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Youth Homelessness Prevention Needs Assessment — Results Released
Prevention is the key to ending youth homelessness, but what do the people on the front lines think of it? And what do they know about the proven interventions designed...
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Prison: A Homelessness Factory
Cultivating Curiosity Talking about prison is taboo—Canadian society deals with it far less than is common in other jurisdictions (eg., the United States). Most people in Canada don’t know anything about...
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The Federal Housing Advocate Weighs in: Comments to the Review Panel on the Financialization of Rental Housing
In June of this year, the Federal Housing Advocate, Marie-Josée Houle, submitted her written representations to the first review panel to be held under the National Housing Strategy Act (NHSA)....
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Defending 2SLGBTQ Rights: “Love Is Love” Is Not Enough
2SLGBTQ Rights—More Fragile than They Appear? 2SLGBTQ people in Canada have experienced some significant gains over the past couple of decades in relation to their rights. Marriage equality became federal...
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Five Arguments for Trans Inclusion in the Homelessness Sector
Transgender Day of Visibility feels a little different this year, given all the attacks on the existence of trans people in the public space in the US and their echoes...
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A Human Rights Approach to Encampments
Homeless encampments are one of the most serious right-to-housing issues in Canada today. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of shelter spaces decreased, indoor services became unsafe, and people lost...