I’ve come across two interesting articles on mental health this week:  one that explores a mother’s frustration with the “system” and the “parents to blame game” and one that talks about the financial impact mental illness has on  businesses in ... Read more

The Mental Health Commission of Canada is researching the effects of mental health and homelessness. Their current project “At Home/Chez Soi”, the largest research project of its kind in the world, is underway in five cities across Canada. The At ... Read more

One of Vancouver's most popular bloggers, Raul Pacheco, and his friend and follow blogger, Isabella Mori, organize "Mental Health Camp". Raul has written a great piece about mental health and how every one of us can suffer from a mental ... Read more

Kevin Takahashi and Alex Lau from RBC Financial presented Krista Thompson, Executive Director of Covenant House Vancouver with a donation of $40,000 to help fund Covenant House's Mental Health Program. This donation of $40,000 will help to ensure that our ... Read more

Covenant House Vancouver and the Inner City Youth Mental Health Project (ICYMHP) were recently recognized nationally by the National Eva's Innovation Award, generously sponsored by CIBC. Covenant House Vancouver was chosen as one of three award winners out of 31 ... Read more

 Yesterday afternoon I spoke to the customer service agent at one of our vendors. The women disclosed that she has a son that has been staying with us off and on for several years. She mentioned that she knew for ... Read more

Tom had been living on the streets, on the beach and in adult shelters before he first came to Covenant House. He had fled the family home because of conflict with his parents. Tom managed to get odd jobs now ... Read more

I have attached an article on disordered eating for everyone. In some way, shape or form regardless of what department you work in, we are all affected by disordered eating here at Covenant House. For the last year this has ... Read more