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Author(s): Jeannette Waegemakers Schiff, Rebecca Schiff, Alina Turner, Karine Bernard
Publication Date: 2015
Until recently, there was little acknowledgement that homelessness existed in rural areas in Canada. With a few exceptions, most research and intervention has concentrated on individuals and families living in urban areas; consequently homelessness has most often been framed as an urban phenomenon. Rural homelessness was unacknowledged, until reports from diverse rural areas began to emerge in the last decade which shed light on the unique contex...