From PeacockPoverty:
PeacockPoverty is a collection of individuals with an experience of poverty who join together to share knowledge, strength, talent and wisdom with each other and our friends....
Homelessness, Human Rights, Media, Organizing, Poverty Research, Unemployment, Welfare, All of Canada, International
Recently, Mark Horvath, the blogger/filmmaker behind invisiblepeople.tv, visited Toronto to document the lives of its homeless residents. Mark usually resides in Los Angeles, but he left California...
Homelessness, Housing, Tenants' Rights, Ontario, All of Canada, International
Poverty in Canada has been updated by author Dennis Raphael.
With the original foreword by Jack Layton and an updated foreword by Rob Rainer, the book's second edition contains new data and a new...
Homelessness, Human Rights, Poverty Research, All of Canada
Compared to the Canadian-born, immigrants are under-represented among Canada’s homeless population, when their decline in economic wellbeing is considered alongside their relative absence in homeless...
Homelessness, Immigrants and Refugees, All of Canada
National Homelessness Conference, Growing Home: Housing and Homelessness in Canada, the second national conference on homelessness, was held in Calgary, Alberta from February 18 to 20, 2009.
Homelessness, All of Canada
A campaign about the hidden homeless. People who live in cars, on friend's couches, and in temporary beds in church basements or abandoned buildings. They are adults with full-time jobs. Many are...
Homelessness, All of Canada
The Homeless Hub is an online research library and information center focusing on homelessness issues in Canada. The site includes a searchable library and resource section, and personal stories of...
Homelessness, All of Canada
A new HRSDC website, Indicators of Well-being in Canada presents comprehensive, up-to-date information on the well-being of Canadians and Canadian society, including Homeless Shelters and Beds, Low...
Homelessness, Poverty Research, Welfare, All of Canada
Formerly Homeless is a blog about the homeless and homelessness in Canada written by a formerly homeless social/community worker.
Homelessness, Media, British Columbia, All of Canada
CERA is one of the nation's leaders in human rights protection in housing.
Homelessness, Human Rights, All of Canada
"The Homeless Nation is committed to building and strengthening communities, both virtual and actual. To this end, the Homeless Nation project will go on location across Canada to collect stories,...
Homelessness, Organizing, All of Canada
The Homeless Nation's resource page has a listing of resources available categorized by Province.
Homelessness, All of Canada
A national charity which works to develop national and local strategies to prevent and end homelessness.
Homelessness, All of Canada
The Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) is a unique community-based program aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness by providing direct support and funding to communities across Canada.
federal government, homeless, Homelessness, All of Canada
CHRA is a national non-profit organization representing those who manage and deliver housing programs in communities across Canada.
affordable housing, Homelessness, Housing, national housing strategy, social housing, All of Canada
The At Home/Chez Soi project is a three year national project based on the Housing First approach. A total of 2285 homeless people living with a mental illness will participate. 1,325 people from...
Homelessness, Housing, Mental Health, All of Canada
The Right to Housing Blog documents the Right to Adequate Housing Charter Challenge. The court is being asked to declare that homelessness and inadequate housing violate the Charter of Rights and...
charter challenge, Homelessness, Housing, right to housing, Ontario, All of Canada
Local Housing Initiatives Across Canada Map is a initiative of the Wellesley Institute to map housing initiatives across Canada and start a campaign to build a national housing plan from the...
Homelessness, Housing, housing initiatives, mapping, All of Canada
Citizen's for Public Justice looks at faith, justice and politics. In her blog Mariel looks at public policy and poverty.
Aboriginal and First Nations, Government Policy, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Poverty Research, All of Canada
The Homeless Hub is a web-based research library and information center representing an innovative step forward in the use of technology to enhance knowledge mobilization and networking. The Homeless...
Homelessness, All of Canada
