Street Community Capacity in: Research Education and Development CCRED

Location: Calgary, AB

Dates: Ongoing – program has been catalyzed and moved to O’Brien Institute for Public Health.

Project description:

Street CCRED (Community Capacity in: Research, Education, and Development) is a community-based response to the suffering of Calgary's most vulnerable citizens.  It is an inclusive collaboration comprised of community members, front-line service providers, academics, programs and agencies.  We nurture grassroots initiatives seeded by community members and fill a gap in the current landscape of care for vulnerable individuals and populations. Driven by passionate champions and relationships, our service philosophy is deeply influenced by the principles of health equity, collaboration, decolonization, addressing structural violence, upstream determinants of health, compassion, harm reduction and housing first. We strive to build inclusive partnerships that extend beyond the agencies to which individuals belong by building support for each other, while collectively working towards a common vision

Key contacts:

• Dr. Bonnie Larson
• Dr. Van Nguyen 

Project partners:

• CUPS (Calgary Urban Project Society)
• The Alex, Calgary Alpha House
• The Calgary Drop In Center
• The Mustard Seed
• The SHARP Foundation
• EMS
• Calgary Police Service (CPS)