Resources
- Report
Saying Yes: Effective Practices for Sheltering Abused Women with Mental Health and Addiction Issues
Many women with mental health and addiction issues who experience violence face very restricted access to shelters and transitional housing for abused women. This leaves them at substantial risk of...
- Literature Review
Aboriginal Women’s Initiative Literature Review – A Review of the Literature on Intergenerational Trauma, Mental Health, Violence Against Women, Addictions and Homelessness among Aboriginal Women of the North
An informative review of the current literature conducted for the Aboriginal Women’s Initiative focusing on the history and impact of abuse on Aboriginal women in the Sudbury area and highlighting...
- Fact Sheet
When There’s No Place Like Home – A snapshot of women’s homelessness in Canada
More than a century after the first International Women’s Day, there are women in Canada who remain severely disadvantaged and without a crucial necessity of life: A safe home. Despite...