Happy New Year?

For human rights advocates, December 10th is like New Years Eve only without the obligatory champagne, Dick Clark’s Time Square countdown, and a morning-after-the-night-before commitment to go to the gym more often. Human rights day is a marker. It provides a moment...

Homelessness In Canada (Week of December 1st)

Last week Joy Connelly recounted the availability of government services and affordable housing in the 1950s and 60s and how these once plentiful services look today. The best way to make sense of today’s affordable housing shortage is to understand how policy...

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 needs and gaps. Provides background information including the history...