The Wellesley Institute’s Director of Housing and Innovation, Michael Shapcott, joined the City of Toronto Director of Affordable Housing, Sean Gadon, at a seminar with University of Toronto students on March 24.
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Homes For All: Social Housing In Toronto And Canada
The Wellesley Institute’s Director of Housing and Innovation, Michael Shapcott, presented to students at the University of Pennsylvania in March 2014 in Philadelphia. He focused on the links between housing and health in Toronto and Canada.
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Listening To Learn: Understanding The Needs Of Adults With Physical Disabilities Living In The Burlington Area Throughout Their Lifespan
The Listening to Learn project was a community-based research project that engaged adults with physical disabilities in Burlington, Ontario in a meaningful conversation about their experiences related to housing, services, and overall quality of life. The project involved four qualitative methods of gathering data: interviews, focus groups, Photovoice, and a community forum and exhibition. The […]
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Supportive Housing Helps
Supportive housing is a proven component of the range of services that can help people facing health challenges to continue to live in the community. But it has occasionally faced local opposition. In 2008, Wellesley Institue funded research on the impact of supportive housing on neighbourhoods as a way to provide answers to people’s questions. […]
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Breaking Ground: Peer Support For Congregate Living Settings Flip Sheet
Habitat Services conducted a community-based research project with funding from the Wellesley Institute and support from Ontario Council of Alternative Businesses (OCAB) and Parkdale Activity and Recreation Centre (PARC), in order to uncover recommendations about peer support work in congregate living settings.
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Breaking Ground: Exploring The Role Of Peer Support In Supportive Housing
Adults with serious mental health problems require many supports to help them function at their best and enjoy a decent quality of life. Crucial to the recovery of this population is access to stable, supportive housing. Habitat Services, a non-profit community mental health agency, funds and monitors private sector boarding home accommodations and provides on-site housing […]
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Critical Characteristics of Supported Housing
The importance of good quality housing in people’s lives cannot be overstated. A resident of supported housing articulates its impact: It has allowed me to stop worrying about those things that were holding me back.
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Critical Characteristics Of Supported Housing
Principal Organizations: University of Toronto Partner Organizations: Toronto Branch ,Canadian Mental Health Association Principal Investigator(s): Bonnie Kirsh, PhD Critical Characteristics of Supported Housing: Findings from the Literature, Residents, and Service Providers lays the foundation for the development of principles that can be used to guide Supported Housing programming and that can continue to be examined in […]
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Towards Effective Strategies In Harm Reduction Housing
The Fred Victor Centre Released: July, 2009 This new enabling grant research examines the strengths and weaknesses of Housing First programs for individuals who are using substances.
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Not For Lack Of Trying: Barriers To Employment And The Unrealized Potential Of Psychiatric Survivors Living In Boarding Homes
Principal Organization: Ontario Council of Alternative Businesses Partner Organization: Habitat Services Principal Investigator: Joyce Brown and Becky McFarlane The aim of this community based research project was to engage Habitat tenants, both as researchers and as participants in focus groups, to provide qualitative evidence that would help make the case for greater resourcing of the […]
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