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“It’s not Going to Be Done Just by the Homelessness Sector”: Homelessness Prevention 101
Over the past few years, the homelessness crisis has become impossible to ignore, but the current situation was decades in the making, and solving it will take efforts far beyond the homelessness...
C.L. MichelApril 23, 2024
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
Making the Shift (MtS) Scholars with Lived Experience Network
When you’re struggling with precarious housing, your trajectory might look very different than that of young people who...
Jayne Malenfant
Charlotte SmithFebruary 24, 2020
Strengthening Communities: The Role of the Public Library as a Site of Connection
The role of public libraries in supporting their community, especially vulnerable persons is nothing new. For people...
Aly VeljiFebruary 19, 2020