MEDIA

Media inquiries

FSGV would be pleased to speak to media about any of the areas our organization works in, including:

• Youth homelessness
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Mental health
• Newcomers to Canada
• Food issues (security, procurement and resources for low income families)
• Grassroots community programming
• Financial empowerment
• Community volunteerism
• Community building

Media CONTACT

Releases

• 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 Soirée Set to be the Bee’s Knees (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)

FSGV IN THE MEDIA

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
• Directions Food Program (segment in On the Coast)
  CBC Radio | Mar 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
• FSGV celebrates 90 years 
  Stephen Quinn interviews CEO Karin Kirkpatrick | CBC Early Edition | Feb 2017
• 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