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Understanding the Many Faces of Urban and Rural Displacement
Evictions are rising across Ontario impacting both rural and urban communities alike. With our current affordable housing crisis, it is no surprise that we are continuing to see this rise of people...
Yvonne KellyMay 06, 2024
Protecting People Experiencing Homelessness During a Pandemic
Access more information on Pandemic Planning for the Homelessness sector at the Homelessness Learning Hub.  Picture...
Abe OudshoornMarch 25, 2020
The Paradox of Growing Wealth and Increasing Homelessness in Australia
In “Growing Wealth, Increasing Homelessness, and More Opportunities to Exercise Our Care to the Homeless”, Dr. Cameron...
Abe OudshoornMarch 18, 2020
Duty to Assist As a Way to Accelerate Canada’s Obligations Under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and General Comment 21 on Children in Street Situations
For the past year we have been working on Duty to Assist, exploring the Welsh model and co-designing a  prototype in...
David French
Julia Verena LalandeMarch 18, 2020
More Canadians are Food Insecure Than Ever Before - And the Problem is Only Getting Worse
Today, PROOF, an interdisciplinary research program investigating household food insecurity in Canada, provides a long-...
Valerie TarasukMarch 11, 2020
Pandemic Planning: How Can My Agency Prepare for the Potential Spread of Coronavirus?
Access more information on Pandemic Planning for the Homelessness sector at the Homelessness Learning Hub.  Dominating...
Kristy BuccieriMarch 11, 2020
Tracing the Experiences of LGBTQ2S Youth in Toronto and Pathways Forward
There are many personal and structural factors that create pathways into homelessness, including natural disasters,...
Natalie PillaMarch 04, 2020