ZINE: What’s it like to stay in Peterborough's shelters?

Our “Park Stories” zines share the stories we heard from people experiencing homelessness in Peterborough when we interviewed them last summer. Issue Three focuses on people’s stories about the local shelters.

“I got kicked out of the Brock Mission because I was fifteen minutes late for curfew,” said Devin.

The intake process at YES was “very comforting,” said Amber.

Shelter staff “were really pushed off and standoffish about [transwomen],” said Jasmine.

The food at the Brock Mission is better than the food at the Overflow shelter, said Derek.

During our conversations with 48 people with experience of homelessness in Peterborough, we heard a lot of opinions about the local shelters. And that’s what we focused on for the third instalment of our Park Stories zine series. This zine captures what it’s like to stay in the local shelters, as told by people with first-hand experience of it.

Click here to read Park Stories: Shelters in a PDF.

Printed copies of Park Stories Issue Three: Shelters. We have lots of these, get in touch if you want a copy!

In the summer of 2022, the Research for Social Change Lab interviewed 48 people with experience of homelessness in Peterborough as part of our review of the local Coordinated Access system.

We’re sharing the stories we heard during those interviews in a series of zines called Park Stories. Previous issues have focused on people’s experiences of jail and criminalization and people’s experiences trying to hold on to their belongings.

Please follow the lab as we’ll continue to release the zines through the summer of 2023. If you prefer print copies, please get in touch and we can arrange a pick up or delivery. We have a lot of print copies and are excited to share them!