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“It’s not Going to Be Done Just by the Homelessness Sector”: Homelessness Prevention 101
Over the past few years, the homelessness crisis has become impossible to ignore, but the current situation was decades in the making, and solving it will take efforts far beyond the homelessness...
C.L. MichelApril 23, 2024
Lessons Learned From a COVID-19 Outbreak in an Emergency Shelter
Much of the Canadian response to COVID-19 and homelessness has been built around the concern related to transmission...
Abe OudshoornMay 20, 2020
Q&A Series: Approaches to Harm Reduction during COVID-19
Harm Reduction continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing the health and homelessness sector during COVID-19...
Bernie PaulyMay 20, 2020
Q&A Series: Harm Reduction in Shelters during COVID-19
Among the many challenges faced by the homelessness sector during COVID-19, Harm Reduction is perhaps one of the...
Bernie PaulyMay 13, 2020
Harm Reduction in Housing and Shelters During COVID-19
COVID-19 has revealed a lot of inequities. For people that are homeless, it has shown how lack of housing puts people’s...
Bernie PaulyMay 07, 2020
Youth-Sector Survey Results Point to Challenges and Opportunities for Change Across Canada
The global pandemic of COVID-19 has shone a harsh light on the inequities and inadequacies of Canada’s social and...
Amanda BuchneaApril 29, 2020
Protecting Worker Well Being in the Homeless Serving Sector
It goes without saying that the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged all of us in different ways. Those who work in the...
Abe OudshoornApril 22, 2020