Abstract
This paper examines homelessness in Toronto within the context of the term "community", further considering the different definitions for community. Additionally, the paper questions whether a community is hampered or damaged by something such as poverty. The paper examines all of this and also looks at what this writer proposes be done to reduce homelessness in the city.

From the Paper
"The following paper will look at homelessness in Toronto within the context of the term, "community". That is to say, what are the different definitions which one can find for community and how is a community - in every sense of the word - hampered or damaged by something such as poverty? The next several pages will examine all of this and also look at what this writer proposes be done to reduce homelessness in the city that is still, in most every respect, the economic engine of Canada. The word "community" has many connotations and even more than a few denotations, as well. The obvious definition is that a community is a..."

Tags:homelessness, toronto, community

Abstract
In this article, the writer notes that homelessness in Toronto is an ever-growing problem facing the city. The materialization of this problem has not been caused by one single action or event. Rather, it has been growing due to several factors facing homeless individuals, as well as the society and the government. This paper discusses the extent of the problem of homelessness in Toronto, the problems that the homeless people are facing today as well as the factors that have led to a rise in homelessness, including the cutbacks in social programmers and policy by the government. Finally, the writer discusses what needs to be done in order to deal with this problem.

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"Homeless people also face many barriers to accessing the healthcare system, sometimes simply because they do not have a permanent address or because their health card has been stolen. Furthermore, there are prevailing false beliefs and stereotypes about the homeless, particularly since historically homelessness has been linked to vagrancy. Many still believe that homelessness in the result of an inadequacy or failure of an individual rather than the responsibility of the society. Many studies have pointed to the fact that the increase in the number of homeless citizens significantly burdens many other services: health, legal, employment etc."

Tags:shelters, conditions, risk, Toronto

Abstract
This paper focuses on the problem of homelessness in Toronto, which is an ever-growing problem facing the city. The paper explains that the materialization of this problem has not been caused by one single action or event. Rather, it has been growing due to several factors facing homeless individuals, as well as the society and the government. This paper will discuss the extent of the problem of homelessness in Toronto, the problems that the homeless people are facing today as well as the factors that have led to a rise in homelessness, including the cutbacks in social programmers and policy by the government. Finally, the paper will discuss what needs to be done in order to deal with this problem.

From the Paper
"Homelessness in Toronto is an ever-growing problem facing the city. The materialization of this problem has not been caused by one single action or event. Rather, it has been growing due to several factors facing homeless individuals, as well as the society and the government. This paper will discuss the extent of the problem of homelessness in Toronto, the problems that the homeless people are facing today as well as the factors that have led to a rise in homelessness, including the cutbacks in social programmers and policy by the government. Finally, the paper will discuss what needs to be done in order to deal with this problem."

Tags:vagrancy, north, america, transient, poverty

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This paper explains that the homeless community can be seen as a community because they are people trapped in a common cycle from which they would like to escape, with common interests in finding shelter and adequate food, which often compels them to act in unison performing petty crime as a means of survival. The author points out that, if the burgeoning homeless problem in Toronto is not addressed, then the community of Toronto will start to see an increase in crime and movement out of the areas populated by homeless people thus creating impoverished pockets within the city. The paper recommends that funds, which have been earmarked for homeless shelters and other programs should be spent rather than be languishing somewhere because of bureaucratic red-tape. The author suggest that this money should be invested in re-training programs and the conversion of brown fields areas into affordable housing condominiums for the working poor.

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"Toronto's homeless situation can also be looked at by looking at Marxist definitions of what a community is - or, more precisely, what it is not. For instance, those academics who subscribe to Marxist theory maintain that communities are manifestations of the class dialectic; in other words, communities are organized in such a way as to ensure the exploitation of some by others at the same time as they reveal the inequalities present in a capitalist society. While this assessment of the community can be dismissed as unduly cynical and extreme, there is little doubt that Toronto is a city of extremes."

Tags:two-parent, common, crime, money, unison, housing

Abstract
In this essay the writer discusses the central grid of homelessness in Toronto with attention to health. The writer refers to Fitzpatrick & LaGory on spatial identification of homeless persons, to fieldwork indicating a local culture of homelessness and some interviews. Further, the writer makes much reflection on what the problems are and what could be done, given that homeless persons of low health seem to be a permanent reality.

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"Fitzpatrick & LaGory note that the, "the spatial deprivation of homelessness represents an extreme form of poverty". They refer to the spatial in terms of a sense of place, whereas there may be other ways to interpret the spatial reality of the homeless person. In central Toronto, one finds a way of life that may suit some individuals, perhaps ironically, while presenting serious risks to health that are less found in housed persons. There is an `urban health penalty' assigned to those who live in poorer areas of North American cities."

Tags:toronto, homeless, health

Abstract
This paper discusses the jargon of "globalization" and what we are to call "homelessness" in relation to topics of urban geography, medical geography, and implications for planners. The paper discusses long term implications of a permanent under-class, as predictable symptom of the modernization theory that is part and parcel of globalization's neo-liberal growth model.

From the Paper
"Globalization and `Homelessness' in Central Toronto. Introductory Discussion The euphemism of `Globalization' that is used to refer to neo-liberal economic planning involves the removal of safety net spending in developed economies. A second euphemism is found in globalization's unwanted by-product of severe unwanted poverty among those we are accustomed to discussing, now, as "the homeless", a phenomenon that is a side-effect of the economic model that now prevails. By examining the example of central Toronto's vagrant destitution, one sees duplicated a phenomenon known in most Western cities, of the present, and with increasing homeless also reported in the notoriously strong economy of Japan. (Hasegawa: 2005)"

Tags:homelessness, globalization, implications

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The paper presents the issue as it relates to Toronto's housed citizens and its homeless ones. The paper relates that over the course of the past several years, Toronto's attempts to create new and expand existing homeless service venues, such as soup kitchens and shelters, has resulted in a significant anti- homeless and anti-service movement. The paper explains that while the community may have the responsibility to provide social and other services to every member of the community, the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) reaction of the housed citizens can be equally strong.

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"Toronto's difficulties in effectively managing it's homeless problem in terms of controlling, moving, sheltering and providing services for the indigent has created a significant set of ancillary problems between the Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY)-leaning people and the homeless advocates and activists of that city. Over the course of the past several years, the city's attempts to create new and expand existing homeless service venues such as soup-kitchens and shelters has resulted in a significant anti-homeless and anti-service movement."

Tags:toronto, nimby, housing

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Paper discussing two agencies serving the Toronto homeless in "519" Church Street Community Cente and Native Men's Residence, both United Way recipients. These are outlined in terms of services and approaches, their strongest assets found in understanding of different aspects of homelessness; paper refers to experiments and observations elsewhere in Western countries; comments on how homelessness tends to be discussed by poorly informed policy makers and others; diverse references.

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Two Toronto Agencies Serving Homeless Persons. Introduction Since the late 1970s de-institutionalization of psychiatric patients in Ontario, the growing phenomenon of Homelessness has inspired an array of agencies that cater to the needs of vagrant persons. The role of vagrant psychiatric patients in commencing urban solutions to homelessness tends to be under-realized although a large proportion of homeless persons, thirty years later, remain persons with significant mental illness. (Hartford et al:2003) In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the tremendous amplification of homelessness in Toronto as a result of neo-liberal

Tags:toronto, 519, native men's residence

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This paper is a research proposal that describes the demographic analysis of an urban aboriginal population in metro-Toronto. This proposal refers to previous census reports and outlines social contexts of homelessness and racism as important aspects for determining the exploratory method (not quantitative) of analysis required for conducting this study.

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This paper explains the inaccuracy of the term 'homelessness' given that vagrancy is merely one facet of a problem that affects thousands of persons who cannot be summarily housed. The paper provides various social science/medical sources and offers a scrutiny of figures on the stopgap measure of shelterization. The paper reveals that in the long term, shelterization is more costly in fiscal and social terms than a national housing policy and healthcare facilities for the mentally ill.

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"Mention of homelessness or `the homeless' have been usual in Canada since the late 1980s. As this paper explains, the term of vagrancy may be more accurate given that the condition of homelessness implies far more than being without a material home. If examining the large numbers of persons with mental illness in homeless populations in Western countries, one becomes aware of vagrant persons unable to maintain themselves if housed without assistance. Although matters of poverty eradication, affordable housing and temporary shelter services are important to reducing the..."

Tags:toronto, patient groups, false approach