Grant: CIHR Café Scientifique Program

We anticipate a series of 5 Housing Research Cafés spaced over the course of a year which bring together individuals and organizations that cross academic/public divides in new and innovative ways. We propose a series of Housing Research Cafes which focus on evidence based solutions to ending homelessness. Selected topics will focus on the interconnected processes of housing, income, and food security/insecurity as key structural determinants that contribute to homelessness and ill health among various segments of the population including women, youth, seniors, veterans, immigrants, racialized women and youth, and Aboriginal peoples. The primary objectives of the Housing Research Cafés will be 1) creating a space and capacity for the critical use of research, 2) engaging diverse publics in dialogue, included housed and unhoused publics, 3) promoting uptake and action around homelessness that is evidence based, and 4) that highlights the diverse routes to, experiences of, and necessary solutions to homelessness. Some of the Cafés will be held in local coffee shops while others will be held in locations where people experiencing homelessness or the threat of homelessness may gather, such as at the local shelters, soup kitchens, senior activity centres, and so on.