Research

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

Towards a Framework for Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Housing and Homelessness

With the 2022 National Conference on Ending Homelessness less than a month away, I am excited to discuss a doctoral research project I have been working on. This research project...

Endaamnaan: Homes for All Nations A First Nations Homelessness Literature Review

Indigenous homelessness in Canada has persisted for over 200 years, yet little has been done to remedy the issue. Housing conditions among First Nations peoples have been extensively documented for...

10 things to know about theory and homelessness

I have begun to write an open-access interdisciplinary textbook entitled “Introduction to homelessness in high-income countries: An open access e-textbook”. It aims to provide an introduction to homelessness for students,...