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Infographic: Canadian Women in Poverty
Gender, race, and social status are all factors that play a critical role in determining who is poor. Across Canada, women are more likely to live in conditions of poverty...
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Corrections And Rehabilitation Programs
Media Folder: Media Root The criminal justice system is associated with homelessness. Inmates, across Canada that are discharged from prison are becoming homeless due to lack of access to housing,...
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What are the statistics on homelessness due to divorce?
This question came from Joy via our latest website survey. Though she specifically asked about divorce, I’ll respond with information on general relationship breakdown as well, as not all people...
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Substance Use Prevention
Media Folder: Media Root Substance use prevention refers to interventions that seek to delay the onset of substance use, or to avoid substance use problems before they occur. Effective prevention...
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What are the top 10 health issues homeless people face?
This blog was updated in 2021 to reflect new research and data. See the updated version here. Over the past two decades, much research has been dedicated to exploring the relationship...
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Infographic: Homeless Newcomer Youth in Toronto
Youth represent the fastest growing segment of Canada’s homeless population, and a large proportion of these homeless youth are newcomers. Data from a recent survey conducted with homeless youth in...
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How to raise awareness about hidden homelessness
Homelessness is basically invisible in our community. How do we get the message out that it really does exist even though we don’t see people sleeping on park benches? –...
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Why Wasn’t Homelessness a Social Problem Until the 1980s?
“Why was homelessness not a social problem before the 1980s? What was it about Canada’s society, economy and institutions that kept most people housed?” This question came from Lara C....
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How does homelessness affect senior women?
Due to the complex nature of homelessness—and our inability to count everyone experiencing it—the statistics vary on how many senior women are homeless. From what we can tell, they are...
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Solutions: Discharge Planning – Health and Mental Health
Those who work in the homelessness sector are well aware that individuals are often discharged from hospitals and mental health facilities into homelessness. There are two main consequences to this....