We create, share and mobilize knowledge on homelessness and housing insecurity in the Canadian North.
April 18, 2024
At Home in the North’s Program Director, Julia Christensen was interviewed by Hilary Bird for “the Trailbreaker” on CBC radio regarding her reaction to the 2024 federal budget. “The main takeaway from this budget for the North is there is a clear southern, urban focus in how the federal government is thinking of the housing… Read More
June 20, 2023
Jen Otto is a MA Student in Geography at Memorial University and a Trebek Initiative Grantee. She’s passionate about storytelling and community-led climate change response. Jen seeks to amplify community-identified housing needs within Inuit Nunangat, with a focus on Nunatsiavut. To do so, she engages with visual storytelling to centre community voices and illustrate how these crises… Read More
June 20, 2023
On May 4, 2023 At Home in the North hosted an interview with James Fulford, Associate Deputy Minister of the NWT Housing Commission. The interview was conducted by Dr. Julia Christensen and questions centered around the Strategic Renewal of the NWTHC, followed by discussion. Please see the recording of this webinar below:
March 14, 2023
On Ferbruary 24, 2023 Dr. Susane Havelka and Hans Peter Mønsted gave a presentation on their research in Canada and Greenland. Their work focuses on the importance of self-building homes and connections between self-building and positive psycho-social outcomes. Please see the link below for a video recording of the presentation. AHIN webinar- February 24, 2023
January 24, 2023
Master’s candidate, Jenine Otto, is launching a photo campaign to centre your voices and experiences in research on the intersection of housing and climate change in the North! This is an open call for those interested to submit photographs, along with a brief description and approximate location of each photo, capturing your observations on the… Read More
January 23, 2023
On Friday the At Home in the North partnership has the pleasure of participating in a webinar presentation and discussion given by Michael McKay, Infrastructure and Housing Director at Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) and Dr. Shelagh McCartney, Associate Professor at the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Toronto Metropolitan University and Director of Design Together… Read More
December 2, 2022
Olivia Hivon of the Supportive Housing, Programs and Services Research Direction of At Home in the North has just released a report providing a comprehensive review of housing services in Northern Ontario. “This investigation aims to address this gap in existing literature and research, as part of a larger project to produce an inventory of existing… Read More
October 31, 2022
We have just released our fall newsletter. This newsletter includes a message from at Home in the North’s Program Director, Julia Christensen, and updates on our At Home in the North Research Report Series, our Knowledge Exchange Series and an upcoming At Home in the North Survey. Read more here: AHIN newsletter_Sept 2022
April 8, 2022
AHIN’s Eleanor Stephenson and Julia Christensen are co-Chairing a session at the upcoming CAG conference (virtual, May 30-June 3) entitled “Critical Northern Geographies of Home”. If you wish to take part, you will need to submit your abstract and register for the conference through the CAG website by April 15. When you submit your abstract, you will have an option to select our… Read More
March 30, 2022
At Home in the North’s Dr. Rebecca Schiff is co-editing an upcoming special issue of Housing, Theory and Society entitled “Housing vulnerability reconsidered: Applications and implications for housing research, policy and practice”. Please see the attached call for papers. Abstracts are due May 31, 2022. Special Issue Call for Papers_Mar 29