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Making Prevention a Core Element of Our Response to Homelessness

Introduction

The webinar will explore the current response to homelessness in Canada, particularly funding and provision of emergency and crisis supports. Dr. Gaetz will argue that from a public health perspective and with the goal of enhancing the well-being of people at risk of, or who have become homeless, we really need to focus more on prevention. 

Date and Time

Wednesday, October 9
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Central time

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Synopsis 

The webinar is the first in a series that examines shelters as a public health setting. The webinar will explore the current response to homelessness in Canada, particularly funding and provision of emergency and crisis supports. It will explore prevention as a public health response that has potential to enhance the well-being of people at risk of, or who have become homeless.  

The main focus of our response to homelessness in Canada continues to be on the funding and provision of emergency / crisis services and supports.  Dr. Gaetz will argue that from a public health perspective and with the goal of enhancing the well-being of people at risk of, or who have become homeless, we really need to focus more on prevention. 

Learning outcomes

Participants will learn about: 

  • The current response to homelessness in Canada, and the problems with this approach 
  • What a focus on prevention would look like 
  • The benefits of prevention from a public health perspective  

The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. 

Registrants are encouraged to submit questions of interest prior to the webinar to susie.taylor@umanitoba.ca.  

Access Instructions: 

Instructions will be posted on Eventbrite and e-mailed to all registrants prior to the webinar. 

Speaker

Dr. Stephen Gaetz

Dr. Stephen Gaetz is a Professor in the Faculty of Education and is the Director of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and the Homeless Hub, an innovative web-based research library internationally recognized as a leading example of innovation in knowledge mobilization. Dr. Gaetz has published extensively on the subject of homelessness and his research on youth homelessness, prevention and models of intervention have contributed to significant change in how we respond to homelessness in Canada. In 2015, he was appointed to the Province of Ontario’s Expert Advisory Panel on Homelessness, and in 2017 he played a leading role as a member of the Government of Canada’s Advisory Panel on Homelessness.