Homeless People

Free Dental Program Expands For Metro Vancouver Low-Income And Homeless People

by Global News

For close to a decade, the Community Engaged Learning Program has been providing dental care to thousands of people who are low income or homeless in Metro Vancouver. Now the program, which is a partnership between the Union Gospel Mission (UGM) and UBC’s School of Dentistry, is expanding. “The thing that’s new this year is … Read more

Canada’s Homeless People Need Better Access To Dental Care

by Cynthia Griffith

As the connection between oral health and overall physical health becomes continually more evident, more doctors recognize the need for dental care and coverage. However, there is one part of the Canadian population that lacks access to basic dental hygiene. That portion of the population is Canada’s homeless people. The Faculty of Dentistry at the … Read more