Research

Affirming 2SLGBTQ+ Children and Youth in Child Welfare: Key Challenges and Practice Opportunities

2SLGBTQ+ populations are overrepresented in the child welfare system. According to recent studies, 32 to 34% of children and youth in welfare systems identify as 2SLGBTQ+. However, this is likely...

Combining Schools and Services Gets Results

Upstream Canada is an innovative approach aimed at preventing youth homelessness and school disengagement by combining social services and schools. It is based on the idea that early intervention gives...

Caregiver Support Matters: A Closer Look at the FNS Approach and Youth Homelessness

It is crucial to provide adequate support to parents whose children are experiencing homelessness. Previous research has shown that a staggering 89% of parents experience stress due to interpersonal problems when their...

Understanding the Many Faces of Urban and Rural Displacement

Evictions are rising across Ontario impacting both rural and urban communities alike. With our current affordable housing crisis, it is no surprise that we are continuing to see this rise...

Finding Community in Encampments

Homelessness rates are rapidly rising across Canada, and encampments, as one of the most visible manifestations of homelessness, have become a focal point for discussion. Unfortunately, these debates often focus...

Defending 2SLGBTQ Rights: “Love Is Love” Is Not Enough

2SLGBTQ Rights—More Fragile than They Appear?  2SLGBTQ people in Canada have experienced some significant gains over the past couple of decades in relation to their rights. Marriage equality became federal...

8 Things to Know from Canada’s Point in Time Count

Between March 2020 and December 2022, 66 communities participated in Everyone Counts, the third nationally coordinated Point-in-Time (PiT) Count of homelessness in Canadian communities. The preliminary results of PiT homelessness counts have...

Five Arguments for Trans Inclusion in the Homelessness Sector

Transgender Day of Visibility feels a little different this year, given all the attacks on the existence of trans people in the public space in the US and their echoes...

A Day of Remembrance: Understanding Women Veterans’ Homelessness in Canada

It is as if people do not care about women veterans’ homelessness. We leave them jobless, homeless, and vulnerable to violence – despite fighting for Canada’s freedom.  November 11th is...

Understanding Workplace Mental Health in the Homeless Service, Supportive Housing, and Harm Reduction Sectors