Resources
- Report
The First Year of Homeless Shelter Use and What it Tells Us
This study examines shelter use in Calgary between 2009 and 2024, tracking 52,129 individuals to explore how long people stay in emergency shelters and how patterns have changed over time....
- Research Summary
An Alberta Guaranteed Basic Income: Issues and Options
For all the job booms and wealth that have benefitted Alberta over the decades, nothing yet has been...
- Report
Alberta’s Civil Society Pre- and Post-COVID-19: What’s Government Got to Do With It?
The pandemic is forcing Canadians to re-examine civil society’s place in addressing social problems. This presents a good time to probe where the line between government and civil society ought...
- Report
Housing Partnerships
This paper explores recent work undertaken by BC Non-Profit Housing Association (BCNPHA) and the BC Rental Housing Coalition to quantify the need and demand for affordable housing in communities throughout...
- Report
Bringing it All Together: Integrating Services to Address Homelessness
In Canada, approximately $27 billion is spent annually to fund services that deal with homelessness, including the related issues of poverty, mental illness, addiction, domestic violence, poor health and childhood...