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Publication Date: 2016
While plans for the containment and control of new and potentially deadly pathogens have long existed, pandemic planning and preparedness efforts proliferated rapidly after the outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in 2003, the emergence of the looming threat of H5N1 (avian influenza), and the declaration by the World Health Organization of an H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic in 2009. The projection of 62 million deaths and devastating ec...
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Publication Date: 2015
Hitting the streets at 15 was the least of my worries. I had lost all hope, all connection to and all faith in the society around me. I remember sleeping in a parkade on a piece of cardboard when I was 16, waking up periodically when a businessperson would uncomfortably walk around me. I was shocked and angry every time: I had no clue how a person could walk by such a tragedy without so much as a word (Book, 2015).
How is it that people with reso...
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Publication Date: 2015
Thomas King (2003) reminds us that “The truth about stories is that that’s all we are” (p. 2). Stories provide the structure through which actions and words are given meaning and value judgments are assigned; they act as our interpretive filters. Many stories are not of our own making, but rather are told about us by others. This is especially true of communities and individuals who experience social marginalization and oppression. It is other pe...
Organization: Canadian Homelessness Research Network (CHRN)
Publication Date: 2012
These guides were produced by the Women, Homelessness, and Community-Based Participatory Research project. They are based on the experiences and recommendations of a group of women experiencing poverty and homelessness, who have been involved with community-based participatory research.
Other guides, and the full project report, can be found here.
Guide for Grassroots Individuals and Groups Considering Community-Based Participatory Research on Wo...
Organization: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Publication Date: 2012
The Women, Homelessness and Community-Based Participatory Research project grew out of a sense that while many CBPR projects addressing women and homelessness existed in communities across the country, information about these activities was not widely known. Hence one of the goals of the project was to create an inventory of such projects as a first step in knowledge exchange and potential networking among project actors.
Beyond the creation of a...
Organization: ResearchImpact
Publication Date: 2009
In 1995, the government cut welfare benefits for Ontarians by 21.6%. One effect of the cut is that many women remain in abusive relationships out of financial necessity. A new definition of ‘spouse’ introduced at about the same time (and changed a bit later) has also been a problem for women who live on their own and try to qualify for benefits. While “workfare ” is supposed to help welfare recipients move from welfare to work, many women find wo...