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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
We Want YOU to Submit Resources for the Homelessness Learning Hub!
By now you’ve probably heard the word on the street. The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH) has launched a new...
Pardis PahlavanluJuly 23, 2019
How Can We Use Administrative Data to Prevent Homelessness among Youth Leaving Care?
In 2017, I was part of a team of people at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and A Way Home Canada who wrote a...
Naomi NicholsJuly 20, 2019
What Does the Learning Community Have Planned for 2019?
The National Learning Community on Youth Homelessness (or Learning Community for short) is a pan-Canadian community of...
Lesley McMillan
Orpah CundanganJuly 15, 2019
Looking for Training Resources? We’ve Got the Answer for You!
We get it: funding for professional development and training for frontline service providers in our sector is slim....
Pardis PahlavanluJuly 08, 2019
Why We're Failing to Prevent Homelessness
In this bi-weekly blog series, Abe Oudshoorn explores recent research on homelessness, and what it means for the...
Abe OudshoornJune 26, 2019
Design Research and the Art of Self-Expression
Watch what happens when you dump a bunch of craft supplies onto a table and ask people to make something. You’ll get a...
Chad StoryJune 25, 2019