Episode 6: Women's Homelessness in Canada: A gendered experience

A brand new report on a groundbreaking survey completed by the Women's National Housing and Homelessness Network sheds new light on housing and homelessness in Canada as a gendered experience for women and gender diverse people. Network Co-Chair Kaitlin Schwan joins Avery to dive deep into the research and break down the 10 Key Findings that have changed the conversation on women's homelessness in Canada. A link to the "The Pan-Canadian Women's Homelessness and Housing Survey" is available in the show notes, or at the Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network.

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Episode Contributors

• Kaitlin Schwan - Executive Producer and Guest
• Erin Dej - Executive Producer
• Carrie Sanders - Executive Producer

Guests

• Kaitlin Schwan is co-chair of the Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network, and Director of Research for The Shift. Kaitlin teaches social policy at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Social Work, where she is appointed Assistant Professor, status only. She is also a Senior Researcher at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (York University).
• Hannah Brais is a member of the Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network, and is the co-chair of the Policy and Government Relations Working Group. Hannah is the Research Coordinator at the Old Brewery Mission, a large homeless service provider in Quebec.
• Khulud Baig is the Housing Researcher and Policy Advisor for the Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network. She is the author on a national literature review on women and gender diverse people’s housing needs in Canada.
• Alex Nelson is a PhD candidate at Western University in Anthropology. They sit on the steering committee of the the Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network, and the steering committee of the Canadian Lived Experience Leadership Network.

Episode Notes

• Read the full report "The Pan-Canadian Women's Homelessness and Housing Survey" in English.
• Learn more about the Women's National Housing and Homelessness Network.

Support and Funding for This Episode

• Brant Community Foundation

This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio.