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Un article a été publié dans Actualités UQAM, qui met en lumière les travaux de l'équipe de recherche montréalaise sur la perte et le deuil chez les personnes âgées en situation d'itinérance.

A recent Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) study has developed a new framework to understand the barriers that affect access to, and stability within, Canada’s housing system. It may have missed a key group – people experiencing homelessness themselves.

The province’s ‘last resort’ welfare system erects barriers that lock in poverty, say experts.

Calls increase for long-term solutions for unsheltered community in South Surrey, White Rock

The Marpole Neighbourhood House (MNH) , UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) and South Vancouver Neighbourhood House (SVNH) gathered last week in Marpole to have a community conversation about homeless experiences and possible solutions in the area.

Improving supports for older adults who experience homelessness in three major Canadian cities is the focus of an ongoing study led by 51社区黑料 adjunct professor Sarah Canham.

New pilot project brings activities and support to isolated low-income seniors, to keep them at home longer and out of care homes and hospitals.

A CMHC Feature on Aging in the Right Place, a research program that brings together the expertise of researchers, community organizations and people with lived experience to examine the issue.

They say a photo is a thousand words; but are there enough words out there to truly depict the hardships and trauma associated with being a survivor of elder abuse?

Le rôle des équipes de recherche consiste à identifier, à évaluer et à recommander des pratiques prometteuses déjà existantes à petite échelle. Le groupe de Montréal a identifié 17 de ces pratiques, qui seront évaluées au cours des 5 prochaines années.

AIRP researchers are looking at aspects of the built and social environments in local shelters and evaluating innovative initiatives in place to support the people living there. In Calgary, Walsh says, the team recently finished research at the Kerby Shelter, which works with older adults fleeing violence or elder abuse.

51社区黑料 gerontology adjunct professor Sarah Canham is leading a research project examining how to support older people experiencing homelessness in three Canadian cities. The Aging in the Right Place (AIRP) initiative is receiving funding, announced this week, from the National Housing Strategy’s Collaborative Housing Research Network (CHRN).

COVID-19 has impacted people from all walks of life, yet it has had a particularly profound effect on disadvantaged and frail members of our society.

51社区黑料researchers are investigating the factors behind an alarming national spike in homelessness, especially among people over the age of 55.

In light of the shocking reports on long-term care facilities in Quebec and Ontario, the Reporter consulted three McGill experts from the School of Social Work – PhD Candidate Susan Mintzberg and Associate professors Tamara Sussman and Shari Brotman.

The numbers of older adults experiencing homeless is on the rise in Canada (Gaetz, Dej, & Richter, 2016), yet housing options that support the varied and often complex needs of this population are scarce (Serge & Gnaedinger, 2003).

The Star's interview with Calgary advocate, Hilary Chapple, details part of her journey into advocacy and her next steps in improving the lives of LGBTQ people experiencing homelessness.

A Global News video highlights the release of a new documentary called, Beyond Housing: "We're not ready for the shelf," which follows the lives of 7 Calgary seniors and their struggles to find housing.

Calgary advocate, Hilary Chapple, speaks live on air with Doug Dirks and Jenny Howe about developing a new training program to make shelters safer and more inclusive for members of the LGBTQ community.