Canada can take practical and pragmatic steps to avoid falling farther behind other countries when it comes to poverty, poor health and housing insecurity. Continue Reading…
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Canada can take practical and pragmatic steps to avoid falling farther behind other countries when it comes to poverty, poor health and housing insecurity. Continue Reading…
The Salvation Army, largest operator of homeless shelters in Canada, has released a powerful new research report that underlines the critical need for Continue Reading…
The Alberta government has today released a dramatic plan to end homelessness in 10 years by committing $1.2 billion in capital investments and $2 billion in Continue Reading…
Mark your calendars and plan to attend the third annual Wellesley Institute – Housing Action Now municipal budget forum. Toronto’s $8 billion-plus municipal Continue Reading…
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd introduced yesterday (Sunday) an ambitious plan to half the overall number of people who are homeless, and ensure that Continue Reading…
Mark your calendars and plan to attend this important event on July 24: The Centre for Urban and Community Studies at the Cities Centre, University of Toronto Continue Reading…
Homeless Female-to-Male (FTM) Transgender/Transsexual people have unique needs in the Toronto shelter system, but a failure to respond to these needs at both Continue Reading…
The federal government has convened a national homelessness consultation today and tomorrow in Ottawa that has brought together about 100 leading experts from Continue Reading…
With grateful acknowledgement to Clement Clarke Moore, whose poem "Twas the night before Christmas" provided the inspiration for this more contemporary Continue Reading…
Canada has received both a sharp reprimand and a strong call to action in the preliminary observations of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Continue Reading…
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