by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Jun 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
The headline in the Saturday Globe was disturbing enough: Residents of Toronto public housing four times more likely to be murder victims. But I found myself equally rattled by the 285 on-line comments that followed. There were vitriolic references to “welfare bums,”...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | May 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’m in Yellowknife this week for the launch of a policy report on homelessness. It’s the first of several publications coming out of a multi-year research project that looks at affordable housing and homelessness in the Northwest Territories. The...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Apr 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
So, what do you think of when you see a kid on the street? What crosses your mind? Is he or she a runaway? A dropout? A kid looking for kicks? Is it a young person fleeing abuse at home? Usually, when we think of teenagers, we also think of them in relation to family....
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Many jurisdictions in Canada have begun to recognize the value of harm reduction and have developed innovative and effective programs to deal with the harms of substance use and addiction. For example, there are over 30 studies that support the effectiveness of...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Jan 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
In recent years, “housing first” has emerged as a key response to homelessness in North America. With its growing popularity in Canada comes increasing interest in understanding how the approach works, different program models and its effectiveness for...
