DTES Emergency and Distribution Hub

We are proposing to coordinate a community-led research program in partnership with the Hub network to evaluate the nature, frequency, and distribution of emergencies across multiple equity-deserving groups in the DTES. With the consent of the participants, we plan to share the data with partner organizations and institutions, along with a strategy for distribution. We hope that this transparency motivates donors to send appropriate materials to the neighbourhood, which will be distributed in a time-appropriate manner through the Hub network. 

 

We believe that this would be a beneficial tool that can build over time to become increasingly useful to the community. The community researchers will be trained to evaluate the emergency response program and provide recommendations on how it might improve in the following years. Beginning the process would allow for the introduction of grassroots public census data sharing strengthening the culture of resource sharing and community encompassing projects. 

 

We have started working with UBC and the Learning Exchange, as well as other community-led research projects such as those conducted by SRO-C in hopes that they will be able to support the development of an ethical research protocol. We hope that this initiative contributes to a mutually beneficial relationship between the DTES and research institutions. 

 

Not only will this project create a living narrative of the community’s emergency responses, it will also contribute to the evolving culture of community-led research in the DTES.

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