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A Plan for Alberta: Ending Homelessness in 10 Years - 3 Year Progress Report
In 2009, Alberta became the first province in Canada to commit to ending homelessness. For the next four years, the Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness developed and monitored the implementation of A Plan for ... [Read More]
It’s Everybody’s Business: Engaging the Private Sector in Solutions to Youth Homelessness
Authors: Noble, Amanda
As more industrialized countries struggle with rising youth unemployment, young people with no job or prospects are ill-equipped to be contributing members of an inclusive, healthy and sustainable economy. The busines... [Read More]
Beyond Housing: At Home/Chez Soi Early Findings Reports
These two significant reports showcase what we have learned so far about the Housing First approach, one of the recommendations for action featured in Changing Directions-Changing Lives: The Mental Health Strategy for Ca... [Read More]
Opening Eyes, Opening Minds: The Ontario Burden of Mental Illness and Addictions
Authors: Ratnasingham, S.; Cairney, J.; Rehm, J.; Manson, H.; Kurdyak, P. A.
Ontarians suffer a high burden of illness from mental illness and addictions―a burden that is more than 1.5 times that of all cancers and more than seven times that of all infectious diseases. This joint study by ICES an... [Read More]
Quiet Crisis: Homelessness and At Risk in Greater Victoria
Authors: Bernie Pauly; Nicole Jackson; Andrew Wynn-Williams; Kelsi Stiles
We begin this report with information about some of the key factors that contribute to homelessness, including housing affordability and availability and costs of living for families and single individuals in our region.... [Read More]
Falling Behind: Ontario’s Backslide into Widening Inequality, Growing Poverty and Cuts to Social Programs
An Ontario-wide coalition of more than 90 groups and organizations concerned with growing inequality released an unprecedented new report today showing that Ontario has sunk to last place in Canada when measured against ... [Read More]
2012 Report on Waiting List Statistics for Ontario
Since 2004, ONPHA has conducted an annual survey of Ontario’s 47 service managers to document the number of households on waiting lists for rent-geared-to-income-assisted housing across the province. [Read More]
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Addressing Youth Homelessness: Research Points the Way

Stephen Gaetz

Director, Canadian Homelessness Research Network

Over the years, it has become increasingly clear to me that we need to take a different approach to youth homelessness. While many communities struggle with the problem (and it is important to note that homeless youth come from every kind of community), we continue, for the most part, to rely on emergency services, such as shelters and day programs, to meet their needs. In many communities, we also rely on law enforcement, driven by the misguided belief that by virt...

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Ask the Expert “I weighed 125 pounds before I got into housing,” says Joe Hatch, a participant in the At Home study in Winnipeg. “But as soon as I had an apartment, my health improved dramatically.” Hatch, who has a B.A. in sociology, was working at the University of Winn...

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Canadian Definition of Homelessness<br/><br/> The Canadian Homelessness Research Network has developed a definition and typology of homelessness intended to improve understanding, measurement and responses to homelessness in Canada by providing a common ‘language’ for addressing this complex problem. ...

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A Canadian Homelessness Research Network (CHRN) initiative. The CHRN has received financial support from the Government of Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada

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