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Girls, Homelessness, and COVID-19: The Urgent Need for Research and Action
Author(s): Kaitlin Schwan, Erin Dej, Alicia Versteegh
Publication Date: 2020
Equitable access to adequate housing has increasingly been recognized as a matter of life and death during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite this, there has been limited gendered analysis of how COVID-19 has shaped girls’ access to housing. In this article we analyze how the socio-economic exclusion of girls who are homeless is likely to increase during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. We suggest that three structural inequities will deepen this exc...
Turning Off the Tap: A Typology for Homelessness Prevention
Author(s): Erin Dej, Stephen Gaetz, Kaitlin Schwan
Publication Date: 2020
As states move beyond simply managing their homelessness crises to looking for ways to reduce and ultimately end homelessness, broad-scale efforts to prevent homelessness are lacking. Experiences of homelessness are often harmful, traumatic, and costly, making a compelling case for why homelessness prevention should be prioritized. In recent years, countries such as Australia, Finland, and Wales have shifted their focus to prevention, but there r...
"The One Thing That Actually Helps". Art Creation as a Self-Care and Health Promoting Practice Amongst Youth Experiencing Homelessness. 
Author(s): Kaitlin Schwan, Barbara Fallon, Betsy Milne
Publication Date: 2018
Arts-based programming has increasingly been offered to youth experiencing homelessness in various service settings, often grounded in the belief that this type of programming can promote mental wellness and recovery, social inclusion, and life skills. Despite the ubiquity of such programs, there is limited research on the impacts and value of arts creation for youth who are homeless. Drawing on 23 in-depth interviews with youth experiencing home...