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Canadian Definition of Homelessness
Author(s): Stephen Gaetz, Carolann Barr, Anita Friesen, Bradley Harris, Bernie Pauly, Bruce Pearce, Alina Turner, Allyson Marsolais
Organization: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH)
Publication Date: 2012
The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH) has developed a definition and typology of homelessness intended to improve understanding, measurement and responses to homelessness in Canada by providing a common ‘language’ for addressing this complex problem. Working in collaboration with national, regional and local stakeholders, including people with lived experience, we have developed a definition that draws on our shared history of attempting...
Breaking the Cycle of Youth Homelessness - Interview with Carolann Barr
Author(s): Carolann Barr
Organization: Raising the Roof
Publication Date: 2010
Carolann Barr is the Executive Director of Raising the Roof, Canada's only national charity dedicated to long-term solutions to homelessness. Carolann has led the development of the national research report Youth Homelessness in Canada: The Road to Solutions. She is currently leading national research efforts and partnership-building initiatives to break the cycle of youth homelessness through Raising the Roof’s Youthworks initiative. Carolann’s...