Coming of Age: Reimagining the Response to Youth Homelessness in Canada

The goal of the report, ‘Coming of Age: Reimagining the Response to Youth Homelessness in Canada’ is to present an argument for approaching how we respond to youth homelessness in a new way. The report achieves this by pulling together key information about youth homelessness, to better inform how we respond to the problem. As a peer-reviewed research document, Dr. Gaetz draws on an existing base of research in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States, in order to identify effective approaches to youth homelessness policy and practice. The report also draws heavily on several previous works by Dr. Gaetz, including “Live, Learn, Grow: Supporting Transitions to Adulthood for Homeless Youth–A Framework for the Foyer in Canada” (Gaetz & Scott, 2012) and several chapters from the book Youth Homelessness in Canada: Implications for Policy and Practice and in particular, the concluding chapter Ending Youth Homelessness in Canada is Possible: The Role of Prevention (Gaetz et al., 2013a).

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Report

Gaetz, S. A. (2014). Coming of Age: Reimagining the Response to Youth Homelessness in Canada. Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Press. https://www.homelesshub.ca/sites/default/files/attachments/ComingOfAgeHH_0.pdf