The Homeless Emergency Action Team (HEAT) was announced on December 9, 2008 by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson to assist Vancouver’s homeless citizens during an extremely cold winter. It created the controversial HEAT Shelters.
The team was chaired by Mayor Gregor Robertson, and was composed of elected officials and housing stakeholders.
The three publicly elected members of the team were:
Mayor Gregor Robertson (Chair)
Kerry Jang, Vancouver City Councillor (Council Liaison)
Raymond Louie, Vancouver City Councillor
The non-elected members were:
Janice Abbott – Executive Director, Atira Women’s Resource Society
Jim Chu – Chief, Vancouver Police Department
Dr. Patricia Daly - Chief Medical Officer, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
David Eby – Executive Director, BC Civil Liberties Association
Michael Flanigan – Director of Real Estate Services, City of Vancouver
Judy Graves – Outreach Coordinator, Housing Department, City of Vancouver
Cameron Gray, Managing Director, Department of Social Development, City of Vancouver
John MacKay – Strand Development Corporation, Board member of StreetoHome Foundation
Shayne Ramsay, CEO, BC Housing
Patrick Stewart, Chair, Aboriginal Homelessness Steering Committee
