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“I feel like I’m in a revolving door, and COVID has made it spin a lot faster”: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada
Author(s): Amanda Noble, Benjamin Owens, Naomi Thulien, Amanda Suleiman
Publication Date: 2022
Research has shown that youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) face barriers to social inclusion and are at risk for poor mental health. With the COVID-19 pandemic threatening the health, well-being, and economic circumstances of people around the world, this study aims to assess the impacts of the pandemic on YEH in Toronto, Ontario, as well as to identify recommendations for future waves of COVID-19.
Differential impacts of COVID-19 and associated responses on the health, social well-being and food security of users of supportive social and health programs during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
Author(s): Cilia Mejia-Lancheros, Samira Alfayumi-Zeadna, James Lachaud, Patricia O'Campo, Evie Gogosis, George Da Silva, Vicky Stergiopoulos, Stephen W Hwang, Naomi Thulien
Publication Date: 2022
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of underserved populations are underexplored. This study aimed to identify the impacts of the pandemic and associated public health responses on the health and social well-being, and food security of users of Housing First (HF) services in Toronto during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Shifting to a Collaborative, Prevention-Focused Response in a Large Urban Area
Author(s): Amanda Noble, Naomi Thulien, Benjamin Owens
Organization: Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Social Innovation Lab, Covenant House Toronto
Publication Date: 2022
This research sought to understand how living in Toronto’s emergency shelter system during the pandemic has impacted youth experiencing homelessness, as well as investigate how the sector and municipality could reimagine its response to youth homelessness and begin to shift its response toward longer-term solutions. There were four objectives of this research:  To understand the impact of the pandemic on youth experiencing homelessness in Toront...
Youth Homelessness: Mental Health and Substance Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s): Naomi Thulien, Amanda Noble, Alex Akdikmen, Danielle Ali, Isaac Coplan, Mardi Daley, David French, Stephen W. Hwang, Sean Kidd, Julia Roglich
Organization: Lived Experience Lab, A Way Home Canada, Covenant House
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Press
Publication Date: 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting societal inequities in an unprecedented manner. Young people who are experiencing or have experienced homelessness are disproportionately impacted by the negative socioeconomic consequences of the pandemic. The pandemic has also made visible the precarious existence in which these young people live. The aim of this knowledge synthesis was to deliver real-world evidence on promising mental health and substance...
Youth Homelessness: Mental Health and Substance Use During COVID-19
Author(s): Naomi Thulien, Amanda Noble, Mardi Daley, David French, Stephen Hwang, Sean Kidd
Organization: Lived Experience Lab, A Way Home Canada, Covenant House
Publication Date: 2020
Goal: The overall goal of this project is to rapidly synthesize real-world knowledge on promising mental health and substance use practices utilized by front-line providers serving young people who are experiencing or have experienced homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Background: An estimated 35,000-40,000 Canadian youth (aged 13 – 24 years) experience homelessness at some point during the year and at least 6,000 on any given night (Gaet...