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2024-02-26
Golf is a very land-intensive sport that imposes environmental costs and can have socially exclusionary effects, in contrast to other sports such as tennis or cricket, which only take a fraction of land to meet the goal of active outdoor recreation. The demand for golf is declining and yet many...
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2023-04-18
This report provides a broad overview of the subject of vehicular homelessness and dwelling, drawing upon recent source material from the last two to five years, with a primary focus on Canada. It includes a detailed literature review on the topic, as well as a reflection on the acclaimed film...
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2021-01-15
This report focuses on rental tenants’ ability to perform home-making practices and the subsequent effects on tenancy sustainability. It includes an original analysis of landlords’ and tenants’ rights vis-a-vis home-making practices in two Canadian provinces: Alberta and British Columbia.
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“When We Do Evict Them, It’s a Last Resort”: Eviction Prevention in Social and Affordable Housing
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Collins, D., de Vos, E., Evans, J., Severson Mason, M., Anderson-Baron, J, Cruickshank, V., McDowell, K.
Evictions are a common contributing factor to homelessness and are experienced overwhelmingly by vulnerable populations, including low-income households, single parents and minority groups. At the same time, social and affordable housing providers serve increasingly vulnerable populations....
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A baseline evaluation of oceanographic and sea ice conditions in the Hudson Bay Complex during 2016-2018
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Lukovich, Jennifer V., Jafarikhasragh, Shabnam, Tefs, A., Myers, Paul G., Sydor, K., Wong, K., Stroeve, Julienne C., Stadnyk, T. A., Babb, D., Barber, D. G.
In this paper, we examine sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and sea ice conditions in the Hudson Bay Complex as a baseline evaluation for the BaySys 2016-2018 field program time frame. Investigated in particular are spatiotemporal patterns in SST and sea ice state and dynamics, with rankings of the...
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2021-08-01
Drawing together literatures related to these three concepts, this discussion paper presents a theoretical framework to guide collaborative research projects undertaken over the next four years. In the sections that follow, these three concepts are first defined and then applied to Canada’s...
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Student Report No. 3: The Vulnerability of Newcomers (Including Refugees) in the Canadian Housing Sector
Download2021-09-01
Although the NHS has identified 12 vulnerable groups, it does not explain why individuals are vulnerable within the Canadian housing sector. The purpose of this report is to dissect the housing vulnerabilities that newcomers face when arriving in Canada.
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Logement social — Right to Housing A Sceptical Overview of Social Housing Research, Policy and Struggle in Montréal
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Québec has a history of logement social or social housing. This is a first glance survey for anglophone readers of the French-language literature on community housing in Québec’s large cities, with a focus on Montréal.
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2017-10-15
Sandeep Agrawal, Seraphine Zietouny
This report documents the settlement experiences of recently arrived Syrian refugees in Albertan cities. It then compares them across the three streams of sponsorship to better understand the perspectives of the refugees, the sponsors, and the social agencies that work with them.