Latest Contributions
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Journal
Coming Together: Collective Living and Homelessness Amongst Criminalized People
At every step of the criminal justice system, relationships between criminalized people are seen as threats, as sources of crime. However, this article argues that relationships between criminalized people can...
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Report
Security of Tenure in Canada: Summary Report
This report is part of a series of reports commissioned by the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate. See the full series here: homelesshub.ca/resource/security-tenure-reports Everyone has a right to feel stable...
Latest Blog
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Research
Combining Schools and Services Gets Results
Upstream Canada is an innovative approach aimed at preventing youth homelessness and school disengagement by combining social services and schools. It is based on the idea that early intervention gives...
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Research
Finding Community in Encampments
Homelessness rates are rapidly rising across Canada, and encampments, as one of the most visible manifestations of homelessness, have become a focal point for discussion. Unfortunately, these debates often focus...
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Prevention Matters!
“It’s not Going to Be Done Just by the Homelessness Sector”: Homelessness Prevention 101
Over the past few years, the homelessness crisis has become impossible to ignore, but the current situation was decades in the making, and solving it will take efforts far beyond...
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General
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...
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General
“Strengthening and Widening a Young Person’s Support Network Is Never the Wrong Way to Go”
Last month, the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness hosted a conversation about the Family and Natural Supports model with Jessica Ward (360 Kids), Melody Brewer (Canadian Mental Health Association of Kelowna),...
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General
“I Want Purpose in my Life”: How Homeless Youth Think About their Futures
Based on “‘I Want Purpose in my Life’: A Qualitative Exploration of How Homeless Youth Envision their Futures” by Minda Wood, Stéphanie Manoni-Millar, Athourina David, Cora MacDonald, Veronique Rochon, John...