Wapiti House - Grande Prairie, Alberta

Chantal W.

I currently reside in transitional housing here, and I am very grateful to be able
To stay here after leaving my abusive relationship and having nothing and Noone near by to help out, but its been a difficult transition because of the bad theives that are near this place. The room is fairly cheap per month and is nice for bachelor suit but you can't leave your belongings unattended for more than a min even in the washer and theyare gone. I have gotten new ID like 6 times since I've been here.

Tanner G.

I had to stay there for a night while I waited for a motel 😔 they made me lock my meds up in a secure area to assure me that nobody would steal them come to find out when I look through them after I sign them out and left there was two or three bottles missing nothing serious but it was my thyroid and ADHD medication. Just the fact that someone would do that to a human on the type of situation, even if they were rich...I would have lent them some ofy.Synthroid.....ahahababa jk( thyroid medication that was one stolen)
EDIT: looks like I'll be staying here for a week ish. I'm curious as to how they are dealing with the severity of the issues of all kinds, c'mon Alberta, 😤MLA DAN.SMITH step your game up..or make a OPS around it's insane what's happening with people not receiving help even if they jump through hoops, G.P. is a very WHITE-COLLAR/light blue-ish collar. If 5 people collaborated there would've been a (,dry housing unit) it's hard waiting to be let in to sleep on a mat while there's people saving their friends life on shelter property.
MLA/GOV. THINK ABOUT A SCS/OPS
please.

Crystal M. (.

I'm better known as crystalcandaceog and is my FB name anyone can look up to check out my credentials and qualifications to state accurately the following and so much more to those who want to know the TRUTH!
TO sum it up, this place is not a homeless shelter it's actually an illegal prisoner of war torture chamber!! For real!! 100% fact!! No exaggeration! Go down there and ask anyone about what they do to the homeless people there and put them through..it will shock you and disgust you..not many could ever successfully live without self medicating while stuck in a state of being reduced to a helpless hopeless victims it breaks the spirit eventually.
.. no where to secure necessities to everyone: even my toiletries, my clothing and my priceless irreplaceable bag of legal files and documents that i work on for a living very very hard for myself and others was thrown out at the hands of staff there without warning and for no reason whatsoever leaving me without even my vehicle keys . This cost me almost 800$ so to replace!!
But for the 3 weeks I I had no choice but to try and cope there after fleeing an abusive relationship and waiting to get paid with no where else to go because I had to flee to another city where I didn't know anyone.. I was being mercilessly and obsessively stalked ..and not everyone has support ..I lost mine right after I fled when my mom actually died on the phone with me when I called her for help. So a little background to humanize myself and be an example of why a person ends up in a homeless shelter originally...they have NO HOME!! but this place is a perfect example of why a person starts off trying to get away from one serious problem or another and ends up naturally doing what is normal to every human being in the world .when being conscious is unbearable self medicating to the point of addiction and death is the choice preferable . it's too much to describe here but will be forthcoming on my page as I'm actually an advocate whose only 1 year away from being a lawyer myself. I've done a lot of work and am very well known, believed and respected at this point by most others who know me or have dealt with me on some level so believe this and take it very seriously.
The way staff treat the people at Wapiti House in this city is outright illega!... abuse of fundamental and universal human rights, and NOT what the government funding they receive is for. Nor once will they be allocated once the Mayor, MLA's and Ministry of Community and Social Services and a few other departments are fully aware of what's REALLY going on there!
I'm very well educated, trained and effectively worked in the system myself for many years before becoming part of it for a short but sharp time of suffering there that almost killed me when I just couldn't take anymore and ended up not only coming in with a broken arm and kidney stone both requiring surgery but because of two particular staff members literally following me around watching my every move and yelling at me for no reason verbally, mentally and emotionally abusing me with what was being said.. or Polar opposite locking me outside with no explanation in -30 weather when I just couldn't hold my bladder anymore (theres only two single use bathrooms for over 100 people ) ended up with severe pneumonia. And I HAD TO GOOO OUTSIDE!! IT WAS MY ONLY OPTION HUMANLY POSSIBLE!!! No clean clothes or ABILTY to have any hygiene for weeks!! They do not have showers there nor do laundry or allow us to do ours...not a single pair of donated pants there just raggid old stuff in a garbage bin. I was so filthy with matted hair I was in pain. My skin was burning!! This and similar or MORE is common to most who end up there
Among other things employee Justin is the worst person to employ to work with high needs people who are struggling. It wasn't the other homeless people causing chaos. HE was the one yelling alll night long! EVERY NIGHT!At everyone for everything and nothing! Even in the "quiet sleep only room" we arent supposed to come out OR be forced outside!!!

Jared B.

Be a lot cooler if you guys didn’t let homeless take stolen kids bikes and strip them for parts in your building.

kandice T.

Such a wonderful program and an amazing opportunity for anyone who may be struggling. Love what they do to give a hand up to the community. Offering a safe place to rest or provide resources.

timothy F.

This place can be a sand trap . Ive had to stay here a few times and i recognize what its like to be in need . Lots of issues around here that end in DEATH. Lucky the staff can handle the tragic things that take place here. May the good lord watch over you and keep you when you step foot here. Amen.

cory N.

This is a eye sore for everyone living in Grande Prairie. Tents outside, stolen property everywhere and people so high that they can't even stand up. Condoning addiction isn't helping them. It's making GP look like a dump. Close this dump down. Let the homeless fend for themselves.

Dalin K.

I'd give a higher rating if it were St. Lawrence running the show, but that's not the case. Most of the staff cannot be trusted here. You got some security staff buying stolen items, to some frontline staff stealing from the donations and management seems oblivious or they don't care. Clients aren't treated fairly or just either. Observing, there seems to be favoritism and special treatment among some clients.

SLC, you guys are amazing! You care and you treat the people like people