<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Background:</b> The Alliance to End Homelessness has partnered with researchers from the Victimology Research Centre at Algonquin College</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> to
better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the homelessness sector in Ottawa. The research is funded by SSHRC and has received ethics approval from Algonquin College, with secondary approval from Carleton University.</span><br>
</div>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; text-align: center;"><br>
</b></div>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<b>ONLINE SURVEY AND INTERVIEWS/FOCUS GROUPS</b></div>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<b><br>
</b></div>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="color:black; font-size:12pt">We are currently circulating an online survey, and conducting interviews and focus groups with people who have experienced homelessness during the pandemic. Interviews and focus groups will be co-facilitated with peer
researchers who have undertaken facilitator training.</span></div>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:black; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br>
</div>
<div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:black; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<b>Posters:</b> We would greatly appreciate it if you would consider hanging our recruitment poster in your drop-in space, and/or posting it to your social media. We have revised our closing date because of research delays related to Omicron.</div>
<div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:black; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br>
</div>
<div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:black; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
If you would like us to drop off hard copies of the poster or if you have a space on-site where we could conduct interviews when it is safe to do so, please email our centre: vrc@algonquincollege.com </div>
<div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:black; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:black; font-size:12pt"><br>
</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:black; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:black; font-size:12pt">The poster is attached as a PDF and provided below as a PNG.
</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:black; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:black; font-size:12pt"><br>
</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:black; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="color:black; font-size:12pt">Thank you for all you are doing to support people through the pandemic.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:black; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</div>
<div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:black; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br>
</div>
<div style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:black; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<img style="width: initial; height: initial; max-width: 100%;" class="w-1545 h-2000" size="449550" contenttype="image/png" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:13360b31-6416-486a-8ba4-15cf4ad3b8e2"><br>
</div>
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:black; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span></div>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,102,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; line-height:24px">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(51,130,103)"><br>
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,102,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; line-height:24px">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(51,130,103)">Benjamin Roebuc</span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:14pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(51,130,103)">k</span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:8pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(51,130,103)"></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,102,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(99,102,99)">Research Chair & Professor of Victimology, PhD</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,102,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(99,102,99)"><b style="color:rgb(0,102,0); font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:16px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(99,102,99)">Victimology
Research Centre</span></b><br>
</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,102,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(144,147,144)">Pronouns: he/him</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,102,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt"></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(99,102,99)">T</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(144,147,144)"><span> </span>613.727.4723
x 6328</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,102,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt"></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(99,102,99)">Algonquin College</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(99,102,99)"><span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(144,147,144)">|
1385 Woodroffe Avenue | Ottawa | ON | K2G 1V8 | Canada</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,102,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(144,147,144)"><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Arial,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">Co-author of<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><font face="Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont"><span style="margin:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/staying-alive-while-living-the-life" title="https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/staying-alive-while-living-the-life" style="margin:0px">Staying
Alive While Living the Life: Adversity, Strength, and Resilience in the Lives of Homeless Youth</a></span></font><br>
</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,102,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px; font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(144,147,144)"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,102,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255); margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
<span style="margin:0px; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(51,130,103)"><i>I respectfully acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg people.</i></span></p>
<div>
<div id="x_x_Signature">
<div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">
<span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><i></i></span><br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>