'Faces of Homelessness' - A student initiative of King George Secondary
The Faces of Homelessness was a student created initiative that begun in April, 2016 and was created by the Interact & YCI Homelessness Committee. The goal of the project is to complete a series of...
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Youth Rights! Right Now! Ending Youth Homelessness: A Human Rights Guide
"Youth homelessness is a pressing issue worldwide that requires urgent attention. To help address the issue, a collaborative group of organizations from Canada and Europe have developed Youth Rights!...
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Covenant House Vancouver believes all youth deserve unconditional love and absolute respect and we are always striving to provide safe, inclusive services for the disproportionate number of homeless...
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The Strengths of Young People Who Are Homeless from the Canadian Journal of...
"Researchers examined how young people who are homeless conceptualize and interact with challenging circumstances, adopting a human agency focus rooted in the constructionist model of resilience....
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You can make a difference - Homelessness Action Week
Homelessness Action Week is an annual event which focuses on bringing public awareness and understanding to the issue of homelessness in the Greater Vancouver region.Homelessness Action Week is an...
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New Report: The State of Homelessness in Canada 2016
The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness & Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness recently released The State of Homelessness in Canada 2016, the third report of this kind produced by the Canadian...
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Without a Home: The National Youth Homelessness Survey
"Youth homelessness continues to be a seemingly intractable problem in Canada. We believe there are solutions, and that means leveraging the best knowledge we have to do things differently.The...
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Island Pacific School students fundraise $4,635 for Covenant House!
On February 15th a group of grade 9 students at Island Pacific School braved the cold sleeping outside overnight – the culmination of their work participating in Sleep Out: Student Edition. Island...
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Child Welfare and Youth Homelessness in Canada: A Proposal for Action
The COH and A Way Home released “Child Welfare and Youth Homelessness in Canada: A Proposal for Action,” calling for the federal, provincial/territorial governments to address the structural and...
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How do young people end up on the streets?
This is one of the most common questions we get asked at Covenant House Vancouver. There are many reasons why a young person may end up on the street but most of the time a young person flees to street...
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