Making the Shift Youth Homelessness Prevention Awards 2021

With support from the Canada Life Assurance Co., we are pleased to offer two official awards, along with possible honorary mentions, to Canadian organizations and collaborations. Winners will be celebrated in the following ways:

• Winners will be showcased in a public webinar hosted by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and A Way Home Canada.
• Winners will be invited to share their work in conference presentations as opportunities arise.
• Winners will be invited to join the National Learning Community on Youth Homelessness, if they are not already members.
• Winners will receive a mini case study of their initiative, produced by research and communications staff at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness. The case studies will be published in the Homeless Hub newsletter, with a national and international reach of more than 18,000 subscribers.
• Winners will be showcased in an updated edition of the Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness.
• Winners may be eligible to receive professional evaluation and public policy support for their initiatives, depending on the context and identified needs/opportunities.

Priority will be placed on programs or initiatives that are:

• proactive, rather than reactive, approaches to youth homelessness, from a preventative and rights-based lens
• demonstrating significant impacts in the lives of vulnerable youth aged 13-24 years old
• delivering programs or services aimed at preventing youth homelessness that align with one or more elements of prevention from the Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness

Organizations may self-nominate their own program or initiative, or nominate another organization or initiative.

If you are interested in being nominated for this award, please contact Dr. Batia Stolar, Associate Vice-President, Research & Graduate Studies, at avp.research@lakeheadu.ca