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Research
Designing Responsive Drop-In Programs for Street-Based Sex Workers
This blog is written in recognition of the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Sex Workers, observed annually on December 17th. This day is a reminder of the unique violence,...
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Prevention Matters!
Building Homes Together: Homelessness Prevention With Indigenous Women
October is Women’s History Month in Canada, and to mark it this year, the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness organized an online discussion about the Alternative Builds program. Alternative Builds is...
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Prevention Matters!
Thinking Beyond Housing: Understanding and Preventing Indigenous Homelessness in Canada
“Indigenous homelessness/houselessness and prevention is a very complex issue that has deep historical, structural, social, spiritual, cultural and physical components, among other things.” – Cathy Fournier In Canada, Indigenous Peoples...
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Prevention Matters!
From Vulnerability to Stability: The Legal Path to Preventing Youth Homelessness
Lawyers may not be the first professionals who come to mind when we think of preventing and ending youth homelessness, but for young people at risk of or experiencing homelessness...
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General
Memengwaa Program: MtS Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards Winner
The Memengwaa program developed by Shawenim Abinoojii, in Winnipeg, MB, was recently selected as one of the winners of the fourth annual Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards. We...
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Interventions
OneRoof Program: MtS Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards Winner
The OneRoof program developed by Kingston HomeBase, in Kingston, ON, was recently selected as one of the winners of the fourth annual Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards. We...
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General
Métis Housing Need in Saskatchewan
Although Indigenous Peoples across Canada experience housing need at a disproportionate rate, what this means specifically varies from community to community. Recently, the Federal Housing Advocate, Marie-Josée Houle, and the...
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CAEH24
Leaving supportive housing: New opportunities, old challenges in Toronto’s rental market
Supportive housing helps people who have experienced homelessness find a stable place to live. However, what happens when they want to live on their own in the private market? Our...
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Prevention Matters!
Duty to Assist Involves More than Just the Homelessness Sector
Duty to Assist is a homelessness prevention approach that works upstream and uses a human-rights lens. Originating in Wales, it is also known as the Housing (Wales) Act 2014, which...
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General
The Cost of Inaction: Healthcare Expenses Associated with Homelessness in Toronto
Research consistently demonstrates a strong link between homelessness and poor health outcomes. Despite this evidence, interventions designed to address homelessness, like the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit or highly supportive housing, frequently...