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Finding Community in Encampments
Homelessness rates are rapidly rising across Canada, and encampments, as one of the most visible manifestations of homelessness, have become a focal point for discussion. Unfortunately, these debates...
C.L. MichelApril 30, 2024
Infographic: Fredericton Homeless Count 2016
This week’s infographic comes to us from the Fredericton Community Action Group on Homelessness and looks at two...
Vineeth SekharanApril 06, 2016
Food insecurity remains a persistent national public health problem
Media Folder:  Media Root The newly released, fourth annual report from PROOF, Household Food Insecurity in...
Naomi DachnerApril 05, 2016
What are the best ways to engage landlords?
We’ve received variations of this question from a number of people in our latest website survey, and it makes a lot of...
Emma WoolleyApril 01, 2016
Leaving Home: A National Study on Youth Homelessness in Canada
The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH), working with the National Learning Community on Youth Homelessness and...
Claire MajorMarch 30, 2016
Infographic: Policing Street Youth in Toronto
This week’s infographic takes a look at the interaction of street youth in with the police in Toronto. Data in the...
Vineeth SekharanMarch 22, 2016
Why is the harm reduction model so important?
Think about the child who spins madly in order to make themselves dizzy or experience euphoria; the student who says “I...
Stephen GaetzMarch 17, 2016