Ending Homelessness in Canada
More Canadians than ever lack a home. Almost every town and city now has homeless residents. Municipalities scramble to provide shelters, and local politicians debate whether to take action to end sleeping on vacant land and in parks. Social agencies providing services to the homeless see the need for new measures that prevent people from experiencing homelessness, rather than providing them with support once they have nowhere to live. In this book, leading figures involved in trying to end homelessness describe what they are doing, and make the case for a wide range of innovative measures. Among the contributors: Kaitlin Schwan is the Executive Director of the Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network. She lives in Toronto, ON. Dr. Stephen Gaetz is the Director of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, and a professor at York University. He lives in Colborne, Ontario. Art Campbell is the Regional Director of Reintegration and Social Inclusion for YMCA Quebec. He lives in Montreal, Quebec. Marie McGregor Pitawanakwat works within the Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network. She lives in Toronto, Ontario. Robert Byers is the President and CEO of Namerind Housing Corporation, a provider of affordable housing to the Indigenous community. He lives in Regina, Saskatchewan