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When she was a young girl, Danielle (name changed) was recruited into domestic sex trafficking from her long-term foster home. She was only able to…
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“Parallel Universes” is a poignant poem written by a man with schizophrenia. Dan Hoeweler had this poem and two other equally beautiful pieces published in…
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Years ago, I was kicked out of my home because of my drug use. My single mother sent me to live at a local youth…
![In Post-Secondary School and Homeless](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/11/feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Under the concrete, ivy-covered walls of many universities lies a disturbing phenomenon; homelessness. Many find it incomprehensible that homelessness would exist in these spaces, but …
![Addictions from Fort McMurray](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/08/people-878512_1280-470x140.jpg?x81652)
This series of in-depth interviews covers the difficulties that homeless men and women face with mental illness and drug abuse. A man named Cameron from…
![Transgendered Homeless Youth Victimized by Shelter System](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/10/Feature3-470x140.jpg?x81652)
At the age of three, Gale started to challenge gender norms, insisting on wearing dresses and tiaras, by age four sobbing at his mirror image…
![Homelessness as Trauma](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/09/homeless-woman-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“For every visible homeless person there are hundreds that we do not see. For every homeless person we do not see there is someone who…
![Homelessness in the USA: The Cost of Going to War?](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/09/homeless-veteran-470x140.jpg?x81652)
For most of us, walking by a homeless person who is curled up on a tattered blanket, asking for spare change seems like a common…
![Homeless and Home Again: Personal Reflections](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2011/08/hands-and-house-377x140.jpg?x81652)
The Trauma and Attachment Report interviewed Tom Regehr of Cast Canada. Tom reveals how his personal experience with homelessness has allowed him to provide support…