A Typology of Homelessness Prevention

“As our understandings of how to effectively respond to homelessness evolve, we need to take a closer look at prevention.” The typology of homelessness prevention is an integrated systems approach addressing the complex interplay of individual, relational,...

Financial Homelessness Prevention

In this new bi-weekly blog series, Abe Oudshoorn explores recent research on homelessness, and what it means for the provision of services to prevent or end homelessness. Follow the whole series! While pathways into homelessness are diverse,...

Homelessness and Employment: The Case of Calgary

On March 8, I gave a guest presentation to students in Professor Naomi Lightman’s Sociology of Work class at the University of Calgary. I was joined by Alexander Kulakov and Amit Nade, employment coaches at the Mustard Seed. My PowerPoint slides can be...