ABOUT US
Primary Areas of Interest
The Housing Equity Action Research Team focuses on pathways to end homelessness and achieve housing equity in Canada. The HEART also focuses on intersections between housing, health, wellbeing and planetary health. We emphasize community-engaged approaches in research, education, and action for housing, health, and sustainability.
Rural and Northern Housing Research
HEART emphasizes the need for rural and northern housing solutions that are culturally and contextually relevant. Solutions to homelessness in rural Canada require unique community-driven research and data driven solutions. We work closely with the At Home in the North Research Partnership, National Alliance to End Rural and Remote Homelessness, and other partners committed to rural and northern housing equity.
Housing, Community, and Wellbeing
Community plays a critical in creating resilient, healthy housing environments and contributing to sustainability. HEART researchers pay particular attention to research on the importance of community housing for health equity and sustainability. We utilise participatory and partnered research models to identify solutions for increasing access to affordable, community housing. The Team currently supports the Community Housing Canada (CHC) Partnership. We lead CHC Area Of Inquiry IV: Understanding and Evaluating Models of Community Housing.
Coordinated Housing Access and Data Driven Solutions
Coordinated Housing Access Systems are a key component of the Canadian approach to ending homelessness. The HEART team support the Coordinated Housing Access System in the Thunder Bay Region through data leadership. We utilise the Homeless Individuals and Families Information System (HIFIS) and other data sources to identify and promote data - driven solutions to ending homelessness.
Governance for Housing Solutions
HEART researchers recognize the importance of collaborative, equity-focused models of governance for building healthy and sustainable communities. Our research is interested in governance for housing solutions at organizational, municipal, regional and national levels. This includes understanding the ways in which organizations, communities, and governments build networks to implement and guide integrated health and social service systems approaches to housing and community health.
Contact Us
University of Northern British Columbia
3333 University Way
Prince George BC V2N 4Z9
2509605319
