by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 23, 2011
Juan Valdez vividly recalls the night he left home. “I grabbed a whole bunch of black plastic bags, packed all of my things, and went to my best friend’s house. And, I mean, what else could I do? I was 16, I didn’t know how to do anything,” Juan said. Juan was kicked...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 22, 2011
I am not only a person who has been really poor, virtually homeless for a period, but also still on the edge of poverty. Although I am working as an Auxiliary on Call there is often no work available, so I filed for Employment Insurance, grateful that I will have...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 22, 2011
I had an accident a few years ago – In 2007, I fell down two flights of stairs and crushed 5 vertebrae and broke 9 ribs. All of a sudden I found myself not being able to work and/or support myself financially. I ended up on the streets with Social Assistance at $235 a...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 22, 2011
I drank all my life. I never touched drugs until 2003. Then I messed around with it until December 2008. Then I seen it was killing me – financially, emotionally and physically. So I decided it was time to shut it down which I did and I tried drinking a couple...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Feb 22, 2011
I never planned to be here where I am now. I was born with many hidden handicaps and a family that liked to move because they couldn’t cope. The reason we first came up here was because my dad dreamed to find gold in 1974. I was young, going to school, what set me...
