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It’s that time of year where it can be a struggle to keep warm.
That’s especially true for Saskatoon’s homeless population.
Pamela Goulden-McLeod is the city’s director of emergency services. She said they trigger the ‘cold weather strategy’ when conditions get potentially dangerous, in conditions like we’ve been experiencing this week.
“The City of Saskatoon, in partnership with various other agencies including the Saskatoon Housing Initiative, the United Way and several of the emergency shelters, has a process we call the ‘cold weather strategy,'” said Goulden-McLeod.
She said it identifies triggers within the city that create additional services and supports for the most vulnerable population.
“We trigger an alert to all of the community agencies involved and there is a poster that we share on twitter and that we share out as much as possible, that lists all the places that people can access for these times, and some of those are locations where you can go and warm up for a few hours in the day,” said Goulden-McLeod. “Some of them are shelter locations that provide additional shelter spaces during this period of time.”
Goulden-McLeod also said there are posters up all over the city as well and in the shelter locations to show people where they can go.
“Either the staff members talk to vulnerable people or the posters are in a location where you can see them. If you do come across someone who is vulnerable and needs to get warm, you can direct them to those posters.”