Latest Contributions
- Thesis/Dissertation
Youth Homelessness in Ontario – Knowledge Mobilization, Systems Integration & Social Media to #EndHomelessness
This abstract is divided into three pieces to represent the different parts of the portfolio. The first chapter is a reflection on Knowledge Mobilization, the second is a draft of...
- Report
Towards a New Bill of Rights: The Voice of Tenants in Permanent Supportive Housing
Many members of the Dream Team have experienced homelessness or housing instability at some point in their lives. The majority credit their ability to stay housed to the supports they...
Latest Blog
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Infographic Wednesday – Young, Queer and Trans, Homeless, and Besieged
Alex Abramovich has been working to help change the conditions faced by LGBTQ youth who are experiencing homelessness and attempting to access the emergency shelter system. As this infographic demonstrates,...
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Infographic of the Week – Red Deer Homeless Count
This Infographic Wednesday, I have designed a new infographic based on the October 16, 2012 Point in Time (PIT) Homeless Count carried out in Red Deer, Alberta. As with all...
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Infographic of the Week – Poverty and Hunger
Before I started at the Homeless Hub, I had occasionally heard about UN designated ‘international days’. I never took the opportunity to use them as a foundation for reflection on...
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Infographic of the Week – World Habitat Day
Our most accurate figures to date show that at least 200,000 Canadians experience homelessness in a year. It is for this reason that World Habitat Day should have been a...
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What do people think about homelessness in Greater Victoria? Reflections on perceptions of mental illness and homelessness
This infographic represents some of the public perspectives on homelessness in Greater Victoria. In this survey, 85% of people felt that affordable housing could help reduce homelessness, however, lack of...
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Results from Toronto’s ‘street census’: The 2013 Street Needs Assessment
In Toronto, the Street Needs Assessment (SNA) began in 2006 as a form of ‘street census’ to attempt a point in time count to estimate the number of people experiencing homelessness. A second Street...