by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 2, 2013
I met Destiny the day before she was entering a Salvation Army rehab in Winnipeg, Canada. She was out in the rain so we stepped into a metro stop to stay dry. Destiny grew up in and out of the jail system and fell into addiction. Because she has two kids she is making...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 2, 2013
David has been homeless in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada ever since he lost his wife and his dog, and then his house. David says Fort McMurray is the best place in Canada to be homeless. Because deposit cans are 25 cents each homeless people can make $100 a day...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 2, 2013
I met Darryl panhandling in Toronto, Canada. He has been homeless on and off since 2007. Sadly, Darryl aged out of foster care with no place to go. Even worse, that is the norm not the exception for many young adults in North America. Although reports vary, since at...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 2, 2013
I may have never known Catherine was homeless unless there was a hat on the sidewalk “asking” for donations. Funny thing in Canada, homeless people in urban areas don’t actually ask for money like they do in the States. That would be considered...
by Bogdan Lihanceanu | Dec 2, 2013
What makes Canadian homelessness unique is aboriginal homelessness. Because residential schools literally destroyed generations of families Canadian streets are filled with thousands upon thousands of “walking wounded”. The numbers of aboriginal people...
