IN THE MEDIA
MEDIA INQUIRIES
For interview requests and speaking opportunities, please contact:
Ariane Fleischmann
Manager, Communications & Advocacy
T: 604 731 4951 X 4156
afleischmann@fsgv.ca
RELEASES
FSGV CEO Maria Howard releases statement on Directions Youth Detox closure (April 2022)
Slipper Soirée Helps People Find a Safe Place to Sleep (September 2021)
FSGV recommits to its Statement of Reconciliation (June 2021)
FSGV CEO Announcement (Sept 2020)
Our response to the BC Budget 2020 (Feb 2020)
Directions Youth Services Calls On BC Citizens To Help Vancouver’s Homeless Youth (Mar 2019)
FSGV Loses Bid For Second WorkBC Employment Service Centre Location And Will Be Shutting Its Doors (Dec 2018)
FSGV’s 90th Anniversary Speakeasy Soirée One of the Year’s Gala Events (Oct 2018)
Directions celebrates 10 years of EA Media Room (Jun 2018)
Food Insecurity Hits Hardest for Youth on Vancouver Streets – ANITL 2018 (Feb 2018)
2022
Here’s how you can cook with Chef Bruno Feldeisen – and help families in New West and beyond | New West Record | Feb 23
Celebrity Chef Bruno Feldeisen’s Hosting Virtual Cooking Class to Support Local Families in Need | Inside Vancouver | Feb 22
Fam Jam Kitchen Fundraiser with Chef Bruno Feldeisen | Miss 604| Feb 22
Fam Jam Kitchen Fundraiser 2022 with Fresh Prep | Foodgressing | Feb 21
Family Services of Greater Vancouver Announces Ticket Sales for Family-inspired Virtual Cooking Class in April | My VanCity | Feb 21
大溫家庭服務烹飪班 門票下周一開始發售 | Ming Pao | Feb 18
Chef Bruno Feldeisen to host Vancouver’s Fam Jam Kitchen | Eat North | Feb 16
Cook to Support Families in Need | VITA Daily | Feb 16
Family of Vernon, B.C. woman killed in U.K. ‘navigating a nightmare’ | Global News | Feb 8
Family Services seeks to connect New West families through programs | New Westminster Record | Jan 28
Managing finances amid rising costs | CBC News Vancouver at 6 | Jan 20
Canada’s inflation rate rises to a new 30-year high | CBC The Early Edition| Jan 20
2021
Family Services and NWPD tackling domestic violence together for 25 years | New Westminster Record | Dec 3
How British Columbians are tackling rising food costs with coupons, apps, bulk buying groups | CBC | Oct 31
New West residents – including youth – are invited to apply for Neighbourhood Small Grants | New Westminster Record | Oct 15
Tips for having a conflict-free Thanksgiving dinner | On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko | Oct 8
Climbing food, basics thanks to inflation | CityNews 1130 | Sep 15
A BC grant to help kids with post-secondary costs isn’t working | The Tyee | Feb 15
Vancouver to spend $2.1 million on street cleaning jobs for the homeless in 2021 | Daily Hive | Feb 8
Mental Health of British Columbians scarred by Covid-19 | Radio-Canada | Jan 30
CEO Spotlight: Maria Howard, FSGV, Chief Executive Officer | Family Services Canada | Jan 20
This 52-year-old aspires to work in social services but doesn’t have a degree | The Globe and Mail | Jan 13
2020
BC budget falls short for victims, youth and homeless, say groups | Vancouver Sun | Feb 20
Response to the BC Budget: A Balanced Plan to Keep BC Moving Forward | Yahoo Finance | Feb 18
2019
Because We Are Girls explores the true impact of sexual abuse and the true importance of community | The Peak | Jun 19
Need to Know, Need to Go: June 3–7 | The Peak | Jun 1
An interview with Gregg Taylor and Lillian Chen at FSGV | Reel Causes | May 28
How We Eat Now – New West Museum event highlights food security | New Westminster Record | Apr 27
This is how you can help end youth homelessness in Vancouver | Daily Hive | Apr 3
Vancouver awards street cleaning grants | Solid Waste & Recycling | Feb 19
City Of Vancouver Opens Extra Temporary Shelters For Homeless Due To Extreme Cold Weather Warnings | Narcity | Feb 3
‘The poverty children face is often hidden from us’ | The Province | Jan 12
2018
From ‘hidden homelessness’ to sobriety, this woman works directly with Vancouver’s youth in crisis (profile of Phoenix Beck, Directions Youth Services Operations Manager) | Vancouver is Awesome | December 2018
Aging in a healing and thriving community | Insights Magazine (BC Association of Clinical Counsellors) | Winter 2018
Here’s how you can help New West groups that help others – at Christmas and beyond | New Westminster Record | Dec 2018
Vancouver elementary students collect donations for street youth | Vancouver Courier | Dec 2018
Only 1 in 3 employers taking action to end bullying: Survey (interview with Lara Barley, FSGV Director of Human Resources) | Canadian HR Reporter | Nov 2018
B.C. children’s watchdog calls for supervised drug-use sites for teens | The Globe and Mail | Nov 2018
Tis the season to help make Christmas merry for New West families in need | New Westminster Record | Nov 2018
Delta police officer wins B.C. crime prevention award | Peace Arch News | Nov 2018
City of Vancouver opens up first of 300 shelter spaces for fall and winter seasons | Vancouver Courier | Nov 2018
Fred Lee’s Social Network: 90th anniversary soirée raises $140,000 for FSGV | The Province | Nov 2018
Fred Lee: Speakeasy Soiree mention (audio) | CBC Early Edition with Stephen Quinn | Oct 2018
Drop in international adoptions forces closure of B.C. agency | CBC | Oct 2018
Save the date: Wednesday, Oct. 24: Speakeasy Soiree | New Westminster Record | Oct 2018
The Debt Free Graduate with Murray Baker (FSGV Financial Empowerment) | Young Money wth Tracey Bissett | Oct 2018
Harm Reduction at Directions Youth Services | BC Association of Clinical Counsellors Insights Magazine | Fall 2018
An alternative to moving up the ladder (FSGV Director of Specialized Supports Karen Dickenson Smith on avoiding staff burnout through lateral moves) | Charity Village | Jul 2018
The Lockpicker (interview with Marnie Goldenberg, Director of Youth Services) | CBC The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn | Jul 2018
What is the keystone to mental health in the workplace? (Gregg Taylor, President of Family Services Employee Assistance Program) | PeopleTalk Magazine | Jun 2018
Vancouver ‘media room’ celebrates a decade of giving homeless kids a place to create | Vancouver Sun | Jun 2018
Youth camp out to raise awareness of food security issues for street youth | Vancouver Sun | Mar 2018
A Night in the Life (interview with Directions Youth Services youth) | CKNW The Jon McComb Show | Mar 2018
A Night in the Life (interview with Marnie Goldenberg, Director of Youth Services) | Roundhouse Radio | Mar 2018
An upcoming night on the town will give Vancouverites a glimpse into the life of hungry, homeless youth | Georgia Straight | Feb 2018
Quietly strengthening Vancouver families for 90 years | Vancouver Sun | Feb 2018
Family social services agency that started with $25 donated car celebrates its 90th anniversary | CBC News | Feb 2018
Family Services of Greater Vancouver marks 90th anniversary | Vancouver Courier | Feb 2018
Anxiety Over Housing ( Radio interview with FSGV counsellor Michelle Crowley) | The Jon McComb Show, CKNW | Jan 2018
2017
Directions Youth Services fundraiser, A Night in the Life (Radio interview) | Roundhouse Radio | 2017
Housing anxiety drives B.C. residents to seek professional help | Vancouver Sun | Dec 2017
Stress, trauma, and burnout: Vancouver nonprofits warn the fentanyl crisis has pushed them to a breaking point | The Georgia Straight | Dec, 2017
10 things you and your spouse will definitely fight about in your baby’s first year | Today’s Parent Magazine | Nov, 2017
Youth homelessness advocate Joe Roberts to complete cross-country trek with finale event in Vancouver | The Georgia Straight | Sep 2017
City of Vancouver intensifies drug needle pickups in Crosstown Elementary School and Andy Livingstone Park | The Georgia Straight | Jun 2017
A night in the life of a Vancouver street kid | Metro Vancouver | Apr 2017
Family Ties: Get ready for Master Chef Junior – cooking classes for kids | Burnaby Now | Mar 2017
2016
Vancouver, B.C. agree to add shelter beds as homeless population grows | The Globe and Mail | Dec 2016
The heroic mental health workers helping Syrian refugees recover from the trauma of war | National Observer | Nov 2016
Cooking up a storm in Richmond’s friendship kitchen | Richmond News | Jun 2016
Number of homeless people in Vancouver reaches 10-year high | The Globe and Mail | May 2016
More than $1.2 million to bolster youth services in DTES | BC Government News | May 2016
Youth homelessness the big worry as Vancouver does annual count | News 1130 | Mar 2016