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Design Thinking: Bridging the Gap Between Research, Policy, and Practice
While researchers want their work to contribute to social change, this is easier said than done. Researchers rarely have the tools or connections to reach the policy makers and practitioners who...
C.L. MichelApril 16, 2024
Good News: The General Public ‘Gets’ Homelessness
In this bi-weekly blog series, Abe Oudshoorn explores recent research on homelessness, and what it means for the...
Abe OudshoornMarch 05, 2019
Innovations in Social Technology to Inspire Your Next Hackathon to End Homelessness
This blog is part of a monthly series by the Systems Planning Collective to support communities in all their systems...
Alina TurnerFebruary 27, 2019
How Eva Smith’s Legacy Supports Black Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Eva Maud Smith (1923-1993) was a matriarch of her community in Toronto, who shed light on Black youth experiencing...
Jellisa Ricketts (Canadian Observatory on Homelessness)February 26, 2019
Putting General Comment 21 on Children in Street Situations to Work for Canadian Children and Youth
Please join A Way Home Canada, the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness,  the American Bar Association Commission on...
Melanie Redman (A Way Home Canada) and Bruce Rivers (Covenant House Toronto)February 21, 2019
The Time to Prioritize LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness is NOW!
It is unfathomable that as we begin 2019, LGBTQ2S youth homelessness continues to be an unaddressed issue in most parts...
Alex AbramovichFebruary 19, 2019
Is This the Smartest Way to End Homelessness?
In this bi-weekly blog series, Abe Oudshoorn explores recent research on homelessness, and what it means for the...
Abe OudshoornFebruary 12, 2019