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SUMMARY:HSABC Webinar: COVID-19: Emergency Housing and BC's Public Safety
  Order for Dismantling Camps Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Corey Ranger, Public Health Nurse, and Alynn Gausvik, Senior 
 Director of LA Family Housing, will be on the line to discuss how to saf
 ely and compassionately transition people from homeless camps to the eme
 rgency housing and hotel rooms being provided by government, and talk ch
 allenges, on the ground experience and practical tips for outreach and f
 rontline workers based on their experience with large camps and complex 
 populations in Victoria, BC and Los Angeles.\n\nThe BC Government announ
 ced a public safety order on April 25th to dismantle encampments and mov
 e inhabitants to the emergency housing and hotel rooms being secured and
  the deadline is set for May 9th.\n\nAlynn Gausvik has worked in homeles
 s prevention for families, youth housing research and policy development
 , Housing First for chronically homeless\nadults, and now Engagement for
  families and individuals. She was recently involved in re-homing over 1
 ,000 people from one of Los Angeles' longstanding encampments due to the
  COVID-19 crisis.\n\nCorey Ranger started his nursing career facilitatin
 g a blood borne pathogens program in the Edmonton downtown core—since 
 that time, Corey has worked on the Harm Reduction team in downtown Calga
 ry, implemented and coordinated HIV programming in rural Alberta, as wel
 l as the take-home naloxone project and supervised consumption services 
 in Medicine Hat. Corey is highly driven and passionate about ethical and
  evidence-based approaches to public health problems. He has a wealth of
  experience in both formal and informal education, having acted as instr
 uctor/coordinator for the practical nursing program at Medicine Hat Coll
 ege. Most recently, Corey has moved back to Vancouver Island and has tak
 en on the role of project manager for the Provincial Peer Training Curri
 culum project with the government of British Columbia. He has most recen
 tly been involved in advocacy, systems and frontline work in Victoria's 
 two homeless encampments.\n\n \n\n \n\n-------------------------------
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 f your organization is not a member of HSABC, please select the Non-memb
 er rate and create a guest account.\n\nWhy do I need an account?\nYou w
 ill be able to log into the private area and view your training courses 
 and certificates.
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