by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 2, 2013
I was walking in a park near downtown Ottawa, Canada, and started to talk to a small group of homeless people sitting on the lawn. Everyone started to talk about the recent street violence of homeless people being attacked for no reason. John (not his real name)...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 2, 2013
I met Jean in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Both of her parents died last year. The house they were living in was burned down. After paying for two funerals Jean was left without any money and housing. Jean admits that panhandling is no way to make a living. But even...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 2, 2013
I met Jason in St John’s, Newfoundland the day we ended the Canadian segment of the Invisible People road trip. There was a ceremony at city hall and Jason, who lived in a homeless youth shelter at the time, showed up at the event. Meeting Jason, and the...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 2, 2013
This past March I was in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, speaking at a homeless conference. Whenever I can I ask to be taken out with an outreach team to meet new people. I have to be honest, there is a reason I moved from Upstate New York to Sunny, Southern California...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 2, 2013
Watch this video first http://youtu.be/zpm-gEMPL34 . Four weeks ago I was in Calgary, Canada, where I met Donny and posted his video. I was being escorted by Andrea Ranson, part of the outreach team from Calgary Homeless Foundation [http://www.calgaryhomeless.com]. It...
