Check out our June 22 presentation on our "It was a perfect storm" report released on June 12 focusing the closure of a #CTS and shelter following a crisis, #HarmReduction, #stigma and #homelessness, here is a video of the recording. Please share broadly in your networks! youtu.be/6A6AzjVoMvw?...

"It was a perfect storm" A study exploring the closure of a CTS and shelter following a crisis

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Interested in the #MentalHealth needs of adults living in #LongTermCare ? Watch this presentation by @LalluSaraJohn , a PhD candidate in the #HealthInformationSciences program and #SJMHLab at Western University. Please share broadly in your networks! youtu.be/RIdEM-X0r4o?...

Check out this important presentation on research focused on #MoralDistress and #MoralInjury in the context of #ServiceRestrictions in #Housing and #Homelessness work by Shauna Perez a master's student at Western University. Share broadly in your networks! youtu.be/J_uT6tfAFZY?...

Check out our new report from SJMH Lab exploring the closure of a #CTS and shelter in response to a community crisis. We present this report in the context of recent policy shifts that have undermined #HarmReduction efforts across Canada. www.sjmhlab.com/_files/ugd/f...

Thanks #UnitedWay Huron-Perth for further emphasizing what many of us have been saying for so long. #SleepingCabins and #TransitionalHousing do not solve homelessness, but prolong and perpetuate #homelessness. #HousingFirst and #PermanentHousing are the solution. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Temp housing not the best use for scarce funding as cities fight homelessness, report claims | CBC News

As more municipalities turn to tiny shelters and other temporary housing programs, a new report from the United Way Perth-Huron in Stratford, Ont., warns that it can result in the continuation of chro...

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Thanks AM980 London: Breaking News for London Ontario for reporting on the closure of overdose prevention sites in London and across Ontario, and for inviting my perspective on this issue. Check out the interview here: megaphone.link/CORU2996313326

Questions grow over future of London supervised consumption site by The Morning Show with Devon Peacock

Western University associate professor Carrie Anne Marshall explains what could happen if provincial funding for supervised drug consumption sites comes to an end

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For my occupational therapy colleagues and other mental health care providers. Written by a close colleague and friend and worth a read. Thanks @skyebarbic.bsky.social for summarizing these perspectives in such a helpful and nuanced way. bluetoad.com/article/Recl...

Meet Dr. John Sylvestre!

Find our recent special issue on developments for serious mental illness at the LinkTree in our bio! #mentalhealth #healthy #journal #issue #service #community #communityhealth #healthintervention #healthinfo #information #knowledge #education #article #scholar #editorial

Meet Dr. Steve Kisely!

This is one amazing lady! Another person I get to work with and learn from at the Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health!

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Meet Dr. Elizabeth Lin!

Introducing Dr. Tania Lecomte!

Meet Dr. Skye Barbic!

Are you interested in joining the CJCMH? We are looking for an efficient and reliable individual to work as a copyeditor (independent contractor). This is a contract-based, freelance position, performed remotely with flexible scheduling so long as deadlines are consistently met.

Join us for the next session in the #SJMHLab speaker series featuring the research of Shauna Mcleod : “It Hurts My Soul”: Service Bans and Moral Distress Among Homelessness Service Providers. Learn more and Register Here: www.sjmhlab.com/event-detail... Share broadly in your networks!

“It Hurts My Soul”: Service Bans and Moral Distress Among Homelessness Service Providers | Social Justice In Me

In this presentation, Shauna Perez will discuss her findings from a study that explored how service bans contribute to the experience of moral distress among service providers working with individuals...

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Lovely to have Dr. Nick Kerman join us for a powerful talk entitled "Deinstitutionalization in Canada: A Look at Homelessness and Mental Illness 50 years Later". Share broadly in your networks! Find out more about our upcoming events here: share.google/5orBMWp9co3K... youtu.be/JId9PYwJ_fk?...

Deinstitutionalization in Canada: A Look at Homelessness and Mental Illness 50 Years Later

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Thank you to Dr. Nadine Wathen for providing a very insightful and thought provoking presentation in our SJMH Lab series entitled: "Gendered Homelessness: A Trauma & Violence-Informed Lens." If you missed it, check it out here: youtu.be/aP7sSAycJ7M?... Please share broadly in your networks!!

Gendered Homelessness: A Trauma & Violence-Informed Lens

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Check out our next event featuring #DrNadineWathen of Faculty of Social Science at Western University who will present on gender and homelessness using a trauma and violence-informed lens..Share broadly in your networks! www.sjmhlab.com/event-detail...

Gendered Homelessness: A Trauma- & Violence-Informed Lens | Social Justice In Me

Homelessness follows many paths, shaped by systemic violence and lived trauma. This presentation explores how gender shapes these experiences, using a trauma- and violence-informed lens to reimagine h...

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Just when will we stop this guy before the world has fully blown up? The US will not look the same after Trump is done with it. This is one part of a treasonous plan to take down the US. Trump Says U.S. to Start ‘Hitting Land’ in Military Campaign Against Cartels | TIME share.google/UvqNuFh1GlQy...

Trump Says U.S. to Start ‘Hitting Land’ in Military Campaign Against Cartels

Speaking to Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Thursday, the President threatened land strikes, naming Mexico as a potential target, without elaboration.

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Join us for the next installment of our SJMH Lab speaker series featuring Dr. Abe Oudshoorn @abeoudshoorn.bsky.social, Western University: Success in Science: Understanding Scholarship is a Deeply Human Endeavour Register here: wix.to/wphTMFf wix.to/pVdRFd0

People are rising up against the fascist Donald Trump more and more. Hoping more are not hurt in the process of fighting for the basic rights of themselves and others. Thank you to US citizens who are taking risks to promote freedom. Canada is looking on with hope and ♥️ www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

IN PHOTOS | Protests erupt over fatal ICE shooting of woman | CBC

People are rallying in American cities against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a day after Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed in her vehicle in a residential neighbourhood in Minneap...

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Call for Papers: 2026 Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health entitled: "Intersections Among Homelessness, Substance Use, and Concurrent Disorders: Innovations, Opportunities, and Challenges in Canada" Please share in your networks! Find out more: cjcmh.com/submissions

Appel à contributions : Numéro spécial 2026 : « Intersections entre l'itinérance, la consommation de substances et les troubles concomitants : innovations, opportunités et défis au Canada » N'hésitez pas à partager cette information dans vos réseaux ! Pour en savoir plus : cjcmh.com/submissions

Call for Papers: 2026 Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health entitled: "Intersections Among Homelessness, Substance Use, and Concurrent Disorders: Innovations, Opportunities, and Challenges in Canada" Please share in your networks! Find out more: cjcmh.com/submissions

Check out our latest open access article from SJMHLab: Caught in a machine that de-emphasizes human potential: Using Goffman’s theory of the total institution to understand service provider perspectives on boredom among unhoused persons - ScienceDirect share.google/KPTfG2cy0E3L...

Caught in a machine that de-emphasizes human potential: Using Goffman’s theory of the total institution to understand service provider perspectives on boredom among unhoused persons

Boredom has been identified as a factor affecting the lives of individuals during and following homelessness, yet no known studies have explored this …

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Thank you Dr. Erin Dej for offering this thought provoking session in the SJMH Lab speaker series entitled "Homelessness, Visibility, and Misplaced Responses for Addressing the Crisis in Mid-Sized Cities". Check it out here if you missed it! Please share in your networks! youtu.be/mrulnsosE0U?...

Homelessness, Visibility, & Misplaced Responses for Addressing the Crisis in Mid-Sized Cities

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Come out to hear Dr. Erin Dej, Associate Professor, Wilfred Laurier University, discuss her research on the criminalization of homelessness December 10 at 10am EST: "Homelessness, visibility, and mis-placed responses for addressing the crisis in mid-size cities" Register here: wix.to/XmrNbxT

Homelessness, visibility, and mis-placed responses for addressing the crisis in mid-size cities

Wed, Dec 10 Zoom - Link will be shared by email

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Check out one of the interviews I did this week with CBC New Brunswick on sleeping cabins and tiny homes as a response to homelessness. Share among your networks! Thanks, CBC for inviting a critical perspective on this issue. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.

Check it out! New pub from #SJMHLab exploring #HousingQuality following #Homelessness: “I just don’t know what will be better other than an apartment which I can’t afford”: Experiences of housing quality following homelessness in Ontario, Canada journals.plos.org/mentalhealth...

“I just don’t know what will be better other than an apartment which I can’t afford”: Experiences of housing quality following homelessness in Ontario, Canada

Having access to good quality housing is a key determinant of well-being. Little is known about experiences of housing quality following homelessness from the perspectives of persons with lived experi...

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