“This type of anti-Asian racism is targeted, it’s targeted to who the racists think are vulnerable and who won’t fight back,” a Chinese Canadian National Council spokesperson said.
‘Aside from COVID-19, our BIPOC students were suffering. They were going to be coming back to school and ... needing the right educators to have those brave conversations.’
“Without food, without drinkable water, without shelter, the cats will all die.” The harsh conditions each winter make these months the time when the shelter is needed most.
“Surgery is particularly important in children in terms of time because of growth and development … and surgery is often timed critically with certain stages of development.”
Area residents say it’s not that they don’t have compassion for the people experiencing homelessness, rather they think there’s a lack of mental health resources being dedicated to this segment of the population.