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“Strengthening and Widening a Young Person’s Support Network Is Never the Wrong Way to Go”
Last month, the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness hosted a conversation about the Family and Natural Supports model with Jessica Ward (360 Kids), Melody Brewer (Canadian Mental Health Association...
C.L. MichelApril 10, 2024
Reflections on Reaching Home, the Government of Canada’s New Homelessness Strategy
This April 1st marked a key turning point in the Canadian response to homelessness with the launch of the Federal...
Stephen Gaetz
Melanie RedmanApril 09, 2019
Top 10 Things to Know About the Making the Shift Demonstration Lab
The Making the Shift Demonstration Lab (MtS DEMS) is almost two years old! We wanted to share some of the fundamentals...
Kathleen BurnsMarch 26, 2019
4 Steps to get Systems Mapping Going in your Community
This blog is part of a monthly series by the Systems Planning Collective to support communities in all their systems...
Alina TurnerMarch 22, 2019
What a ‘Right to Housing’ Means for Homelessness: The Case of Veterans
In this bi-weekly blog series, Abe Oudshoorn explores recent research on homelessness, and what it means for the...
Abe OudshoornMarch 16, 2019
Home + Health: Better Housing Supports for Women- Identified Homeless Young People with Mental Health Concerns
Today’s blog post presents findings from Eva’s Home + Health: Better Housing Support for Women-Identified Homeless...
John Ecker
Sarah Holden
Andrea GunrajMarch 11, 2019
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