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Announcing New Partnerships for Youth Reconnect

First Nation communities across Canada are taking their data, and their power back by implementing OCAP® Principles. Learn what this means for HelpSeeker’s Systems Mapping initiatives and ways to learn about OCAP® for data and research.

I recently wrote a report, commissioned by the Calgary Homeless Foundation, providing an overview of recent developments in homelessness planning across the following 13 Canadian cities: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Quebec City, Hamilton, Regina, Victoria, St. John’s and Yellowknife.

“Nothing about us, without us”

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted people experiencing homelessness.

World Homeless Day started on October 10th, 2010, and has been recognized annually on this day in over 100 countries since.

Free Training on HLHub

Frontline workers play a key role in ending homelessness, but do they get enough support to do their jobs? Hub Solutions (a social enterprise embedded within the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness) conducted an evaluation which provides an answer to this and many other questions.

September 30th is Orange Shirt Day, which is also known as the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. This day is not just about a t-shirt – it is a day for people to reflect, recognize, and raise awareness of the ongoing harmful legacy of the residential school system in Canada.

In Canada and around the world, many women, girls, and gender diverse people continue to live in insecure or unsafe housing due to inequity and discrimination. In the Canadian context, these groups experience disproportionate levels of core housing need and poverty.