources you would like to add to this list to  overdoseresponse@vch.ca  

1) Carnegie Community Centre:

1.       Open 9:00-20:00
2.      Breakfast, lunch, and dinner continue to be served
3.       Available indoor hang out space

2) Coast Clubhouse: Closed until further notice

3) Coast Resource Centre:

1.       Indoor space and programming closed
2.      Bagged lunches being handed out at the door, staggered by last name (A-H 11:00-11:30, I-M 11:40-12:10, N-S 12:20-12:50, T-Z 13:00-13:30)
3.       Harm reduction supplies available at the door

4) Evelyne Saller (44 Club):

1.       Open 9:00-20:00
2.      Breakfast, lunch, and dinner continue to be served
3.       Available indoor hang out space

5) First United:

1.       Community drop-in centre closed
2.      Hot lunch to go served at 12:00 at the door
3.       Harm reductions supplies available at the door

6) The Gathering Place:

1.       Open 9:00-20:00
2.      Breakfast, lunch, and dinner continue to be served
3.       Available indoor hang out space

7) The Kettle: Usual drop-in space and lunch available, but limited to 50 people (members only)

8) MPA Resource Centre:

1.       Members now must sign waiver to come in
2.      Breakfast and dinner continue to be served
3.       Indoor hang out space available

9) Open Door Group: all group programming suspended; continuing to support clients who access 1:1 services in person, by phone, and by Skype

10) Powell Street Getaway: Continuing usual service limited to 50 people at a time (indoor space available)

11) Union Gospel Mission:

1.       Hot lunch (11:00) and dinner (18:30) served to go from the door
2.      Indoor space closed

12) Vancouver Recovery Club: meetings and indoor space available, but limited to 50 people

13)  Heatley Clinic – Open for medical appointments only, and will be providing lunch programs from 5PM-8PM for Women Only to substitute the meal we normally provided.

14) Downtown Community Court – has cancelled programs and the courts are trying to limit the amount of people coming into the courts and we are seeing most people at the door or just outside.

15) Binners Project – Has closed their back-of-house waste sorting, public representation, Binners meetings, and event programs

16) Mission Possible  – Still operating employment programs, but closing for new intakes/workshops/programming

17) La Boussole – Closed

18) EMBERS Staffing Solutions – Still running temp agency

19) BC housing office – closed

Posted March 19 2020: “Open City of Vancouver Services in Downtown Vancouver” information re COVID-19

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Do you live in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Downtown South or somewhere nearby?

Would you like to learn more about Writing, First Nations Studies, Philosophy, Music, Art, Sociology, Popular Culture, Literature, History, Politics, Women and Gender Studies, Law, Architecture and more?

The Humanities 101 Community Programme (fondly known as “Hum”) offers four non-credit, university-level courses at UBC for people living in the Downtown Eastside, Downtown South (DTES/South) and surrounding areas who have a lust for learning—especially those whose economic situation, academic experience, financial and social well-being are compromised. Courses are tuition free, and all participants receive course materials, bus tickets, meal vouchers and childcare (if required), as well as student cards which give access to UBC facilities and services.

In Hum courses we study a different area each week, taught by excellent teachers in a respectful environment. They are grounded in relevant, interdisciplinary critical and creative thinking in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

Hum’s Public Programmes are offered year round in the DTES/Downtown South locations where participants live, work and volunteer. These groups are open to the general public and are a great way for people to get involved in Hum. For Hum alumni, these groups provide a platform to continue on with their shared intellectual and creative practices. They typically begin with ideas generated by participants of the Hum Programme and continue to be shaped largely by those who attend. Public Programmes are a way to have fun, remain involved and connected, and learn something along the way.