Learning about the issues is an important step towards making a difference.
Below are links to a number of resources that discuss key facts and issues surrounding family homelessness and domestic violence in Canada.
Poverty and Homeslessness
Meeting Crisis with Opportunity: Reimagining Toronto's Shelteter System
Toronto Shelter Network and Dixon Hall joint research report, June 2021
Toronto Street Needs Assessment 2021
Toronto Shelter Network
Fact Sheet on Women and Poverty in Canada
Canadian Women's Foundation
Homelessness in Toronto: Publication Review
Community Social Planning Council of Toronto
The State of Homelessness in Canada 2016
The Homeless Hub
Who's Hungry 2021: From Crisis to Resilience: A City's Call to Action
Daily Bread Foodbank
The Working Poor in the Toronto Region
Metcalf Foundation
The Homeless Hub
www.homelesshub.ca
Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
www.endinghomelessness.ca
Domestic Violence
OAITH Femicide List 2021
Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses
More Than a Bed: A National Profile of VAW Shelters and Transition Houses
Women's Shelter's Canada
#CallItFemicide: Understanding Gender-related killings of women and girls in Canada 2018
Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability
2017 VAW Service Provide Survery Report
Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services
Canadian Women’s Foundation
www.canadianwomen.org
Ontario Women’s Justice Network
http://owjn.org
Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC)
http://www.metrac.org/
Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women and Children
learningtoendabuse.ca
Services and Resources
Assaulted Women’s Helpline
www.awhl.org
Kids Help Phone
www.kidshelpphone.ca
City of Toronto Guide to Services for People who are Homeless
www.toronto.ca/community-people/housing-shelter/homeless-help/
ShelterSafe
www.sheltersafe.ca/
Family Law Education for Women
http://www.onefamilylaw.ca