**Please distribute widely. Apologies for cross-posting.
*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<http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/events/documents/ADayintheLife-PostertextNov.222006.doc>
*
- *asleep in
Toronto<http://anagraphia.blogspot.com/2007/05/asleep-in-toronto.html>
*
- *Coming Together: Homeless Women, Housing and Social
Support<http://www.socialwork.utoronto.ca/docs/File/CASR/ASWRI/CT%20Final%20Book%20AC%2011.pdf>
*
- *Count Us In! Inclusion and Homeless Women in Downtown East
Toronto<http://www.owhn.on.ca/Count_Us_In_Final.pdf>
*
- *I WAS HERE <http://www.nfb.ca/filmmakerinresidence/blog/?page_id=9>*
- *The Street Health Report
2007<http://www.streethealth.ca/Downloads/SHReport2007.pdf>
*
- *Street Health Stories <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-omQ5rr3GUk>*
- *Struggles, Strengths and Solutions: Exploring Food Security with Young
<http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/Cyndy%20Baskin%20Summary%20Report.pdf>
*
*Aboriginal Moms<http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/Cyndy%20Baskin%20Summary%20Report.pdf>
** *
(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:
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* *
*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
CanadaFilmmaker-in-Residence Programme
.
A Day in the Life: Stories and Photographs of Health and Homelessness in
Toronto
www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/events/documents/ADayintheLife
-PostertextNov.222006.doc
asleep in Toronto
http://anagraphia.blogspot.com/2007/05/asleep-in-toronto.html
Coming Together: Homeless Women, Housing and Social Support
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
I WAS HERE
http://www.nfb.ca/filmmakerinresidence/blog/?page_id=9
The Street Health Report 2007
http://www.streethealth.ca/Downloads/SHReport2007.pdf
Street Health Stories
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
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Izumi Sakamoto, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
The University of Toronto Faculty of Social Work
246 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1
Ph:(416)946-8224, Fax: (416)978-7072
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http://www.research.utoronto.ca/edge/fall2007/3.html
Arts and Social Work Research Initiative (ASWRI) & Coming Together Project:
http://www.socialwork.utoronto.ca/aswri
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