UFV Library thanks Darren Blakeborough, Assistant Professor, Social, Cultural and Media Studies, for collaborating with us on this display, David & Goliath Agency http://www.dng.com/ of El Seguno California for letting us use one of their pictures for this display and Greg Laychak and Paul Henderson of the Chilliwack Times for images used on the display posters.
High rent, low income, lack of housing stock, Indigenous ancestry, government care, racism, discrimination, family breakdown, systemic or societal barriers, job loss, injury, illness, addiction, disability, mental illness, bad luck, or one missed paycheque--any one or combination could be enough to plunge an individual or family into homelessness. Long-term supportive housing and care facilities, created by a collaboration between all government levels, non-profits, charities, and the private and social enterprise sectors is needed to keep some people experiencing homelessness out of the emergency department and off city streets, according to the FVRD 2020 Homelessness Count. Affordable housing options are needed for others experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
This display started many years ago at the request of a nursing instructor who was teaching a section on homelessness. We found that students from Sociology, Social Work, Criminology, English, and other departments also took out these books and the physical display we had in the library was quickly emptied out.
Encyclopedia of homelessness [electronic resource] by 
