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Where's Home?
by Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association & Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada
The study this year, as in previous years, looks at critical housing variables across Ontario including production trends, rental housing availability, vacancy rates, rental demand, and affordability. The report also takes a snapshot of 22 municipal housing markets throughout the province.
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REPORTS
Poverty shouldn’t be a life sentence: A report on the perceptions of homelessness and poverty in Canada
by The Salvation Army
The data in this report illustrates the public’s perception on homelessness and poverty. By releasing this data, our goal is to illustrate the realities, and lay to rest some commonly-held misconceptions, about homelessness and poverty.
Working for a Living Wage: Making Paid Work Meet Basic Family Needs in Metro Vancouver
by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Recent CCPA research shows that most families are taking home a smaller share of the economic pie despite working longer hours, getting more education and contributing to a growing economy.
Cutting Through the Fog: Why is it so hard to make sense of poverty measures?
by the Metcalf Foundation
The paper is about the challenges facing citizens when presented with statistics on poverty, and emphasizes the need to question the implications and assumptions underlying various poverty measures.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Profiling abusive men based on women's self-reports: findings from a sample of urban low-income minority women
by Panchanadeswaran, S; Ting, L; Burke, JG; et al.
The purpose of the current study is to identify abusive profiles and subgroups of non-treatment-seeking men using women's self reports. Violence Against Women Journal
Public injecting and HIV risk behaviour among street-involved youth
by Marshall, Brandon; Kerr, Thomas; Qi, Jiezhi; et al.
Although street-involved youth who inject illicit drugs are known to be at an increased risk of HIV, little is known about public injecting among this population and how injecting in public environments may impact HIV risk behaviour.
Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Resilient Educational Outcomes: Participation in School by Youth With Histories of Homelessness
by Hyman, Sophie; Aubry, Tim; Klodawsky, Fran
Disrupted high school experiences, including dropout, are educational consequences for many youth with histories of homelessness. Journal of Youth and Society
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Issue 5 / May-June, 2010
Subtext is a rough-cut documentary exploration. It explores an urban shantytown and the strides of activists, ex-residents, and the City of Toronto to find solutions to homelessness.
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New & Noteworthy
FOR TEACHERS
The Homeless Hub provides a number of resources that educators can use to learn more about homelessness. These resources include special plain language summaries of key issues and questions, an extensive resource library, videos and arts-based research.
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In Our Own Words
Read stories of individuals and families who have experienced homelessness, as well as the service providers dedicated to providing support.
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Events
June Calendar
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