Why public libraries are not substitutes for warming centers: a librarian’s perspective

From Sarah Pump, PAN Executive Director Currently, there is only one funded daytime warming center for unhoused people in Nanaimo, the Drop-In Center located at 55 Victoria Road and run by Island Crisis Care Society. Their capacity is 20 people at a time. Estimates of the number of unhoused people in Nanaimo range between 800 … Continue reading Why public libraries are not substitutes for warming centers: a librarian’s perspective