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In This Together: Ending Poverty In Alberta
Authors: Kolkman, John; Ahorro, Joseph; Moore-Kilgannon, Bill; Sigurdson, Lori; Ahorro, Joseph; Christiani, Brittany; MacDonald, Stephen
The recent recession was challenging for all Alberta families but especially so for those with low and modest incomes. There was a dramatic spike in child and family poverty in 2009, the most recent year for which data ... [Read More]
Homeless people die 30 years before national average
Homeless people die thirty years before the national average, says shocking new research from Sheffield University commissioned by Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people. "Homelessness: A silent ... [Read More]
Precarious Housing and Hidden Homelessness Among Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Immigrants in the Toronto Metropolitan Area
This report is part of a pan-Canadian research project entitled Precarious Housing and Hidden Homelessness among Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Immigrants in Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver funded b... [Read More]
Improving Housing Outcomes for Aboriginal People Through the Assessment and Development of Practices, Policies and Procedures
Authors: Thurston, W.E. ; Oelke, Nelly; Turner, David; Bird, Cynthia; Woodland, Alanah
Homelessness is a continuing concern throughout Canada. Recent literature explicates the need and the historical and cultural reasons for fundamentally different approaches to address Aboriginal homelessness. In respo... [Read More]
Health in the Hubs Phase 1: Neighbours and Nurses Working Together
Authors: Semogas, Dyanne; Rolfe, Steve; Derbyshire, David; Murray, Nancy; Boundris, Amanda; Harrington, Marg; Malott, Anne; Wahoush, Olive; Valaitis, Ruta
Health in the Hubs is an ongoing partnership between the McMaster University School of Nursing (SON) and three local community planning teams (LPT) representing different neighbourhoods in the City of Hamilton: Crown Poi... [Read More]
Revisiting Family Security in Insecure Times - 2011 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada
The Canadian government keeps failing to help children and families living on low-income, according to Campaign 2000’s 20th Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada. Over two decades after the unanimous resoluti... [Read More]
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Housing in the Northwest Territories

Nick Falvo

PhD Candidate

Last week, I was in Yellowknife, where I released results of new research on affordable housing in the Northwest Territories (NWT). The research project was sponsored by the Social Economy Research Network of Northern Canada, and was a collaboration with the Centre for Northern Families.

 

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Ask the Expert

Ask the Expert A report by York University Professor Stephen Gaetz, University of Guelph Professor Bill O'Grady and York PhD student Kristy Buccieri has found that Toronto Police are ticketing the city's homeless more aggressively than ever before, despite a decline in of...

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101 Things You Need to Know About Youth Homelessness

 1. There are an estimated 100 million children living on the streets in the world today.

2. A ‘Child on the Street’ refers to children who visit their families regularly and might even return every night to sleep at home, but spend most days and ...

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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