National Housing Day
November 22, 2009

The Greater Saint John Homelessness Steering Committee is celebrating National Housing Day on Thursday, November 19th. (Click here to see the event poster!)

Join us from 7am-9am for a Community Breakfast at the Salvation Army at 27 Prince Edward Street. Drop by for a free breakfast and hear our guest speaker Brian Duplessis (Executive Director, Fredericton Homeless Shelters) talk about successes and challenges with housing and homelessness.

In the evening, from 6pm-9pm, join us for H.E.L.P (Housing and Homelessness Education Learning Party) at the Chinese Commerce Centre. We will have a free BBQ, the 2nd Annual Tin Can Challenge, a service provider fair, musical entertainment, and more!

For more information call 634-1673 or email info@sjhdc.ca.

Around the Block
October 13, 2009

The 7th Issue of Around the Block hit the streets today. This is the publication's 1st Anniversary issue, which expanded to 16 pages and 9,000 copies in honour of this special occasion.

VitalSigns 2009
October 6, 2009

The Greater Saint John Community Foundation released VitalSigns 2009 today, our region's annual check-up. Click here to see the full document or here to see the expanded online version.

Perspectives on Homelessness
September 10, 2009

The Greater Saint John Homelessness Steering Committee has released Volume 2, Issue 2 of their homelessness newsletter. Click here to read the full document.

Around the Block
August 18, 2009

Issue 6 of Around the Block, the local community paper for the five priority neighbourhoods, was released today. Click here to see the full issue.

A Choir of Voices
August 6, 2009

The New Brunswick Poverty Reduction Initiative has released A Choir of Voices, a summary of the first phase of the public engagement initiative. To read the report, click here.

Homelessness Report Card
August 4, 2009

The first Homeslessness Report Cards have been released for Greater Saint John and the Province of New Brunswick by the Greater Saint John Homelessness Steering Committee, the Community Homelessness Network Inc. (Bathurst), the Fredericton Community Action Group on Homelessness, and the Greater Moncton Homelessness Steering Committee. Copies of the report may be read by clicking here.