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Workplace trauma and chronic stressor exposure among direct service providers working with people experiencing homelessness
This 2022 study explores the impact of workplace traumas and stressors among service providers working with people experiencing homelessness in Canada.
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Social Innovation in Preventing Homelessness Amongst Young People in Canada and Wales: International Engagement as a Key Driver
Using the examples of Canada and Wales, this article explores how international interactions are contributing to the transformation of responses to homelessness among young people. Focus is given to the shift from...
Latest Blog
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Solutions: Harm Reduction
For many but not all people who become homeless, the use of different substances, both legal (alcohol and cigarettes) and illegal, is common. In some cases, substance use can be...
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Solutions: Retooling Emergency Services
Many communities have continued to rely on emergency services such as shelters and day programs as central to their response to homelessness. One of the consequences of this is that...
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Solutions: Addressing Legal and Justice Issues
One of the major challenges of working with people who experience homeless is addressing their legal and justice issues, the range of which are varied and complex. This means not...
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The Debate is Over! Housing First Works!
Earlier this year the Government of Canada renewed the Homelessness Partnering Strategy for five years, much to the relief of communities and citizens across the country concerned with the State...
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Addressing Youth Homelessness: Research Points the Way
Over the years, it has become increasingly clear to me that we need to take a different approach to youth homelessness. While many communities struggle with the problem (and it...
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Things Need to Change
A friend of mine, who teaches at York University, recently lamented the fact that “The students in my class, they don’t read newspapers any more”. Well, I still like to...