The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness has assembled a list of resources and links to organizations that would benefit any community contemplating or implementing plans to end homelessness. In addition, the following sites or associations have been beneficial to the work of 7 Cities:

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• Homeless Hub

• OrgCode Consulting

• National Aboriginal Housing Association

• Gabor Mate  

• United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issue

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10 Year Plans to End Homelessness

• A Plan for Alberta: Ending Homelessness in 10 Years

• Calgary's Updated Plan to End Homelessness: People First in Housing First

• A Place to Call Home: Edmonton's 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness

• Grande Prairie’s Multi-year Plan to End Homelessness 2009-2014

• Bringing Lethbridge Home: 5 Year Community Plan to End Homelessness 2009‐2014

• Starting At Home in Medicine Hat – Our 5 Year Plan to End Homelessness

• EveryOne's Home: Red Deer's 5 Year Plan Towards Ending Homelessness

• Heading Home: The Right Thing To Do: Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo 10 Year Plan to end Homelessness

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Point-In-Time Count Reports

• 2016 Alberta Point-In-Time Count: Preliminary Results

• 2014 Alberta Point-In-Time Count: Provincial Report

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Progress Reports

• A Plan for Alberta: Ending Homelessness in 10 Years ​3 Year Progress Report Prepared by the Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness

• Calgary Homeless Foundation 2016 Report on Progress

• Homeward Trust 2015 Annual Report

• Bringing Lethbridge Home Progress Report 2013

• Starting at Home in Medicine Hat — Our 5 Year Plan to End Homelessness Year 3 Progress Report

• City of Red Deer Report to the Community: Homelessness & Affordable Housing Initiatives 2012-2013 

• A Progress Report on Wood Buffalo's 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness: The First Three Years of Housing First 2010-2013

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7 Cities Conference on Housing First and Homelessness Presentations - June 2018

• 20,000 Homes Campaign in Alberta - Marie Morrison

• Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Key Piece to Understanding Chronic Homelessness - Kirsten Boda & Emily Wong

• Collaboration to Prevent and Address Older Adults - Raynell McDonough & Alison Loewen

• ​Cost Savings of Housing First in Calgary - Ali Dadidzadeh, Nick Falvo & Daniel Dutton

• From Shelter to Housing: How Agency Partnerships can Keep Clients Housed - Lyle Boehlke, Kyle Ovens & Kate Duggan

• HelpSeeker: Technology-Led Social Innovation to Prevent & End Homelessness - Dr. Alina Turner, Travis Turner, Jaime Rogers & Shane Rempel

• Mental Health Supports for Housing First Clients: Putting Theraputic Principles into Practice - Faye Archer Wilson & Gio Dolcecore

• Modern Outreach: Moving from a flashlight in the fog, to a lighthouse in the clearing - Jeff Gray

• Never Give up - Elise Olson & Cheryle Sklapsky

• Navigating Youth Out of Homelessness - Tanya Wald & Ashley Jordan

  • Youth, Alcohol and FASD - Leanne Aspen​

• Preventing Homelessness with Diversion - Andrea Ness & Jesika Lefebvre

• Rapid Rehousing for Homeless Youth - Chelsi Matkovich

• Reducing acute care use in low-income individuals with complex social needs, addictions, health and mental disorders - Dr. Van Nguyen

• Supported Referrals - An Approach to Ending Chronic Homelessness - Phaidra Jenner, Dorothy Wibabara, Michelle Muchetu & Julie Strome

• Tenancy Liabilities: Understanding a Tenant's Exceptional Costs - Chris Batdorf

• The Alberta Alternative Budget - Nick Falvo

• The Calgary Homeless Foundation Almanac - Chidom Otogwu & Nick Falvo

• The Client Action Committee: Lived Experience Works! - Michael Grant

• The Importance of Collaboration Through Housing - Tamara Woldegebreal, Tricia Hicks & Jillian Higgins

• The provision of dental care to emergency shelter users corresponds to lower shelter use over time - Ali Jadidzadeh & Daniel Dutton

• The Travelling Art Therapist: A Case Study on the Interface Between Housing First, Cultural Support and Art Therapy - Tayler Schenkeveld

• Women's Homelessness: A Macro Perspective - Alicia Kalmanovitch​

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7 Cities Conference on Housing First and Homelessness Presentations - June 2017

• Banned: Youth and Service Provider Recommendations for Policy and Practice when Banning Youth - Amanda Almond & Karen Drynan

• Beyond YIMBY - Pastor Mike Van Boom

• Building Resilience Through Wellness - Destine Schultz & Donna Boyko

• Calgary Recovery Services Task Force - Darryn Werth & Abe Brown

• Community Bridge - Matt Ashdown

• Domestic Violence: Roles of Landlords and Property Managers in Intervening Effectively - Lois Gander

• Drumming Up Resilience (Handouts) - Grace Hussey & Forrest McGregor

• e4c Financial Management HUB - Violet Bird & Tanya Tellier

• Housing First in Alberta: A Comparative Policy Analysis of Housing First in Medicine Hat and Lethbridge - Aileen Burke

• Integrating Wellness Supports into Housing Programs - Dr. John Rook

• I’taamohkanoohsin “Everyone Comes Together” - Chelsey De Groot, David Gabert, Les Vonkeman, Roger Hunt & Mark Brave Rock

• Landlord Relations in a Smaller Setting - Shanda Berns, Valerie Theissen & Kim Pasula

• Mobile Data Collection - Robbie Brydon, Jodie Mandick & Kevin Fuglewicz

• Permanent Supportive Housing - Bernadette Majdell & Susan McGee

  • A Home for Everyone in Our Community

• Sustaining Ourselves: Mindfulness for Frontline Housing First Workers - Brian Dean Williams

• The Forgotten Third Party: Inclusion of Landlords in Housing Stability - Chris Batdorf

• The Interdependence of Rural & Urban Homelessness & Housing - Joshua Bénard & Jay Freeman

• Understanding & Transcending the Transmission of Historical Trauma in Indigenous Families - William Aguiar 

  • Handout 1   Handout 2   Handout 3​

• Weighted Caseloads - Ben Sargent

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7 Cities Housing First Conference Presentations - May 2015-2016

• Aboriginal Homelessness: A 'Belief' In Housing First - Sydney Gill

• Alberta's Second Stage Shelters: Transitioning from Domestiv Violence to Stability - Pat Garrett & Carolyn Goard

• Bissell Centre's Housing Outreach Team - Matt Ashdown

• Building Support in the Housing Sector - Bryan Sali

• Delivering Housing & Support Interventions to Chronically Episodically Homeless with FASD - Kaylee Ramage

• Diversion and Housing First - Kimberley Andjelic & Tiffany Syroid

• Facilitating Access to Housing for Victims of Domestic Violence - Tanya Tallier

• How Trauma Informed Are You? - Shannon Shoemaker & Tiffany Syroid

• Inclusive Housing: A Community Based Approach to Housing First - Amanda St. Laurent

• Inner City Health and Wellness Program at the Royal Alexandra Hospital - Dana Zawortny and Esther Leung

• Moving Beyond Nulls: The Quest to Develop a Robust Data Quality Plan - List Burke

• NOVA's Critical Time Intervention Program- Alanna Manchak

• Outreach and Housing Access - Adam Melnyk and Blake Thomas

• Preventing, Reducing and Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness in Canada - Dr. Alex Abramovich

• Prevention Conversation FASD - Ashley Baxter

• RESOLVE: Making Collaboration Work -  Jackie Lewis & Sheryl Barlage

• Seniors - The Buffalo Apartments - Trish McAllister

• Seniors and Homelessness - Deanna Castellanos Garcia

• Supporting the Provincial Youth Plan: A Collaborative Approach to Preventing Youth Homelessness - Nichole Fox

• Supportive Housing Through Healthy Landlord/Home Provider Relations - Pauline Clark + Darlene Petrie

• Understanding Homelessness and Shame in Participant Focused Case Management - Wally Czech

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Housing First Practitioners Workshop Presentations - May 2014

• Awards Presentation

• Closing Remarks - Tim Richter

• Creating a Welcoming, Safe and Inclusive Community - Roy Pogorezlski

• Culturally Informed Services for Aboriginal Clients - Dr. Ralph Bodor

• Ethical Decision Making

• Fierce Conversations - Cam Tripp

• Growing at the Speed of Change - Jim Clemmer

• Harm Reduction - Marliss Taylor

• Introduction to Housing First: Meat and Potatoes - Wally Czech

• Importance of Data & How to write a casenote - Jaime Rogers

• Landlord Relations in An Aboriginal Context  - Ashley Eddy & Pete Ages

• Meaningful Daily Activity Workshop - Jayson taylor

• Mindfulness & Self Care - Deanna Castellanos Garcia

• Provincial Information - Barry Bezuko & Darren Joslin

• Provincial Pilot Projects & HMIS - Barry Bezuko, Michael Stansberry & Sherry Desanko

• Developing Effective Value Propositions for Outreach to People Entrenched in Homelessness - Toby Druce

• SCOLR Workshop and Feedback - Susan McGee & Yardstick

• Shelter Diversion and Triage - Vlessy Villanueva Sanchez, Jill Lanz & Joey Amos

• Strengths Based Leadership Development - Jim Clemmer

• Wellness Action Recovery Plan - Faith Paul, Sherry Stasiuk & Frank Schmolcke

• Youth at Risk - Michael Phair

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