We Build Opportunities
At More Than a Roof Foundation, we are passionate about building opportunities for people to break cycles of poverty and homelessness.
We help More Than a Roof residents leverage their stable housing to make lasting changes in their education, health and community.
More Than a Roof Foundation Awards – Empowering Futures
The More Than a Roof Foundation Awards open doors to a future of opportunity for residents by turning housing stability into opportunity. With the support of generous donors, scholarships, bursaries, and grants help residents overcome real-life barriers and pursue education, training, and community leadership.
Together, we are breaking cycles of poverty and homelessness across British Columbia.
Give today. Unlock opportunity. Celebrate with us in April.
Opening Doors: Unlocking Community, Creativity, and Change
A More Than a Roof Foundation Speaker Series
In 2026, More Than a Roof celebrates 40 years of building transformative housing by convening voices that reframe how we see people and the communities we create together.
Paul Fast: The Places Between – March 31, 2026
The Places Between tells the story of architect Paul Fast’s year-long, 40,000-km journey with his family along the Pan American Highway, a meticulously planned adventure that quickly gave way to uncertainty, surprise, and discovery. From the Paraguayan Chaco to Colombia’s Comuna 13, Paul, a Principal at Vancouver architecture firm hcma, shares powerful stories of community, resilience, and hope from the world’s longest navigable road.
An Olympic Champion’s Fighting Chance
Before she became an Olympic gold medalist and world champion hammer thrower, Camryn Rogers was a pre-teen living in a More Than a Roof community with her mom after their family could no longer afford their mortgage. In this Global News feature, Camryn shares how stable housing gave her the chance to focus, grow, and dream big.
The Affordability Crisis Is Complex. Generosity Isn’t.
In conversation with CBC News Vancouver’s Dan Burrett, More Than a Roof Foundation Executive Director Scott Campbell reflects on food security, affordability, and the power of generosity, offering a message that reminds British Columbians how each of us can help build a more hopeful future.
We All Dream of More
We hope for more.
For too many, more is not an option.
With the partnership of generous donors, more is possible.
Our practical and scalable solutions, set on a strong foundation of safe, long-term, affordable housing, are the building blocks More Than a Roof residents need to realize more for their future.
Your gift today fuels that future — one that is full of stability, hope and possibility.
