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If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many pictures does it take
to understand just
one word: homelessness?
Homelessness –
Solutions from Lived Experiences through
Arts-Informed Research
A collaborative initiative to put forward and take action on the
knowledge gained from
eight arts-informed, community-based, participatory research studies
in Toronto.
Save the date and be sure to join us on October 1, 2008 to launch our
exhibit and help
move our recommendations forward:
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
What: Launch of Joint Exhibit & Policy Report; Speakers
Location: Toronto Metro Hall (Rotunda)
55 John Street, Toronto, M5V 3C6
The following projects will be present:
* A Day in the Life: Stories and Photographs of Health and
Homelessness in Toronto
* asleep in Toronto
* Coming Together: Homeless Women, Housing and Social Support
* Count Us In! Inclusion and Homeless Women in Downtown East Toronto
* I WAS HERE
* The Street Health Report 2007
* Street Health Stories
* Struggles, Strengths and Solutions: Exploring Food Security with
Young Aboriginal
Moms
(Please see the end of the message for links to the website of each project)
These projects were conducted by peer researchers, community agencies
and academics
working with people with experiences of homelessness. Together, these
works represent an
important body of evidence on the lived experiences of homelessness,
which is innovative
and locally defined.
* Come and listen to our speakers panel and experience the
different art-based
research projects on display
* Take action through our policy recommendations
The exhibit will be on display from Tuesday, September 30, 2008 to
Friday, October 3,
2008.
For more information, please contact Professor Izumi Sakamoto
(Factor-Inwentash Faculty
of Social Work, University of Toronto) at (416)946-8224, or email:
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
Homelessness – Solutions from Lived Experiences through Arts-Informed
Research has been
generously funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada
(SSCHRC) and the Wellesley Institute, and supported by the University
of Toronto
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, Ryerson University School of
Social Work, York
University Critical Disability Studies, Regent Park Community Health
Centre, Street
Health, Ontario Women's Health Network, St. Michael's Hospital, and
the National Film
Board of Canada Filmmaker-in-Residence Programme.
A Day in the Life: Stories and Photographs of Health and Homelessness
in Toronto
<http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/events/documents/ADayintheLife-PostertextNov.222006.doc>www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/events/documents/ADayintheLife-PostertextNov.222006.doc asleep
in
Toronto
<http://anagraphia.blogspot.com/2007/05/asleep-in-toronto.html>http://anagraphia.blogspot.com/2007/05/asleep-in-toronto.html Coming Together: Homeless Women, Housing and
Social
Support
<http://www.socialwork.utoronto.ca/aswri>http://www.socialwork.utoronto.ca/aswri
(under
“Projects”)
Count Us In! Inclusion and Homeless Women in Downtown East Toronto
<http://www.owhn.on.ca/Count_Us_In_Final.pdf>http://www.owhn.on.ca/Count_Us_In_Final.pdf
I WAS HERE
<http://www.nfb.ca/filmmakerinresidence/blog/?page_id=9>http://www.nfb.ca/filmmakerinresidence/blog/?page_id=9 The Street Health
Report
2007
<http://www.streethealth.ca/Downloads/SHReport2007.pdf>http://www.streethealth.ca/Downloads/SHReport2007.pdf Street
Health
Stories
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-omQ5rr3GUk>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-omQ5rr3GUk
Struggles, Strengths and Solutions: Exploring Food Security with Young
Aboriginal Moms
<http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/Cyndy%20Baskin%20Summary%20Report.pdf>http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/Cyndy%20Baskin%20Summary%20Report.pdf
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