Drawing on input to create a vision for Riverview land in Coquitlam
All portions of the process under the "care" of the RenewingRiverview folk.
B.C. communities keen on Victoria and Vancouver’s mental health approach.
ACT teams of police, social workers and health experts have trimmed hospital visits and jail time for the mentally ill
B.C. mayors push province on mental health
The Transit police, justifying their existence, in two newspaper articles
'Obviously, there's mental issues going on': SkyTrain ‘ride along’ tours the dark side of public transit;
1 in 6 transit police files fall under Mental Health Act, while almost 1 in 3 files to be opened in 2014 are projected to involve someone with mental illness
Mental illness, the elephant in our urban room: Top eight frequent offenders on transit all suffer 'mental instability'
Saturday, September 27, 2014
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Save the Riverview Hospital lands
The Riverview Hospital lands, are under pressure to be developed into market housing. Help to save the lands as a healing sanctuary for the mentally ill of OUR Province.
Please join the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society,( RHCS ) Facebook page. Twitter too!
Please sign the On-line petition or download a Word document petition ,which is a more official type of petition.
Blogs, about the hospital grounds
Mike Farnworth,MLA; Facebook forum " Protect the Riverview Lands"
And another Facebook group: Riverview Preservation Society
this group also has a petition to sign.
Click-able Map of the Riverview site
BISCO -- Brookside-Leeside-Roadside -- Centre Lawn -- Colony FarmCrease Clinic -- East Lawn -- Essondale Hospital
Finnie's Garden -- Henry Esson Young -- Hillside unit
Home for the Aged-Valleyview -- North Lawn
Nurses homes -- Pennington Hall -- TreeFest -- West Lawn
John Davidson; "Botany John" blog. He was the first Provincial Botanist, who created British Columbia's first Botanical Garden at Riverview.
Other groups involved Riverview Horticultural Centre Society
Who also have a media NEWS Blog
You can also download a 42 page report titled, For the future of Riverview created by the Riverview Task Force.
Or Burke Mountain Naturalists, report: The Riverview Hospital Site, Respecting its Past,Realizing its Future
Coquitlam has designated the buildings and grounds, as a heritage site.
Download the Statement of Significance; SoS report PDF
Tour through the grounds
Treefest 2011 slideshow
A slideshow of images from the Tree festival of 2011. Created in HD. Enjoy.
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