Latest Contributions
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“I Want Purpose in My Life”: A Qualitative Exploration of how Homeless Youth Envision their Futures
Preparing for the future is a major developmental task during adolescence and early adulthood. However, youth experiencing homelessness face additional challenges relating to economic instability, housing insecurity, and a lack...
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Coming Up Together: A Research Report
This research report is a summary of the Coming Up Together (CUT) conference. Background Youth homelessness in Canada is an ongoing crisis, with 35,000 to 40,000 youth experiencing homelessness across...
Latest Blog
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Does Housing First for Youth Work in Canada? Preliminary Findings from a Pilot Study
Previous research has demonstrated that Housing First can be effective in preventing homelessness among adults in Canada. With no preconditions, such as abstinence from substances, ‘Housing First’ is a recovery-oriented...
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General
Making the Shift’s Demonstration Projects 2021 Research Highlights
Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Social Innovation Lab’s demonstration projects (MtS DEMS) have been working to identify, develop, test, evaluate, and mobilize innovations in policy and practice that support the...
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Prototyping and Evaluating a Housing First for Youth Aftercare Support Model
The Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) program model – a youth-focused adaption of the successful Housing First intervention – is a promising example of how to prevent and support sustainable...