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This article develops a framework for studying homelessness, poverty and migration using Fuzzy Cognitive Modeling. The framework has been developed using data obtained from a survey of around 4000 respondents in five communities in northeastern Ontario, Canada. The intention was to develop a framework that could be applied in other communities wher...
In Canadian common law**, good faith in contracts is limited to specific areas; there is no general obligation of good faith. In Bhasin v. Hrynew, the Supreme Court of Canada, sought to remedy this shortcoming by recognising, first, a general organising principle of good faith and, secondly, an obligation to act honestly in executing a contract. It...
The mass exodus of Rohingya people from Myanmar in 2017, has been recognised as the fastest growing refugee influx in the world and these refugees are currently living in the most densely populated camps in the world in Cox’s Bazar district in Bangladesh. The long-standing, recurring crackdowns have left an estimated population of only 200,000 in M...
Social profiling expands the scope of policing activities through the construction and application of broad profiles. Such actions have an impact on homeless people regardless of gender, cultural group, or ethnic background. Use of the term "ethnic profiling" enables the understanding of social sorting based on cultural and linguistic characteristi...
Dans le present article, nous examinons les recits de 29 personnes sans abri afin de comprendre comment leurs interactions avec les policiers presentent des traits de profilage social et racial. Ces personnes sont des femmes et des hommes de 18 a 54 ans provenant du nord-est de l’Ontario. Les personnes autochtones forment la majeure partie de l’ech...
Homeless Francophones in northeastern Ontario are proportionately overrepresented when compared to homeless Anglophones and Indigenous people among those who self-reported that they suffered from mental health problems during the previous year. This study compares levels of physical and mental illness amongst the three main ethno-cultural groups-Fr...
This article describes a study on home-lessness within a First Nation community (NEO FN), including the characteristics and reasons for home-lessness, the size of the at risk population, service utilization, the impact of homelessness and models of collaboration between agencies. An objective was to gather information for the development of a commu...
This study fills a gap in the literature by expanding knowledge about migratory/transient homelessness in a northern Ontario context. Conducted in Sudbury (Ontario) Canada, this multi-methods study included an analysis of existing quantitative and qualitative data (from 2000-2007), a survey of homeless persons (2009) and focus groups with service u...
La prevalence du sans-abrisme et ses consequences sociales, economiques, culturelles, ainsi que celles sur le plan de la sante constituent toujours un probleme pour les gouvernants et les intervenants dans ce domaine. Cependant, il demeure difficile de definir le sans-abrisme, de denombrer les sans-abri ou diestimer leur population et de determiner...
