Articles for the Topic "Blogs"

Research Matters: Finding Solutions to Homelessness

2010-07-15T01:32:17

Dr. Stephen Gaetz, main blogger for Research Matters, shares his personal reflections and attempts to build a national dialogue on housing, poverty, and homelessness. As Director of the Canadian Homelessness Research Network and the Homeless Hub, as well as, Associate Dean of Research and Field Development in the Faculty of Education at York University, Steve brings over 20 years of experience in the field to his posts.

8 reasons why researchers should blog

2010-03-16T10:47:46

UK-based researcher, Gareth Morris, gives 8 compelling reasons to start blogging. Watch his video blog entry.

Brianna Karp: A Girl’s Guide to Homelessness

2011-08-25T10:35:32

Brianna Karp lived out of a trailer in a department store parking lot after a challenging childhood left her kicked out of her home as a teen. Her resiliency and creativity led her to blog about her experiences. The blog eventually turned into the book, The Girls Guide to Homelessness. In this interview, she talks about life after the book.

Canada Without Poverty

2010-04-15T03:13:21

-A blog by Canada Without Poverty- Who they are: Canada Without Poverty is a federally incorporated, non-partisan, not-for-profit and charitable organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty in Canada (charity registration #13091 6638 RR001). Stemming from the Poor Peoples’ Conference in Toronto in 1971 – a national gathering of low-income citizens – we were founded later that year as the National Anti-Poverty Organization. In April 2009, we changed our name to Canada Without Poverty so that our name expresses the end that we seek – a Canada in which no person need suffer what Gandhi called “the worst form of violence.” One of the special characteristics of Canada Without Poverty is that, since our inception in 1971, we have always been governed by people with direct, personal experience of living in poverty, whether in childhood or as adults. This lived experience informs and helps to guide our work. Our directors are also deeply engaged in combating poverty within their communities, provinces or territories. Their efforts extend the reach of our work beyond what is possible by a small staff based in Ottawa. In 2008 we adopted new mission, vision and values statements. Acting from the belief that poverty is a violation of human rights and that poverty elimination is a human rights obligation, our work includes raising awareness about poverty, participating in research to generate new knowledge about poverty, and striving to influence public policy to prevent and alleviate poverty.

Feed the Homeless Day

2011-04-07T01:17:47

Feed the Homeless Day is an initiative to help cure hunger as well as to allow the homeless to share freely with us their life stories. Feed the Homeless Day holds monthly events to provide food for the homeless, and this blog is intended to publish the stories they want to share with us during those events. Stories will be posted here to share the struggles they are facing now or have faced in the past.

Homeless Nation: Homepage

2009-02-17T01:57:41

This website was created to reverse stereotyping and empower the street community. It undertakes the representation of homeless persons and attempts to foster a national dialogue on homelessness. It provides video and blog diaries by and for Canadian homeless persons, as well as a wealth of resource links.

Homelessness Law Blog

2010-04-20T12:04:16

The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty serves as the legal arm of the national movement to end and prevent homelessness. Through policy advocacy, public education, and impact litigation, the Law Center works for systemic reform that addresses the root causes of homelessness, and seeks to meet both the immediate and long-term needs of homeless and poor people.

homelessnessends

2011-04-04T11:37:17

I have a background in homelessness, mental health and research. I believe we can end chronic homelessness through evidence based responses and Housing First. Housing solves homelessness. Once people are in stable housing, any additional problems can be addressed more appropriately and effectively. Find me on Twitter @flickreynolds

Invisible People

2011-02-16T02:27:04

I once heard a story about a homeless man on Hollywood Blvd who really thought he was invisible. But one day a kid handed the man a Christian pamphlet. The homeless guy was shocked and amazed, “what! You can see me? How can you see me? I’m invisible!” It isn’t hard to comprehend this man’s slow spiral into invisibility. Once on the street, people started to walk past him, ignoring him as if he didn’t exist… much like they do a piece of trash on the sidewalk. It’s not that people are bad, but if we make eye contact, or engage in conversation, then we have to admit they exist and that we might have a basic human need to care. But it’s so much easier to simply close our eyes and shield our hearts to their existence. I not only feel their pain, I truly know their pain. I lived their pain. You’d never know it now but I was a homeless person. Fourteen years ago, I lived on Hollywood Blvd. But today, I find myself looking away, ignoring the faces, avoiding their eyes — and I’m ashamed when I realize I’m doing it. But I really can feel their pain, and it is almost unbearable, but it’s just under the surface of my professional exterior. For years I’ve used the lens of a television camera to tell the stories of homelessness and the organizations trying to help. That was part of my job. The reports were produced well and told a story, but the stories you see on this site are much different. These are the real people, telling their own, very real stories… unedited, uncensored and raw.

Jane Taxpayer

2010-07-14T01:54:12

Hello fellow voters and taxpayers. My name is Jane, and I'm a fictional and allegorical voice for change in Canadian (and International) society. My major concerns in social justice deal with poverty and the homeless, and I'm not expecting to do more here than plant seeds. But look out, I just may be sowing them in your town!

Living Homeless: Our Write to Speak

2010-03-31T03:05:22

This blog is a forum for persons who are currently experiencing, or have experienced, homelessness to give their perspectives and insight on important issues related to homelessness.

Policy for Results

2010-04-16T09:39:46

Blog by PolicyForResults.org PolicyForResults.org is dedicated to helping policymakers make sound decisions that contribute to better outcomes and opportunities for all children and families.

Poverty News

2010-04-22T12:26:14

News and links about the struggle of the poor around the world. Half the world – nearly three billion people – live on less than two dollars a day.

Reflections on health and homelessness

2010-11-23T03:20:07

I am a Registered Nurse, with a background in healthcare with people who are experiencing homelessness. In 2004-2005 I did a Master’s in Nursing with a focus on health promotion. My Master’s research was a critical ethnographic study of relationships in home-based palliative care, focusing on power in relationships. In 2005 I fast-tracked into a PhD in Nursing program, and have been studying client-provider relationships in community based care with people who are experiencing homelessness. I am currently the Year 4 Coordinator at The Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario. My teaching interests involve community health, mental health, research methods/statistics, and advanced Nursing theory. My research interests include health promotion, critical ethnography, qualitative methods, participatory action research, poverty and health, homelessness, critical theory, mental health, gerontology, and others.

Underheard in New York

2011-02-25T09:41:49

In a time when communication is all around us, we felt it was necessary to give a voice to the people who needed it most. Between Jan. 2009 and Jan. 2010 the total number of unsheltered individuals within New York City rose an estimated 34%. We gave Danny, Derrick, Albert and Carlos- four homeless residents of NYC- prepaid cell phones and Twitter accounts in order to include them in our global community. Get to know them by clicking on the images above.