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Publication Date: 2021
Climate change affects human health and wellbeing with differential impacts on populations and regions. For example, climate change disproportionally affects girls and women and can amplify conflict and violence in resource-deprived environments. The way climate change exacerbates economic and social disparities underscores the role of migration in response to climate pressures. Movement or staying in place, whether forced or voluntary, have impo...
Publication Date: 2021
This webinar focuses on the difficult change management lessons learned in practice in Canada to bring the need for change home for folks that may have outdated assumptions that need to be challenged. This conversation is focused on the roles of practitioners and service organizations in prevention in order to see the best outcomes for young people and their families/natural supports.
Publisher: Government of Canada
Publication Date: 1998
Organization: Canadian Centre for Community Renewal
Publisher: Centre for Community Enterprise
Publication Date: 2006
Publisher: Sustainable Calgary Society
Publication Date: 2020
In 1998 Sustainable Calgary’s first State of Our City Report identified 2 critical issues that needed attention – overconsumption of resources and socio-economic inequities in our city. Twenty-two years later, the evidence suggests that the state of these critical domains has only worsened. Calgary has seen a lot of progress in those 22 years and we remain a city with a very high quality of life, but an assessment of the 40 social, ecological, an...
Publication Date: 2021
Climate change affects human health and wellbeing with differential impacts on populations and regions. For example, climate change disproportionally affects girls and women and can amplify conflict and violence in resource-deprived environments. The way climate change exacerbates economic and social disparities underscores the role of migration in response to climate pressures. Movement or staying in place, whether forced or voluntary, have impo...
Publication Date: 2021
This article argues that the expansion of shelter and welfare provisions for the homeless can lead to increased criminalization of homeless people in public spaces. First, I document how repression of people experiencing homelessness by the police in San Francisco neighborhoods increased immediately after the opening of new shelters. Second, I reveal how shelter beds are used as a privileged tool of the police to arrest, cite, and confiscate prop...
Publication Date: 2021
Members of the National Council of Youth in Care Advocates discuss the current situation related to Covid-19 Moratoriums on 'aging out' of care, and thoughts on the requirements for a just and ethical pandemic recovery for youth in and from care.
Publication Date: 2021
This webinar provides the Canadian context for youth homelessness through the lens of A Way Home Canada, a leading national coalition reimagining solutions to youth homelessness through transformations in policy, planning and practice.
Publication Date: 2021
In this project Indigenous youth leaders in Thunder Bay, Canada, developed a tool for Indigenous youth who have experienced homelessness.
Working on the BYFY project has been an incredible experience. It has helped me develop both public and personal skills. It has also given me an opportunity to expand culturally. Going through highschool I never had even considered public work, as I had difficulties in public speaking. So I'm incredibly happy...
Publication Date: 2021
Open-access journal article.
Background: It is unclear what the best strategy is for detecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS- CoV-2) among residents of homeless shelters and what individual factors are associated with testing positive for the virus. We sought to evaluate factors associated with testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 among residents of homeless shelters and to evalu- ate positivity rates in shelters where testing...
Organization: A Way Home Canada, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, National Learning Community on Youth Homelessness
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Press
Publication Date: 2021
A priority for A Way Home Canada and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is to assess youth-serving organizations’ engagement and comfort levels with two core features of Reaching Home: Coordinated Access Systems (CAS) and Homeless Individuals and Families Information System (HIFIS) or Homelessness Management Information System (HMIS) for data management. CASs are often used to connect people who are chronically homeless to local programs an...
Publisher: Community Social Planning Council
Publication Date: 2020
A senior-led, community-based research collaboration between James Bay New Horizons Society and the Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria (CSPC). The project focuses on James Bay, Victoria’s oldest neighbourhood, in which 48% of the population is aged 55 and over. The project team explored how the current housing market is impacting seniors, the challenges seniors are facing, and opportunities for mitigating these challenges.
Organization: Victoria Foundation
Publisher: Community Social Planning Council
Publication Date: 2020
This study is the beginning of a crucial conversation about inclusion in the green economy, building from existing literature, to move the national discussion about the green economy forward. The study will be used as a base for further research to identify potential local levers for change, enabling the project to shift economic, political, and social structures towards increased gender equity.
This report was created for community members and s...
Publisher: Community Social Planning Council
Publication Date: 2021
Did you know that 1 in 11 families living in the Greater Victoria Region are living in low-income? The purpose of this fact sheet is to bring awareness that even though we may all be in the same storm, we are not all in the same boat. As we celebrate this BC Family Day, lets make sure that No Family Gets Left Behind.
Publisher: Community Social Planning Council
Publication Date: 2020
For the 2020 Good Food Summit that took place at the beginning of December, the CSPC developed the Regional Food System Indicator Framework. This framework explains how we track our progress towards building a robust community food strategy and reaching the outcomes and targets of the Good Food 2025 Strategy, a regional collective impact initiative.
Publisher: Vibrant Communities Calgary & Action to End Poverty in Alberta
Publication Date: 2012
By providing economic evidence to help inform the creation of policy, this report encourages decision-makers and all Albertans to consider the financial efficacy of the policies we currently have in place; encourages us to consider alternatives; and will hopefully facilitate consensus among divergent values and opinions in Alberta. Ultimately, this report aims to contribute to an effective, meaningful, and sustainable Poverty Reduction Strategy i...
Publication Date: 2021
Open-access article.
Researchers have pointed out the paucity of research investigating long-term consequences of experiencing homelessness in childhood or youth. Limited research has indicated that the experience of homelessness in childhood or youth is associated with adverse adjustment-related consequences in adulthood. Housing First (HF) has acknowledged effectiveness in improving housing outcomes among adults experiencing homelessness and li...
Publication Date: 2021
Video summay of research finding from the report: Unequal Justice: Experiences and Outcomes of Young People in Ontario’s Youth Bail System.