| Drugs, Homelessness & Health:
Homeless Youth Speak Out About Harm Reduction
by Barnaby, Lorraine et al. / Shout Clinic
This report presents the voices of Toronto's high-risk, substance-using homeless street-involved youth who are engaging in some of the most risky types of drug use and practices. Read the Report > REPORTS
Poverty Affects Us All: A Community Approach to Poverty Reduction
by Pellatt, Colleen et al. / the City of Ottawa
As the nation's capital, the City of Ottawa is in a unique position to be a role model in breaking down the myths about poverty & taking action to reduce it. Seeing the Possibilities: The Need for a Mental Health Focus Amongst Street-Involved Youth
by McCay, Elizabeth / the Wellesley Institute
A comprehensive assessment of mental health challenges faced by street youth in order to ultimately provide direction for intervention. Independent Living Accounts (ILA): Leaving Homelessness in the Past
by Fair, Adam et al / SEDI; Toronto Community Foundation
The ILA model was designed to test the effectiveness of matched saving incentives in supporting individuals living in the shelter system to save for expenses related to moving out on their own. JOURNAL ARTICLES
Patterns of Consumer Usage of Homeless Outreach Services
by Carr, Amory W.; Glenwich, David S.; Kim, Se-Kang
This study is an investigation of the characteristics of consumers of homeless outreach services and the services they receive. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless Coming ‘down here’: Young people's reflections on becoming entrenched in a local drug scene
by Fast, Dayna; Small, Will; Wood, Evan; Kerr, Thomas
This study explores how young people who are currently street-entrenched characterized and understood their initiation into the local drug scene. Journal of Social Science & Medicine
Psychosocial Problems Associated With Homelessness in Sexual Minority Youths
by Gattis, Maurice N.
While on the streets, they are at increased risk for victimization, substance and alcohol use, sexual risk behaviors, and mental health issues compared to homeless heterosexual youths.
Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment | Issue 2 / February 24, 2010
University of Guelph Professor Bill O'Grady discusses the money-making practices of street-involved youth in Toronto and how the homeless are increasingly criminalized throughout Canada.
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New & Noteworthy
WALKING THROUGH WONDERLAND
This animated short captures a glimpse of youth homelessness in a surreal and edgy manner. Framed around two characters building a friendship on the street, this artistic work highlights the dualisitic nature of youth homeless culture. Viewer discretion is advised
NEW! THE HOMELESS HUB GALLERY
The Gallery houses arts-based approaches to knowledge dissemination - such as film, theatre, music, photography and visual art - so that Canadians in all walks of life can engage in public discussions about homelessness, its causes and potential solutions.
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