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Social Connectivity and Well-being: The Case of Vancouver Street Soccer League

COVID-19 Research Area(s): Mental Health & Wellbeing, Social Impacts

The Vancouver Street Soccer League (VSSL) is a weekly volunteer-run soccer program for people experiencing homelessness in Vancouver, Canada, a city where over two thousand people identify as homeless. Through a social identity mapping activity, semi-structured interviews, and subsequent thematic analysis, this research aims to explore how the VSSL program potentially contributes to participant well-being, social connection, and social identity. The VSSL has recognised that this study can provide empirical support for the VSSL which serves a vulnerable group at-risk of negative mental and physical health impacts resulting from increased social isolation (see letter of support).

Post date: 
Oct 14, 2020