by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 3, 2021 | General
Long before Youth Reconnect (YR) became a program in Hamilton, young people were slipping through the cracks. Jessica Ward, Manager of Community-Based Programs at Good Shepherd, says that since the program was implemented in the summer of 2018, they’ve...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Jan 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
2020 was momentous for the youth homelessness sector. It was marked with unprecedented challenges for youth, their families, and those on the front lines supporting them. However, it was also a year that led to incredible learnings and collaboration between...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Jan 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Let’s be honest, 2020 was an extraordinary year filled with change and uncertainty. For frontline workers, and especially people who work in the homelessness sector, there may even have been a fair amount of fear and anxiety. In times like these, it’s hard...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Jan 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Released in September 2020, the UNICEF Report Card 16 found that 1 in 4 Canadian children are not feeling supported by their families. It made clear that more needs to be done in policy and practice to help young people strengthen connections to family and extended...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Jan 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
I recently published a study in which I analyzed the VI-SPDAT scores for over 1,300 adults experiencing homelessness in a mid-sized city in the southeastern U.S. Given my prior research on homelessness, I expected a strong relationship between trauma and homelessness,...
