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The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is the largest national research institute devoted to homelessness in Canada. The COH is the curator of the Homeless Hub.
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Author(s): John Ecker, Carter Sehn, Justine Levesque, Jenny Lam
Organization: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Publication Date: 2021
The Local Poverty Reduction Fund is funded by the Government of Ontario and administered by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

Author(s): Justine Levesque, Carter Sehn, Jordan Babando, John Ecker, Lonnie Embleton
Organization: Hub Solutions
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Press
Publication Date: 2021
Reaching Home has funded Hub Solutions, a social enterprise of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH) to research the needs of frontline staff in the homelessness support sector and identify opportunities and avenues to improve employment and workplace conditions in the sector.
Four research questions guided this work:
What are the key skills (e.g., technical, interpersonal, educational, lived experience, empathy, etc.) that are require...