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• Professor Steve Gaetz, Professor and York Research Chair in Homelessness and Research Impact & President of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (Homeless Hub).
• Dr Melanie Redman, President & CEO, A Way Home: Working Together to End Youth Homelessness.
• Dr Margaret Buckley, Lecturer, School of Applied Social Studies and Housing Agency Principal Investigator.
• Mr Paul Frewen, Research Officer, Irish Research Council SCANHOPE (Social Care Needs of Homeless Persons) Project.
• Mr Joe Finnerty, Lecturer, School of Applied Social Studies, and Simon Communities Research Principal Investigator.

Thursday 20th April 2023 2.00 – 5.00pm.

CACSSS Seminar Room, O’Rahilly Building, University College Cork

TO REGISTER: email Prof. Cathal O'Connell at c.oconnell@ucc.ie by 18 April.

Papers: Housing First in Canada: From At Home / Chez Soi to the development of Housing First for Youth. Professor Steve Gaetz. Using Social Innovation to Address Youth Homelessness: Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Social Innovation Lab. Dr Melanie Redman. Pathways towards Stable Housing for Parents & Children Exiting Residential Services & an overview of intergenerational use of homeless services in Cork. Dr Margaret Buckley. Identifying and responding to the Social Care Needs of Housing First tenants. Mr Paul Frewen. Systems Accelerant: Lessons arising from responses to homelessness during the Covid Pandemic. Mr Joe Finnerty.