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From Research to Action: Understanding Coordinated Access and Homelessness in Ontario
Recently, the International Journal of Homelessness Research published an article that I co-wrote with Mary-Anne Martin, the postdoctoral fellow at the Research for Social Change Lab (RSCL). The...
Naomi NicholsJuly 09, 2024
Black Joy: Resistance, Resilience, and What it Means to Black Canadian Youth Experiencing Homelessness
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness” - Desmond Tutu, South African Human Rights...
Nathan Okonta
Promise Busulwa
Karen Naidoo
Emmanuel BanchaniFebruary 22, 2023
Key Considerations for Implementing the Family and Natural Supports Approach
“A truly effective response to youth homelessness must consider the important role the family and community connections...
Promise Busulwa
Meryl Borato
Stephen Gaetz
Lesley McMillan
Heidi WalterFebruary 10, 2023
How to Use Do-It-Yourself Publishing to Build Community Knowledge Around Homelessness
In 2022, the Research for Social Change Lab’s (RSCL) Building from Experience research team began a project with the...
William PearsonFebruary 03, 2023
What is the Family and Natural Supports (FNS) Approach to Preventing and Ending Youth Homelessness?
Many young people become homeless because of challenges they have experienced with their families. According to the...
Emma AmonJanuary 23, 2023
Making Housing Accessible: The Potential of House-Sharing
Canada’s rental housing affordability crisis is at an all-time high, with rents rising at an unprecedented pace. In...
Kimberly Duong
Anika ShamaJanuary 18, 2023
Pitching Shelter from Isolation: Maria’s Journey Out of Homelessness as an Older Woman
This blog captures the story of Maria, who is a peer support worker with lived experience of homelessness. Her story...
Audrey TungDecember 11, 2022