Editorial: The Struggle to End Homelessness in Canada: How we Created the Crisis, and How We Can End it~!2009-08-20~!2009-09-28~!2010-03-22~!

Gaetz, Stephen

doi:10.2174/1874924001003020021

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“…When homelessness emerged as a highly visible and seemingly intransigent problem in Canada in the 1990s, the first response was to build a robust and charity-based emergency response that, while perhaps ameliorating the worst effects on individuals, did not address root causes or help reduce the problem itself (Gaetz, 2010). In the early years of the crisis, there was a strong anti-intellectualism and disdain for research voiced by many engaged in the struggle to address homelessness, a common refrain being: "We don't need research, we know what the problem is, and we know what the solution is. "…”

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Knowledge Mobilization as Design: The Case of the Canadian Homelessness Research Network

Gaetz

2014

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The Canadian Homelessness Research Network (CHRN) was established to create a stronger link between homelessness research, policy, and practice. The knowledge mobilization strategy of the CHRN encompasses engaged scholarship, networking, and innovative dissemination practices. Part of the learning of the CHRN has been the need to reimagine and redefine the traditional relationship between content creation and dissemination. Using a “design thinking” perspective, the CHRN has nurtured a practice that integrates collaborative processes of knowledge and content development with a more assertive involvement in different aspects of publishing (and modes of publication), including graphic design, marketing, communications, and dissemination, with the goal of increasing the impact of research. This article explores this shift, using examples of work the CHRN produced and disseminated through the Homeless Hub.

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Knowledge Mobilization as Design: The Case of the Canadian Homelessness Research Network

Gaetz

2014

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“…Agencies serving those at-risk of homelessness need to guarantee the necessary supports, financial and emotional are available to maintain housing (Gaetz, 2010). Agencies also need to evaluate service effectiveness attending to broader systemic factors that pertain to homelessness (Pauly, Carlson, & Perkin, 2012).…”

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“…Alberta's minimum wage is among the lowest in the country (Government of Alberta, 2013) and is deemed inadequate to meet basic needs and maintain a safe, decent, dignified standard of living (Vibrant Communities Calgary, 2013). Researchers have called for governments to commit to passing legislation that ensures that wages and income supports are at a living standard (Gaetz, 2010;Hulchanski, 2009). Increasing the minimum wage to a living wage has been advanced as an important poverty-reduction strategy (Battle, 2011;Cabal Garces, 2011;Goldberg & Green, 1999), and increases an individual's capacity to exit poverty (Mackenzie & Stanford, 2008 (Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 2013), which has been shown to reduce evictions (Early & Olsen, 1998) and, in particular, decrease evictions into homelessness (Lapointe, 2004).…”

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Community Voices: Insights on Social and Human services from People with Lived Experiences of Homelessness

Walsh

Lorenzetti

St-Denis

et al. 2016

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Community Voices is a participatory action research study conducted in collaboration with people with lived experiences of homelessness in Calgary, Alberta to gather insights into service provision. Following convenience and snowball recruitment strategies, seven focus groups with members of the homeless community were conducted by trained facilitators. Participants and other community members were invited as coresearchers to analyze focus group transcripts, highlight key issues, develop themes and recommendations, and share key findings with stakeholders. Study findings suggest that people who are homeless experience oppression at the personal, cultural and structural levels which make it less likely for them to exit homelessness. Our findings suggests that a housing first approach coupled with intensive personalized case management embedded within a human rights framework has the capacity to reduce homelessness and overcome the barriers that prevent individuals from exiting homelessness. Such interventions, however, require substantial investment to increase the stock of affordable housing units, improve current shelter facilities, and educate personnel in anti-oppressive practices and a political commitment to recognize housing as a human right.

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“…Une sensibilisation accrue à l'importance du phénomène de l'itinérance au Canada et de ses conséquences est l'un d'entre eux. Depuis vingt ans, l'itinérance est devenue un problème social important qui touche de nombreux Canadiens (Bégin, Casavant, Chénier, 2000 ;Gaetz, 2010 ;Hwang, 2001). Le rapporteur spécial des Nations Unies sur le logement convenable a qualifié la situation au Canada de « crise nationale » (Nations Unies, 2007).…”

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“…Depuis quelques années, on observe que l'accent porte moins sur les interventions d'urgence et davantage sur les interventions visant à prévenir l'itiné-rance et à y mettre un terme rapidement (Gaetz, 2010). Un examen international de l'itinérance et des politiques en matière de logement social (Fitzpatrick et Stephens, 2007) en cours devant les tribunaux), et à élaborer une stratégie nationale en matière de logement, mais il n'existe pas d'intérêt politique pour de tels changements du côté du gouvernement conservateur au pouvoir actuellement.…”

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Conduite d’essais relatifs aux politiques qui soutiennent le modèle d’intervention accordant la priorité au logement : l’histoire de deux pays1

Goering

Girard²,

Aubry

et al. 2012

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L’article décrit les contextes entourant les politiques qui soutiennent l’application du modèle d’intervention qui accorde la priorité au logement (Housing First) pour les personnes itinérantes présentant des troubles mentaux au Canada et en France. Le modèle consiste en une modalité d’intervention complexe qui élargit le concept de traitement en santé mentale pour y inclure la notion de logement. La démarche, axée sur le rétablissement, place le choix de l’usager quant au logement et aux services de soutien au centre de la philosophie de la prestation de soins. L’article décrit deux essais multicentriques liés à l’intervention qui se déroulent dans deux pays et précise en quoi ils se ressemblent ou diffèrent, compte tenu des particularités culturelles et sociales. Les essais pragmatiques portant sur des modalités d’intervention complexes représentent des défis et ont un pouvoir d’influence unique. C’est ce dont tiennent compte les deux études.This paper describes the policy environments supporting housing first as an intervention for those who are homeless and mentally ill in Canada and in France. Housing first is a complex intervention that expands mental health treatment to include a focus upon housing. A recovery orientation places the consumer’s choice of housing and supports at the center of the philosophy of care. The design of two, large multi-site intervention trials underway in both countries are described, noting similarities and differences related to the cultural and social context. Pragmatic trials of complex interventions have unique challenges and potential for influence, which both studies are addressing

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Editorial: The Struggle to End Homelessness in Canada: How we Created the Crisis, and How We Can End it~!2009-08-20~!2009-09-28~!2010-03-22~!

Cited by 57 publications

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Knowledge Mobilization as Design: The Case of the Canadian Homelessness Research Network

Knowledge Mobilization as Design: The Case of the Canadian Homelessness Research Network

Community Voices: Insights on Social and Human services from People with Lived Experiences of Homelessness

Conduite d’essais relatifs aux politiques qui soutiennent le modèle d’intervention accordant la priorité au logement : l’histoire de deux pays1

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