COVID-19 and System Responses to Homelessness

The Victimology Research Centre partnered with the Alliance to End Homelessness – Ottawa and Carleton University’s Sociology Department to engage people who are homeless and at risk of homelessness to better understand the impact of COVID-19. This was a two-phase project.

Phase One included interviews with nonprofit agencies in the Ottawa region to understand how people generally access resources with various systems related to housing and homelessness and how that has changed during COVID-19.

Phase Two built upon this research by engaging with people with lived experience of homelessness directly and asking about their experiences of navigating support and resources during this time.