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What is the Family and Natural Supports (FNS) Approach to Preventing and Ending Youth Homelessness?
Many young people become homeless because of challenges they have experienced with their families. According to the Without a Home study, approximately 63% of youth experiencing homelessness reported...
Emma AmonJanuary 23, 2023
StepStones for Youth - Safe at Home Program: MtS Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards Winner
The Safe at Home program developed by StepStones for Youth in Toronto, Ontario was recently selected as one of the...
Emma AmonNovember 23, 2022
Exploring the Connection Between the Shadow Pandemic of Violence Against Women and the Homelessness Crisis
Tomorrow is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, as well as the start of the 16 Days of...
Watetu wa GichukiNovember 15, 2022
Learning from Youth with Lived Experience to Realize Homelessness Prevention in Schools: Learnings from Tio’tiá:ke/Montréal
While schools can be a powerful site of homelessness prevention, they are also a potential site of harm for many young...
Dr. Jayne MalenfantNovember 15, 2022
Giving Community The Tools – A Dedicated National Youth Homelessness Strategy
We make up the collective and, therefore, have the power to make the system better for all. There is this common...
Kimberly DuongNovember 09, 2022
A Day of Remembrance: Understanding Women Veterans’ Homelessness in Canada
It is as if people do not care about women veterans’ homelessness. We leave them jobless, homeless, and vulnerable to...
Kimberly DuongNovember 08, 2022
Understanding Workplace Mental Health in the Homeless Service, Supportive Housing, and Harm Reduction Sectors
Two years ago, a research team at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health began a national, mixed-methods study to...
Nick KermanNovember 07, 2022