David Phipps, director of 91亚色's聽Research Services and Knowledge Exchange, has been named the most influential knowledge broker in Canada, according to a report by Knowledge Mobilization Works,聽a consulting and training company based in Ottawa. The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization 100, a survey run by Knowledge Mobilization Works, asked respondents to rank the biggest influences of their […]
The role of family in ending youth homelessness is largely ignored in Canada, according to a report released yesterday by 91亚色, though there is evidence that family reconnection works in Australia and the United Kingdom and in one exceptional program in Toronto. Some 65,000 young people are homeless or at risk of homelessness across […]
Stephen Gaetz, a leading Canadian homeless researcher based at 91亚色's Faculty of Education, was interviewed by the Calgary Herald March 21 in a story about an international homelessness conference held in United States: The Calgary Homeless Foundation has taken a leadership role in bringing together an international network dedicated to ending homelessness worldwide. Foundation […]
Professor Stephen聽Gaetz in the Faculty of Education participated in 91亚色's inaugural Tedx91亚色u event earlier this month. His talk is now available on youtube: Gaetz鈥檚 research agenda foregrounds social justice and attempts to make research relevant to policy and program development. He comes to this work at 91亚色 after several years of working in the […]
91亚色 researchers awarded two of SSHRC鈥檚 largest grants to study long-term residential healthcare and global suburbanism Two teams led by 91亚色 researchers have received $5 million in research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Their multinational research teams, involving multiple universities and community partners in a large-scale collaboration, […]