From Housing Market to Human Right: A View from Metro Vancouver

Marc Lee / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (BC Office)

This report presents a Vancouver economist's perspective on how the "financialization" of housing has become a key driver of Canada's housing crisis. Specific recommendations on how the National Housing Strategy can be used to guarantee housing as human right are offered.

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Webinar: Preventing Youth Homelessness in Canada - The Way Forward in Canada

The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and A Way Home Canada

ICYMI: The COH and A Way Home Canada are set to release a new report on youth homelessness prevention. The report was written and published with the intention of providing the first ever national definition of youth homelessness prevention, clarity around what youth homelessness prevention entails, and how communities can shift from emergency response towards prevention on the ground-level.

Date: Tuesday, November 20th
Time: 12:00PM - 1:30PM
Presenters: Stephen Gaetz, Kaitlin Schwan, Melanie Redman and David French

Blog: Can We Predict Successful Prevention of Housing Loss?

Abe Oudshoorn / Western University

Author Abe Oudshoorn (RN, PhD), evaluates key learning from a study on a Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing (HPRH) program based in the United States to determine which program features were best able to predict whether a person maintained their housing post-program.

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Has Your Organization Registered For the 2019 Without A Home - National Survey on Youth Homelessness Yet?

The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, A Way Home Canada and The Home Depot Canada Foundation

Mark your calendars! The second Without a Home study will take place January 14th, 2019. Have you registered? If not, time is running out! The study is set to provide an unprecedented dataset on youth homelessness in Canada with a goal of informing policy change across the country on solutions to homelessness. Last time, we engaged over 1,000 youth, this year we're aiming for 2,000! Help us reach our goal and contribute to preventing and ending youth homelessness in Canada. Register today.

Engaging Youth in the 2019 Survey

Amanda Buchnea / A Way Home Canada

Here's a look at 8 youth-recommended ways organizations and communities can increase youth engagement and local participation in the 2019 survey! The blog also outlines steps organizations can take when developing a youth engagement strategy.

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Journal: “I want to be able to show everyone that it is possible to go from being nothing in the world to being something” - Identity as a Determinant of Social Integration.

Naomi S.Thulien et. al / Children and Youth Services Review

Limited empirical evidence exists on the experiences of young people transitioning out of homelessness and integrating back into mainstream society. This Toronto study followed 9 youth in transition over 10 months to examine the challenges associated with creating a new identity after experiencing homelessness.

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