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Preventing Homelessness Among Post-Secondary Students
Precarity among college and university students is so widespread that it is often talked about as a rite of passage. But post-secondary homelessness and housing insecurity come with a real...
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Better Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions Get Better Results
Collecting data on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) is increasingly common in the homeless sector: during program intakes, on employment equity surveys, and as part of point-in-time (PiT) homeless...
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Prevention Matters!
Building Homes Together: Homelessness Prevention With Indigenous Women
October is Women’s History Month in Canada, and to mark it this year, the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness organized an online discussion about the Alternative Builds program. Alternative Builds is...
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Métis Housing Need in Saskatchewan
Although Indigenous Peoples across Canada experience housing need at a disproportionate rate, what this means specifically varies from community to community. Recently, the Federal Housing Advocate, Marie-Josée Houle, and the...
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Media Matters: Avoiding Silver Bullet Responses to Homelessness
In our second edition of the Media Matters blog series, we explore the appeal and shortcomings of silver bullet solutions for tackling homelessness. These quick fixes often offer immediate relief...
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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...