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IJOH Special Issue: Homelessness in Mid-Size Canadian Cities
Peer to Community: Supporting Community Integration Following Homelessness in a Mid-Sized City
Amid a housing and homelessness crisis across Canada, we often lose sight of the needs of individuals beyond the security of housing. A range of studies show that Housing First is more effective...
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Research
Steps Towards Indigenous-Led Coordinated Access in London, Ontario
In a report published in March 2025, the Action Research on Chronic Homelessness (ARCH) team from Atlohsa Family Healing Services in London, Ontario, shared a series of recommendations about how...
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IJOH Special Issue: Homelessness in Mid-Size Canadian Cities
Anti-Homeless Discrimination Linked to Citizenship
NIMBYism (Not in My Backyard) is a pervasive form of discrimination against people experiencing homelessness, where housed community members typically target proposed or existing agencies, programs, or buildings that serve...
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Interventions
Direct Cash Transfers: Re-imagining Homelessness Prevention through Dignity and Choice
What Are Direct Cash Transfers? Direct Cash Transfers (DCTs) are unconditional payments made to individuals experiencing poverty or homelessness, based on a simple, powerful principle: people are the experts of...
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IJOH Special Issue: Homelessness in Mid-Size Canadian Cities
Homelessness in the Headlines: How Canadian Media Covers the Issue in Three Mid-Size Cities
Public understanding of social concerns, and response to them, are influenced by media portrayals. This is true of homelessness: whether through traditional newspapers or social media platforms, the narratives we...
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IJOH Special Issue: Homelessness in Mid-Size Canadian Cities
‘It’s An Angry Community’: Misperceptions of Homelessness in Mid-size Cities
Homelessness is often seen as a big-city issue, but mid-size cities are also facing a growing crisis. While homelessness has existed in these communities for decades, it has largely taken...
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IJOH Special Issue: Homelessness in Mid-Size Canadian Cities
Not Only in the Big City: Using the Canadian Housing Survey to Assess Homelessness in Mid-Size Cities
There is no doubt that data shapes how we understand an issue and what we do about it. Across the country there are various efforts to collect more accurate, substantial...
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Prevention Matters!
The Transformative Power of Housing First for Youth
The Prevention Matters! series, hosted by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, brings brilliant minds together to explore evidence-based strategies designed to prevent homelessness before it starts. During the ninth episode...
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Research
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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Prevention of Youth Homelessness Conference
Turning Momentum into Action: Reflections on the First International Conference on the Prevention of Youth Homelessness
Last month, we gathered in Toronto for a transformative conference focused on preventing youth homelessness, and we must say, it was truly inspiring. From the beginning, there was an undeniable...