by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 30, 2013
Changes are an important part of life – a part of life that can be more easily embraced with a helpful hand from your community. I had the perfect life, a house with a beautiful backyard, a man that cared, a baby boy, a dog, and a cat, all at the age of...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 30, 2013
A woman’s struggle with life in a shelter… I moved to Yellowknife five years ago when my boyfriend kicked me out. That is when I became homeless. I ended up in the hospital. That same day I was sent to the Yellowknife Women’s Shelter. I’ve been in...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 30, 2013
“A combination of mental health issues as well as an abusive boyfriend, when I was seventeen, led me to a homeless shelter for the first time.” I never wanted to be homeless; no one wants to be homeless. Most people have a million excuses for why things...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 30, 2013
My name is Emily Fox and I want to write a bit about what it is like to be homeless. People think that when someone has nothing the best thing to do is to replace what they have lost and then the person should be able to rebuild their lives. If only homelessness were...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Sep 30, 2013
This interview was done in 2008 to bring to life the findings from the 2002-2005 Panel Study on Homelessness in Ottawa.
