Unemployment

Racialization of Poverty

Racialization of Poverty

Recent acts of racial violence have sparked global outrage and many conversations about systemic racism in our countries. Systemic racism means that resources, power and opportunity are systemically distributed to people who are white at the exclusion of people of colour. Racial disparities therefore occur in employment, housing, education, healthcare, government and incarceration.

COVID-19 - Stuck in Homelessness

COVID-19 - Stuck in Homelessness

Many of our residents were so close to exiting the shelter system and now, their lives have been put on hold. In only a matter of a few weeks, the opportunities they had to escape homelessness have disappeared. They are now stuck in homelessness for an indefinite period of time, which is demoralizing.