Youth Homelessness Is Considered An Unacknowledged...

Youth homelessness in Canada is regarded as an unacknowledged national crisis. In fact, one third of Canada’s homeless population is comprised of youth between the ages of 15 and 24 (Stewart, 2010). These youth are huddled on park benches, surfing friends’ couches and sleeping in emergency shelters with the entirety of their future relying on the responsibility of the country to ensure that they can access the support programs they need to survive. Similarly to any other social issue, youth homelessness as a whole is composed of its own set of causes, risk factors, failing solutions and proposals. The following article analyses will discuss youth homelessness on the basis of these aspects in a critical format to display that youth homelessness is a highly stigmatized, serious and â€Å"unaccepted† Canadian issue. In accordance with the scholarly article Supporting Homeless Youth: Perspectives and Preferences written and edited by Stewart, Reutter, Letourneau, Mk warimba and Hungler; homelessness can be defined as â€Å"having no home, living and thriving in unintended places [†¦] and loss of income† (Stewart, 2010 p.146). With this classification in mind, the scholars began to note the underrepresentation of the homeless population comprised of youth. Through investigative inquiry, they came to find that youth are rarely invited to participate in research aimed at improving their possible program access. In an attempt to make change, the group conducted a study that involved serviceShow MoreRelatedDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 PagesWhen Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969, most people predicted that we would soon be walking on Mars, establishing colonies in outer space, and launching probes from lunar pads. In 1973, with long lines at the gas pumps due to an OPEC-led fuel crisis, economists predicted that oil would sell for $100 a barrel in the United States by 1980. Most notorious of all, of cours e, was the prediction by the United States patent office in 1896 that it would soon close its doors since â€Å"everything that can