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    Featured Resources

    Without a Home: The National Youth Homelessness Survey
    Stephen Gaetz; Bill O'Grady; Sean Kidd; Kaitlin Schwan
    Youth homelessness  continues to be a seemingly intractable problem in Canada. We believe there are solutions, and that means leveraging the best knowledge we have to do things differently.The Without a Home study is the first pan-Canadian study of young people who experience homelessness. With 1,103 respondents from 47 different communities across 10 provinces and territories, this study’s sample size has enabled us to...
    Where Am I Going to Go? Intersectional Approaches to Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness in Canada & the U.S.
    This book is an effort to address LGBTQ2S (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and two-spirit) youth homelessness in both Canada & the U.S. It includes an examination of the identity-related structural barriers LGBTQ2S youth experiencing homelessness face while accessing adequate services and transitioning out of homelessness, as well as program models that successfully address those barriers....
    Community Workspace on Homelessness
    An online forum driven by communities, for communities!
    The Workspace is a free, online platform for community representatives, service providers and others working in the homelessness sector to collaborate, share information and exchange resources.
    NEW PAGE: HOMELESSNESS PARTNERING STRATEGY
    This page is designed to be a hub for Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) resources including the latest publications,...
    Youth Rights! Right Now! Ending Youth Homelessness: A Human Rights Guide
    Canada Without Poverty; A Way Home Canada; Canadian Observatory on Homelessness; FEANTSA
    The report is now available for the European context and in 7 additional languages! 
    Youth homelessness is a pressing issue worldwide that requires urgent attention. To help address the issue, a collaborative group of organizations from Canada and Europe have developed Youth Rights! Right Now! Ending Youth Homelessness: A Human Rights Guide for grounding strategies to end youth homelessness in international human rights...