Information is vital to end homelessness, so CHF does considerable research about homelessness and makes that research available to all stakeholders. In addition to the blog posts here, check out our resources section for more.
By Nick Falvo, PhD Nick Falvo is the Director of Research and Data at Calgary Homeless Foundation Rob Kitchin, Tracey Lauriault and Matthew Wilson recently co-edited a book titled Understanding Spatial Media. Published by SAGE, this book is about technology, power, people, democracy and geography. Here are 10 things to know about the book. The / Read More
By Nick Falvo, PhD Nick Falvo is Director of Research and Data at Calgary Homeless Foundation. To end homelessness, provincial and territorial governments need to adequately finance social spending—especially spending on affordable housing, social assistance, child benefits, and homelessness services. With this in mind, I organized and chaired a panel discussion at this year’s Annual / Read More
By Nick Falvo, PhD Nick Falvo is Director of Research and Data at Calgary Homeless Foundation. The present blog post is the first in a two-part series on social assistance. The series is inspired by recent data captured in Alberta’s 2016 Point-in-Time Count of Homelessness suggesting that just a small percentage of persons experiencing homelessness / Read More
By Allan Moscovitch and Nick Falvo Allan Moscovitch is Professor Emeritus of Social Work at Carleton University. Nick Falvo is Director of Research and Data at the Calgary Homeless Foundation. This blog post was originally posted on Behind The Numbers, you can view the original version here. Child benefits have significant potential to reduce homelessness / Read More
By: Nick Falvo Nick Falvo Ph.D, is Director of Research and Data at the Calgary Homeless Foundation. On January 24, I gave a presentation to students at the University of Calgary as part of the Certificate in Working with Homeless Populations program. The goal of this presentation was to discuss ways students could advocate to / Read More
By: Nick Falvo Nick Falvo Ph.D, is the Director of Research and Data at the Calgary Homeless Foundation (CHF). On January 24, I gave a presentation to students at the University of Calgary as part of the Certificate in Working with Homeless Populations program. The goal of this presentation was to convey the fact that public / Read More
By: Nick Falvo, Ph.D, Director, Research and Data, CHF On November 17, I delivered a webinar presentation for the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association titled “The Missing Piece: How Housing Policy Benefits from a Socioeconomic Perspective.” The presentation focused on both macroeconomic factors and factors pertaining to Canada’s social welfare system in general; I argued / Read More
