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Participation of People Experiencing Homelessness: Sharing the Power and Working Together - Autumn 2009
Author(s): Silke Paasche, Andy William, Ask Svejstrup Laurberg, Leonardo Tancredi, Izumi Sakamoto, Joe Hall, Alistair Story, Rob Jezek, Samuel Le Floch
Publication Date: 2009
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A ‘normative’ homeless woman?: Marginalisation, emotional injury and social support of transwomen experiencing homelessness
Author(s): Izumi Sakamoto, Matthew Chin, Aisha Chapra, Josie Ricciardi
Publication Date: 2009
See Page 2-19 for the article. Abstract The experiences of transwomen who are homeless are examined, focusing on the consequences of the profound marginalisation that they experience in their everyday lives and the support that they provide to each other as a form of survival. This study was part of a larger community-based, arts-based research project, Coming Together: Homeless Women, Housing and Social Support, which explored how transwomen and...
Coming Together: Homeless Women, Housing and Social Support
Author(s): Izumi Sakamoto, Josie Ricciardi, Jen Plyler, Natalie Wood, Aisha Chapra, Matthew Chin, Billie Allan, Rose Cameron, Monica Nunes
Organization: Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto; Regent Park Community Health Centre, Sistering – a Woman’s Place
Publication Date: 2010
The final report for Coming Together Project shares the voices and insights of women and transwomen with experiences of homelessness. This report expands on an earlier community report on a Community-Based Research project using staged photography. The Coming Together was part of the collaborative project “Homelessness – Solutions from Lived Experiences through Arts-Informed Research”. The policy report from the collaborative presents findings...
Coming Together: Homeless Women, Social Support and Housing
Author(s): Izumi Sakamoto, Jossie Ricciardi, Jen Plyler, Natalie Wood
Publication Date: 2007
This is a community-based research project using staged photography exploring how women and transwomen who are homeless and marginally housed build support networks with each other in order to survive. The research team collected data and identified key themes that were then explored in an art making process with other women/transwomen at drop-in centres across the city.
Homelessness - Diverse Experiences, Common Issues, Shared Solutions: The Need for Inclusion and Accountability
Author(s): Izumi Sakamoto, Erica Khandor, Aisha Chapra, Tekla Hendrickson, Julie Maher, Brenda Roche, Matthew Chin
Publication Date: 2008
The faces of homeless people in Toronto are varied and diverse. In recognition of this, this report uses the phrases “diverse people experiencing homelessness” and “diverse homeless people” interchangeably to refer to people who are homeless and who identify with diverse experiences and identities that often overlap with one another. These diverse experiences and identities include, but are not limited to, women, Aboriginal peoples, trans people,...
Coming Together: Homeless Women, Housing and Social Support: a Community Arts-Based Research Project
Author(s): Izumi Sakamoto
Publication Date: 2007
It is a community-based research project using arts (staged photography) to explore how women and transwomen who are homeless and marginally housed build support networks with each other in order to survive.  Coming Together: Homeless Women, Housing and Social Support" is an artsbased community research project exploring how women and transwomen who are marginally housed build support networks with each other in order to survive. The research tea...