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We provide leadership and funding to drive innovation to improve health outcomes for people suffering severe addiction and mental health challenges

InnerChange Foundation provides leadership, funding and advocacy to drive innovation and change to improve the health outcomes for people who are suffering from mental health challenges and addiction. Clinical research conducted in Europe and elsewhere strongly indicates that there is a more effective approach to the problem of drug addiction in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The Board of Directors of InnerChange Foundation believes that new and innovative treatment modalities must be developed utilizing science-based evidence and pragmatic approaches, benefiting from well-documented, positive experiences in other cities.

10/10/2015

great announcement http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/announces+additional+funding+risk+youth/11427785/story.html

B.C. MLA for Vancouver False Creek Sam Sullivan announced an additional $250,000 in provincial funding for crisis help for at-risk women at Covenant House.

10/08/2015

thank-goodness we have METL to shed light: http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/canada/britishcolumbia/story/1.3262821

B.C.'s child protection service is in crisis, a new report from Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond states. Growing up in B.C. - 2015/Office of the Representative of Children and Youth

10/08/2015

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/burnaby-mother-daughter-alone-1.3261897

"I want answers to how the decisions were made, who made them, why they were made and why no one would listen to me."

10/07/2015

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/prison-aboriginal-street-youth-1.3260819

Aboriginal street youth in Vancouver are 1.4 times more likely to be jailed than their non-aboriginal peers, says a study released Wednesday.

09/09/2015

http://www.vancouversun.com/health/interest+therapeutic+psychedelic+drugs+rise+says+research+review/11348508/story.html

Research in Vancouver on psychedelic drugs as a possible treatment for mental illness is part of a worldwide renaissance of the formerly sidelined area. “The door to research has opened and many have walked through,” says Mark Haden, board chairman of the Multidisciplinary Association fo…

07/17/2015

Thank-you VPD - very inspiring! http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/undercover-vancouver-police-officer-mark-horsley-uncovers-kindness-in-downtown-eastside-1.3155360

A Vancouver police officer who posed as a disabled man in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside in a bid to catch thieves encountered unexpected kindness and compassion.

07/14/2015

Mental health and addiction treatment - separating these is folly: http://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong

What really causes addiction -- to everything from co***ne to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do -- and if there m…

07/10/2015

"all addictions start with pain, and end with pain" Eckhart Tolle http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/what-is-addiction-gabor-mate/

3 minutes | Dr. Gabor Maté talks about the root causes of addiction and how to deal with them.

06/05/2015

thank-you CBC! Great interview http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/drugs-aren-t-the-problem-says-addictions-expert-dr-carl-hart-1.3101538

Before he became a renowned neuroscientist and drug abuse specialist, Dr. Carl Hart dabbled in selling and using drugs while growing up in Miami. He says the overwhelming majority of drugs users don't have a drug problem and he's advocating for governments to change their approach.

05/22/2015

So very tragic http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/paige-s-tragic-story-hits-close-to-home-for-aboriginal-mother-in-vancouver-1.3083078

Melanie Lecoy dealt with addiction and abuse throughout her childhood

05/22/2015

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/homemade-he**in-close-to-reality-say-canadian-researchers-1.3082971

Researchers say they can use genetically engineered yeast to turn simple sugars into powerful opiates.

05/14/2015

http://www.vancouversun.com/Daphne+Bramham+much+talk+enough+action+addiction+treatment+kids/11053314/story.html

Everyone agrees that there’s an urgent need for more youth addiction treatment in B.C., and more kinds of treatment. Yet once again, British Columbia is the only province other than Newfoundland that has no long-term residential treatment for kids with addictions.

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