This episode is GroundWire's contribution to the 14th annual Homelessness Marathon, originally aired across the country on February 23rd/24th. (Note that we added the feature from CKDU after the marathon aired).
This episode of GroundWire was produced on traditional Mi'kmaq territory in Halifax, Nova Scotia, hosted by Mat Wilush.
Headlines
OCAP releases a new report "Out in the Cold: The Crisis in Toronto's Shelter System" | GroundWire
Canada's first LGBT youth shelter opens in Toronto | GroundWire
Yonge Street Mission in Toronto moves to Chinatown but receives an unwelcomed response | Sawyer Bogdan, CJRU
Features
Research on the daughters of homeless fathers | Sarah Rowe, CJSW
Metro Non-Profit Housing Association in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | Emily Rendell-Watson, CKDU
Community Radio Report
Giving Homeless people a voice in the choice: excerpts from the 18th annual homelessness marathon in the US | GroundWire
Music this week was by Ryan Arcand, and The Painters
We thank all our contributors this week, Emily Joveski, Aaron Levy, and Gretchen King