by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Nov 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Last week, I was in Yellowknife, where I released results of new research on affordable housing in the Northwest Territories (NWT). The research project was sponsored by the Social Economy Research Network of Northern Canada, and was a collaboration with the Centre...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Nov 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Homelessness continues to be a visible problem in most Canadian cities. I would say most Canadians, when they think about how we respond to homelessness, would consider emergency shelters, drop-ins and soup kitchens – charitable programs set up to shelter and...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Oct 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
The minority Liberal government voters elected on October 6 provides a political opportunity for Ontario to realize a long-overdue and much-needed four-point affordable housing plan. The province’s last two minority governments delivered robust housing initiatives: In...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Aug 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Calgary launches its Plan to End Youth Homelessness I think it’s time to change the way we respond to youth homelessness in Canada. I began working with homeless youth in the early 1990s at Shout Clinic in Toronto. At that time, the youth homelessness population was...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Jul 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
In Florida, people are being arrested for giving food to people who are homeless. That’s right, for providing food to malnourished people. The City of Orlando has been targeting Food not Bombs, a community group that, twice a week for the past 5 years, has been...
