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Design Thinking: Bridging the Gap Between Research, Policy, and Practice
While researchers want their work to contribute to social change, this is easier said than done. Researchers rarely have the tools or connections to reach the policy makers and practitioners who...
C.L. MichelApril 16, 2024
What are the unique challenges that Nunavut faces in addressing homelessness?
In 2014, the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness released Aboriginal Homelessness in Canada: A Literature Review. One...
Ambar AlemanMarch 03, 2017
Public Policy and Homelessness: The Case of Calgary
On January 24, I gave a presentation to students at the University of Calgary as part of the Certificate in Working...
Nick FalvoFebruary 28, 2017
Working together to define what it means to end homelessness
Communities across Canada are promisingly moving towards eliminating homelessness. Provinces such as Ontario, Quebec,...
Canadian Observatory on HomelessnessFebruary 23, 2017
Why do governments criminalize the homeless?
This question came to us from Mike D. through our latest survey. I’m glad that this question is being asked as it...
Ambar AlemanFebruary 17, 2017
The Federal Role in Poverty Reduction
To understand homelessness in Canada, it’s important to understand the relationship between poverty and homelessness....
Nick Falvo
Janice Chan & Chidom OtogwuFebruary 15, 2017
Ramping Up Efforts to Prevent and End Youth Homelessness in Ontario
Having ‘come from away’ I am under no illusion that Ontario, or Toronto for that matter, is the centre of the universe...
Melanie RedmanFebruary 08, 2017