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Michael Shapcott

Good research critically important to ending homelessness: Video interview

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Good research is key to ending homelessness in Canada. It helps us understand the scale and scope of homelessness, design adequate and fully-funded housing policies and programs, set realistic targets and timelines and measure accountability for results. The research table must include people who have experienced homelessness. These are some of the observations by Michael Shapcott, the Wellesley Institute’s Director of Affordable Housing and Social Innovation, during a video interview.

Research can contribute to ending homelessness from The Homeless Hub on Vimeo.

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Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott is Director, Affordable Housing and Social Innovation at Wellesley Institute. Michael has worked extensively in Toronto, in many parts of Canada, nationally and internationally on social innovation, the non-profit sector, civic engagement, housing and housing rights, poverty, social exclusion, urban health and health equity. He is recognized as one of Canada’s leading community-based housing and homelessness experts. He is currently on secondment to the Princes' Charities Canada.

Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.