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Realizing the Rights of Children and Youth
How do the rights of children and youth and housing rights intersect? What are the implications for young people and families at-risk of or experiencing homelessness? To date, these questions...
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Black Joy: Resistance, Resilience, and What it Means to Black Canadian Youth Experiencing Homelessness
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness” – Desmond Tutu, South African Human Rights Activist “The past of slavery is experienced daily...
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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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5 Things to Know About Evictions in Canada
Earlier this year, CMHC released a report on the evictions landscape in Canada. The report offers a new way of understanding evictions, with implications for prevention, housing policy, and tenant...
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Housing First For Youth Vs. Housing First: What’s the Difference?
Housing First For Youth (HF4Y) vs. Housing First (HF): What’s the difference? And does it really matter? We’re glad you’re curious — because there are differences, and you guessed it,...
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Upstream Kelowna: MtS Youth Prevention Awards Winner
In this blog, the Upstream Kelowna initiative developed by BGC Okanagan (formerly known as Okanagan Boys and Girls Clubs) will be unpacked. You will learn what the initiative is, why it...
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Youth Reconnect: Building School-Based Early Intervention Capacity
Announcing New Partnerships for Youth Reconnect We’re pleased to announce a new partnership to build out our collective capacity to provide training and technical assistance, community of practice, and practical...
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Youth Reconnect Training: Helping Young People Stay Connected to Family, School and Community
Free Training on HLHub This month, our featured training is Introducing Youth Reconnect. The training provides an introduction to the Youth Reconnect (YR) program model — an early intervention approach...
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What Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) is NOT
As Housing First for Youth (HF4Y) gains popularity across Canada and internationally as an effective, evidence-based approach to prevent and end youth homelessness, there is one important thing to note:...
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Top Ten Health Issues Facing Homeless People
Over the past two decades, much research has been dedicated to exploring the relationship between health and homelessness. This relationship is a two-way street: experiencing poverty and/or homelessness can contribute to health issues,...