Toronto, June 17, 2013 – The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness and the Canadian Homelessness Research Network will release the first extensive Canadian report card on homelessness called State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013 this week in Toronto.
The State of Homelessness will include information on:
· the number of different Canadians who experience homelessness in a year;
· the number of Canadians homeless on any given night;
· the number of Canadians who experience chronic, episodic and transient homelessness;
· data that indicates a significant segment of the Canadian population may be at risk of homelessness;
· the cost of homelessness to the Canadian economy;
· where progress on homelessness is being made in Canada; and,
· recommendations on how Canada can begin to end homelessness.
Who:
Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness President & CEO, Tim Richter
Canadian Homelessness Research Network Director, York University Professor Stephen Gaetz
What:
State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013
When & where:
10 am, Wednesday June 19, 2013
Church of the Holy Trinity
10 Trinity Square, Toronto
Photo and interview opportunities: In addition to Professor Gaetz and Mr. Richter, two clients from the Mental Health Commission of Canada At Home/Chez Soi Housing First project in Toronto will be available.
The Canadian Homelessness Research Network (Homeless Hub) at York University is dedicated to mobilizing research evidence to have a bigger impact on solutions to homelessness in Canada.
The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness has been formed to create a national movement to end homelessness in Canada from the community up.
Media contacts:
Stephen Gaetz, Director
Canadian Homelessness Research Network
York University
C: (416) 668-7321
sgaetz@edu.yorku.ca
www.homelesshub.ca
Tim Richter, President & CEO
Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
C: (587) 216-5615
tim@caeh.ca
www.caeh.ca
Janice Walls, Media Relations
York University
416 736 2100 ext. 22101
wallsj@yorku.ca
