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2008
A retrospective study was performed using the case files of women shelter users to profile and describe the factors that are associated with homelessness in the women population in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Case files (660) were extracted by selecting every fifth file in each group (one group...
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Fall 2017
The current global humanitarian crisis has led to the record number of 65 million people being displaced from their homelands (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2017). Canada is one of the top refugee receiving countries in the world, receiving between 20,000 and 40,000 refugees...
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Fall 2017
In this paper based dissertation, experiences of people who are/were homeless in Japan were explored using narrative inquiry. Treating narratives as storied phenomena under study, narrative inquiry is considered both as a research methodology and as a way of understanding human experiences...
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2012
Richter, S., Caine, V., Chambers, T., Maina, G., Johnson, L., Darkwah, V., Yamane, H.
Background: Nurses must understand the needs and barriers of people who are homeless when they are in a health care environment in order to render effective care. Objective: The objective of this review is to synthesize research findings on studies that examine the needs and barriers of people...
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Day In, Day Out: Exploring the Experiences of the Homeless Working Poor in Calgary, Alberta
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This thesis explores the experiences of the homeless working poor in Calgary, Alberta through semi-structured interviews with local homeless sector service providers (n=7) and homeless working poor individuals (n=24). The results are interpreted within a capital theory framework focusing on...
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2020-01-01
Collins, Damian, Stout, Madeleine
Housing First (HF) operates on the premise that permanent housing is the first need of people experiencing chronic homelessness. It understands housing as a resource to which everyone is entitled, not a privilege that must be earned. In these respects, HF is consistent with housing as a human...
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Fall 2023
This thesis presents local police officers’ experiences with Edmonton’s homeless encampments and the unhoused population. For this project, I asked two research questions: 1) How do Edmonton Police Service officers reflect upon, perceive, and express their interactions with homeless encampments...
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Homeless and policed: The racialized policing of homelessness, space, and mobility in Edmonton
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The City of Edmonton recently developed an anti-panhandling bylaw and a diverted giving campaign. Previous literature on the policing of homelessness has focused on the development and discourses of these measures. Using 22 interviews with homeless adults, I examine how homeless persons...
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2011
Richter, S., Chaw-Kant, J., Kovacs Burns, K., Schnell, K., Mao, Y., Goin, L., Mogale, S., Calder, M.
This article describes how the Canadian printed news media depicted the homeless and their situations between 1987 and 2007. Our study used a descriptive, cross-sectional design and a content analysis was conducted on selected newspaper articles on homelessness issues. The main themes were...