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  • Publication: Role of Fire Prevention on Hoarding Response Teams

    Members of our lab recently examined the role of fire prevention on hoarding response teams using Vancouver's Fire Rescue Services as a case study. Read More

  • Big congrats and welcome to Christiana!

    We have some very exciting news - Christiana will be joining UBC as an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work! Read More

  • You are invited to participate in a psychology study!

    We are actively seeking participants for our study on cognition. Contact us if you are an English speaker and you are at least 19 years old. Read More

  • The Death and Life of the Single Family House

    Congrats to our collaborator Nathan Lauster on the release of his new book, which won the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award from the Canadian Sociological Association!!! Read More

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Publication: Role of Fire Prevention on Hoarding Response Teams Members of our lab recently examined the role of fire prevention on hoarding response teams using Vancouver's Fire Rescue Services as a case study.
Kirstie’s next destination – CAMH! Big congrats to Kirstie for landing a much coveted internship at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto!
New Grad Student – yay Brent! We are very excited to have a new grad student join the team- Brent Stewart!
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The Centre for Collaborative Research on Hoarding
Room 1709, Douglas T. Kenny Building
2136 West Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada
V6T 1Z4
Tel 604 822 8025
Fax 604 822 6923
Email hoarding@psych.ubc.ca
Helping Those Who Hoard (article) This article from The New York Times discusses the considerations involved for building managers in finding a balance between respecting the rights of individual tenants and keeping their building safe for everyone. Click here to read. 
Where the TV shows get it wrong on hoarding (article) This article from the Boston Globe covers the inspirational work of Jesse Edsell-Vetter and his team at Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership. Click here to read.
Currier: The Hoarding Handbook (audio) Christiana Bratiotis was interviewed by Geoff Currier during her visit to Winnipeg for the International One Welfare Conference.   Click here to listen.
B.C. builders give hoarders a new home — and a new start (podcast) The CBC's Sunday Edition featured an segment by Karen Wells that profiled a family in Chilliwack with hoarding issues. Click here to view and listen.
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The Centre for Collaborative Research on Hoarding
Vancouver Campus
Room 1709, Douglas T. Kenny Building
2136 West Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel 604 822 8025
Fax 604 822 6923
Email hoarding @ psych.ubc.ca
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