Homelessness & Housing

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Absence
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Absence

From: Encampment

Helwig describes the ever-changing environment of the encampment and details some hardships in her own personal life. She reiterates the importance of persevering and not losing faith. 20 $2.00 Add
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Confronting Financialization to Prevent Homelessness
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Confronting Financialization to Prevent Homelessness

From: Ending Homelessness in Canada

In this chapter, Katlin Schwan asks us to consider how financialization, specifically the financialization of housing is contributing to the homelessness epidemic. Increasing rental prices, the … 12 $1.20 Add
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Nordheimer Ravine and Glen Edyth/Roycroft Wetlands

Nordheimer Ravine and Glen Edyth/Roycroft Wetlands

From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Toronto’s Nordheimer Ravine, home to Glen Edyth & Roycroft wetlands and a thriving tradition of citizen stewardship. He uses Nordheimer to … 5 $0.50 Add
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Disappearance
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Disappearance

From: Encampment

Helwig discusses the disproportionate instances of missing person cases among the homeless population, highlighting a few cases in particular. 14 $1.40 Add
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Domicide in the Liveable City

Domicide in the Liveable City

From: Resisting Eviction

In this chapter, Crosby explores urban liveability and domicide, identifying liveability as an ideological discourse of urban improvement that is mobilized alongside gentrification efforts to … 11 $1.10 Add
Encampment
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Encampment

Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community

Maggie Helwig shares what it’s like to advocate for the unhoused people who set up an encampment beside the Anglican church in Toronto’s Kensington Market, where she is the priest. It … 202 View
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Fire
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Fire

From: Encampment

Helwig describes how extreme cold alerts affect Toronto’s homeless population, including increased incidences of encampment fires. 18 $1.80 Add
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Here
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Here

From: Encampment

Helwig discusses the dehumanization of homeless people in the city of Toronto and the difficult circumstances under which they must survive, including the limitations of shelter and affordable … 18 $1.80 Add
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Land
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Land

From: Encampment

Helwig outlines the many difficulties that the encampment at St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Church faced and continues to face. This includes complaints from neighbours, interference of City staffers … 18 $1.80 Add
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Law
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Law

From: Encampment

This chapter describes the city’s attempt to clear the encampment at St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Church in order for a community group to plant a garden on the site. 24 $2.40 Add
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Loss
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Loss

From: Encampment

Helwig catalogues some of many occurrences of loss for those living on the street – from the loss of personal possessions to the loss of life, safety, friends, family, and loved ones. 23 $2.30 Add
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Plague
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Plague

From: Encampment

This chapter outlines COVID’s continued effect on Toronto’s homeless population and how it contributed to the growing number of encampments around the city. 32 $3.20 Add
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Tenants, a Social Class
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Tenants, a Social Class

From: The Tenant Class

Ricardo discusses the socioeconomic characteristics of tenants in Canada and argues that they exist as an economically exploited social class. He examines the Canadian rental market by providing … 12 $1.20 Add
The Tenant Class
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The Tenant Class

In this trailblazing manifesto, political economist Ricardo Tranjan places tenants and landlords on either side of the class divide that splits North American society. What if there is no housing … 145 View
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Wilderness
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Wilderness

From: Encampment

This chapter explains the history of Toronto’s Kensington Market and the church, St. Stephen-in-the-Fields, that homes the encampment referred to throughout the book and for which Helwig is the priest. 12 $1.20 Add