Homelessness, Mental Health, and Montreal Old Brewery Mission | AMI-Quebec & Matthew Pearce

Matthew Pearce of Montreal’s Old Brewery Mission speaks on the groundbreaking change of his organization in the fight against homelessness and mental illness in urban life.

This is an audio recording previously hosted on our Soundcloud account (2016-2022).

0:00 How did you get involved in the Old Brewery Mission?
1:47 Raised in Montreal. Family moved out to Calgary.
2:40 How large is the staff and volunteer base at the Mission?
4:09 Relationship between homelessness and mental illness.
7:03 Main things that need to be improved in the Canadian healthcare system?
8:55 Lack of family caregivers for homeless people?
10:12 Partnership with Psychiatry Department at CHUM.
18:38 Groundbreaking housing program for homeless people.
21:55 Follow up support with housed people after homelessness.
25:14 “Housing First” program as a template globally for other homeless shelters.
28:55 Partnership with Montreal Police Department after fatality at Mission.
33:49 What is the future of the Old Brewery Mission?


Read the article based on this interview (page 3): amiquebec.org/wp-content/uploads…Summer-2017-NL.pdf

Old Brewery Mission website: www.oldbrewerymission.ca/en/

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