The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH) acknowledges with thanks the financial support of the Government of Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy (Employment and Social Development Canada) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
This Toolkit has been adapted from a previously unpublished methodology and Toolkit, prepared by Alina Turner of Turner Research & Strategy Inc., with support from the National Homeless Count Research Advisory Team and the HPS PiT Count Working Group.
Members include:
National Homeless Count Research Advisory Team |
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| Meaghan Bell | Calgary Homeless Foundation |
| Wally Czech | City of Lethbridge |
| Debbie Kraus | Metro Vancouver |
| Marlene Mulder | Homeward Trust Edmonton |
| Scott Pennington | City of Toronto |
| Giri Puligandla | Homeward Trust Edmonton |
HPS PiT Count Working Group |
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| Meaghan Bell | Calgary Homeless Foundation |
| Darren Cooney | Province of Ontario Homelessness Secretariat |
| Wally Czech | City of Lethbridge |
| Jesse Donaldson | Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH) |
| Gwenda Drover | Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency |
| Dr. Stephen Gaetz | Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH) |
| Bob Hughes | ASK Wellness (Kamloops, BC) |
| Michelle Lemoine | Brandon, MB |
| Mark Anderson | Brandon, MB |
| Celine Mauboules | City of Vancouver |
| Cindy Sue Montana McCormack | SPRC Hamilton |
| Marie Morrison | Region of Waterloo |
| Bruce Pearce | End Homelessness St. John's (St. John’s, NL) |
| Giri Puligandla | Homeward Trust Edmonton |
| Laural Raine | City of Toronto |
| Tim Richter | Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) |
| Ken Salter | ASK Wellness (Kamloops, BC) |
| Joseph Stalteri | City of Toronto |
| Marcel Swain | Lu’ma Native Housing Society (Vancouver, BC) |
| Matt Thompson | M. Thomson Consulting |
| Dr. Alina Turner | Turner Research and Strategy |
We were also fortunate to build on the learning from other communities that have conducted PiT Counts in Canada. In particular, we drew on the work done by the Government of BC, Housing & Urban Development (US), the City of Toronto, Homeward Trust Edmonton and the Calgary Homeless Foundation.
The Alberta 7 Cities on Housing and Homelessness piloted many of the methods proposed in this Toolkit, during their first provincial Point-in-Time Homeless Count in October 2014. This provided us with a unique opportunity to test the methods in practice and revise them based on key learnings. We thank both the 7 Cities group, as well as the Alberta PiT Working Committee that did the heavy lifting in community.
7 Cities member organizations:
- Calgary Homeless Foundation
- City of Grande Prairie
- City of Lethbridge
- Homeward Trust Edmonton
- Medicine Hat Community Housing Society
- City of Red Deer
- Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
This toolkit is funded in part by the Government of Canada's Homelessness Partnering Strategy.
The opinions and interpretations in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada.