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Thursday, December 2, 2021
Join us in congratulating Nick Falvo on his Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp (CMHC) President's medal and an accompanying award of $20,000 to research Indigenous housing stability. Nick is a former 3ci Research Assistant and Research Associate who has worked for decades seeking solutions to homelessness in our communities. For more on Nick's... More
Thursday, December 10, 2020
There is a lag effect of up to five years from the time of a recession’s onset to its impact on homelessness. People fight to hold onto their homes and the social welfare system—including Employment Insurance and social assistance—help people to stay in their homes. This means it could be years before we see... More
Friday, April 28, 2017
Please see below for access to a three-part blog series on affordable housing and homelessness by 3ci Research Associate Dr. Nick Falvo. This comes out of a workshop Dr. Falvo gave at the University of Calgary as part of the Certificate in Working with Homeless Populations program. Part 1: Public Policy and Homelessness: The... More
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Between September 2016 and January 2017, CUSA partnered with the Dr. Tessa Hebb and Research Assistant Brittany Stares of the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (3ci) to conduct a survey of Carleton University students about the nature, availability and affordability of student housing in Ottawa. Nearly 600 students responded. The results of... More
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Read 3ci Research Associate and the Calgary Homeless Foundation's Director of Research and Data, Dr. Nick Falvo's latest post on the emerging requirement for non-profits to demonstrate their effectiveness. For the full blog, please click... More
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
The Alliance to End Homelessness is hosting a networking event at the Pressed Cafe on Thursday, April 21, 2016. Researchers with interests in any of the topics listed below are invited to connect with over 50 local member organizations and other researchers to share interests and cultivate and strengthen researcher - community partnerships. ... More
Friday, March 18, 2016
CCOC is an innovative and award-winning non-profit landlord and a recognized affordable housing leader with over 50 properties located in downtown Ottawa providing nearly 1,600 affordable homes. For over 40 years, CCOC has created, maintained and promoted housing for low and moderate income people. CCOC is currently seeking a Development Project... More
Thursday, March 3, 2016
3ci Research Associate Nick Falvo and Calgary Homeless Foundation's Director of Research and Data provides a thorough and thoughtful review of Working with Homeless and Vulnerable People: Basic Skills and Practice, by Jeannette Waegemakers Schiff. Please click here for the... More
Friday, November 27, 2015
Nick Falvo, Director of Research and Data at the Calgary Homeless Foundation and 3ci Research Associate recently wrote an article detailing ten challenges of ending homelessness in Canada. The article is available online at the Progressive Economics Forum. For access, please click here. You can also follow Nick on Twitter at @nicholas_falvo... More
Monday, November 9, 2015
Following 3ci Research Associate Nick Falvo's presentation on Canadian housing policy, pre-1964 at the annual conference of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, Nick blogged about it on The Progressive Economics Forum. For the French version, please click... More
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
3ci offers its warmest congratulations to former Research Associate Nick Falvo on the successful defence of his PhD thesis and his relocation to Calgary, Alberta. Nick has joined the Calgary Homeless Foundation where he will be managing their research and data... More
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
The Social Return on Investment of Multifaith Housing Initiative’s Housing Program: Demonstrating Social Value in Affordable Housing by Lesley MacKinnon and Sahada Alolo The purpose of this project was to understand the impacts of the Multifaith Housing Initiative (MHI) Housing Program on MHI Tenants and Volunteers. This research was an... More
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