The October 2019 “Preventing and Sustaining Exits from Youth Homelessness in Canada” Edition of Parity
Parity is the national publication of the Council to Homeless Persons, and is the national homelessness publication in Australia. Learn more about Parity here!
One of the aims of the October 2019 publication is to give everyone working on youth homelessness prevention in Canada the opportunity to have their say about planning, policy, and practice to bring communities, provinces/territories and Canada as a whole closer to creating a system of care that prevents homelessness, and promotes rapid, sustainable exits from homelessness.
Another important goal of this issue of Parity is to offer space to people with lived experience of youth homelessness to create written or artistic submissions.
The Fundamental Questions this Edition will Seek to Answer
What does it look like to prevent and sustain exits from youth homelessness in planning, policy, and practice, and how do we as individuals, organizations, communities, and countries collectively move in that direction?
Why You/Your Organization Should Submit
This is your opportunity to brag about your work, talk about your successes, identify the changes your organization has made to move towards a prevention mandate. Parity offers a national and international platform to get the word out about the work you are doing and to influence change in youth homelessness practice, policy and planning in Canada and around the world.
What We Are Looking For
Submissions can be made in various formats including: opinion pieces, policy review (municipal, provincial/territorial/federal), review/case study of existing programs & services. A style guide will be provided which outlines the length and formatting requirements. The primary requirement is that your piece connects to the theme of the edition: preventing and sustaining exits from youth homelessness.
The Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness offers a comprehensive framework for contributors to reference as they craft and contextualize their piece(s). Developed by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and A Way Home Canada, The Roadmap defines youth homelessness prevention as the policies, practices and interventions that either:
- Reduce the likelihood that a young person will experience homelessness, or
- Provide youth experiencing homelessness with the necessary supports to stabilize their housing, improve their wellbeing, reintegrate into community, and avoid re-entry into homelessness
A “Duty to Assist” is also explored as a legislative tool for youth homelessness prevention, to uphold the human rights of young people, as well as provide redress when their rights are violated.
Please refer to The Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness for more detailed descriptions and further information.
Key Dates
- Draft submissions accepted until June 28th, 2019.
- July and August 2019 (or earlier if submitted ahead of June 28th), final edits and revisions will be made with the authors to prepare their contributions for publication.
- September 2019 all final drafts are submitted to Parity for publication.
For more information about this edition of Parity magazine, please contact Tina Pahlevan: tinapah3@yorku.ca
If you know of anyone with lived experience that may be interested in submitting a written contribution, please contact Jayne Malenfant at: jayne.malenfant@mail.mcgill.ca