The digital art piece by CUISR research assistant Nazanin Jannati (Community Health and Epidemiology PhD candidate) documents the CUISR Community Update on housing and homelessness (February 26) and celebrates our ongoing research funded by SSHRC=CMHC: People, Places, Policies, Prospects: Affordable Rental Housing for Those in Greatest Need and  A Safe and Affordable Place to Call Home: A Multi-disciplinary Longitudinal Outcomes Analysis of the National Housing Strategy.

Community Co-Directors: Michael Kowalchuk, senior planner at the City of Saskatoon, joins Colleen Christopherson-Cote as Community Co-Directors. Our sincere thanks to both and also to Roy Lavallee, City of Saskatoon, for his term as Community-Co-Director. We are grateful for your good guidance and commitment to CUISR and its strategic research.

In March 2023, SSHRC announced that the application for the SSHRC-CMHC-funded Partnership grant entitled A Safe and Affordable Place to Call Home: A Multi-disciplinary Longitudinal Outcomes Analysis of the National Housing Strategy was fully funded at $4.8M over 5 years. The Principal Investigators at Carleton University are Drs. Liam o'Brien and Jackie Kennelly; the CUISR researchers and co-applicants are Dr. Isobel M. Findlay (Edwards School of Business), Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine (College of Medicine), and Professor Sarah Buhler, College of Law. 

CUISR community partners include: 

• City of Saskatoon

• CLASSIC

• Cress Housing Corporation

• Elizabeth Fry Society of Saskatchewan

• Haven Family Connections

• National Affordable Housing Corporation

• Saskatoon Poverty Reduction Partnership

• Office of Residential Tenancies Saskatchewan

Dr. Muhajarine will continue to be a co-lead on the analysis of the Canadian Housing Survey, while Dr. Findlay is leading the national theme,  Health, Social and Economic Outcomes. Other themes include: 

• Climate impacts and mitigation

• Indigenous and Northern housing

• Alternative housing solutions

• Housing financing

Overall study objectives include these: 

• Assess effectiveness of approaches to housing as a human right

• Investigate the three major funding vehicles outlined in the National Housing Strategy (NHS) 

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