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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Sue-Ann MacDonald and I will be hosting two book launch events in Ottawa to officially release:<i></i></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><i>Staying Alive While Living the Life: Adversity, Strengths, and Resilience in the Lives of Homeless Youth.</i></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><b>1) Thursday, March 28 @ uOttawa in FSS4004, 4-6 pm</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enjoy short presentations from the authors and responses from Dr. Jacqueline Kennelly (Carleton)
and Amanda Keough (Peer Support Worker at Operation Come Home), followed by a brief Q & A. There will be refreshments provided by
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FoodWorks</a> and books available for purchase ($21 including taxes).</span><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><b style="font-size: 12pt;">2) Friday, March 29 @ Operation Come Home (150 Gloucester Street), 10 am - noon.</b><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enjoy short presentations from the authors and responses from an
expert panel who have experienced youth homelessness, followed by a brief Q & A. There will be refreshments provided by
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FoodWorks</a> and books available for purchase ($21 including taxes) <i>Online donations</i></span></span><i style="font-size: 12pt;"> to
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Operation Come Home</a> are welcomed!</i></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><b>Book Review<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">by </span></span><b style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stephen
Gaetz</span></b><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, Founder of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">"MacDonald and Roebuck have written an excellent book on the causes and conditions of youth homelessness in Canada. A
key contribution of this work is that they not only explore the challenges that young people are faced with in this situation, but the strengths, assets and resilience they bring when facing such adverse life circumstances. For those interested in youth homelessness
and what to do about it, this is a must read." </span><br>
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assets and resilience they bring when facing such adverse life circumstances.</div>
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