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June 18, 2010
Health problems complicate homelessness
Dealing with physical or mental health illness, drug addiction and living off panhandled change all hasten the often-deadly demise of the homeless. Health professionals and researchers are coming together to discuss this issue June 21-22 at Health of the Homeless, a two-day summit, co-sponsored by SFU at the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue.
How major health risks come together to hasten the demise of the homeless and what kind of integrated solutions are needed to improve their fate are major conference themes.
Julian Somers, an SFU associate professor of health sciences and conference organizer, who is involved in a national homes-for-the-homeless project, can expand on these themes.
Andrew Wister, gerontology department chair, although not at the conference, can discuss a relatively unknown trend that will increase, given that 20 per cent of Canada’s population will be over age 65 by 2021. “Experiencing homelessness in old age is particularly problematic due to the level of vulnerability that these people experience while living on the street.”
Andrew Wister, 778.782.5044; wister@sfu.ca
Julian Somers, 778.782.5049, 604.290.3210 (cell); jsomers@sfu.ca
Changing role of Dads
Dads will be getting a lot more press—if not presents—this Father’s Day, June 20, the 100th anniversary of the day that honours fathers as being the best, regardless of whether they know best. Joti Samra, an SFU psychologist, can shed light on how changing societal and legal views about the roles and rights of fathers have gained them more profile as primary caregivers—historically a role reserved for moms.
Joti Samra, 778.782.5263; jsamra@sfu.ca
Dealing with physical or mental health illness, drug addiction and living off panhandled change all hasten the often-deadly demise of the homeless. Health professionals and researchers are coming together to discuss this issue June 21-22 at Health of the Homeless, a two-day summit, co-sponsored by SFU at the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue.
How major health risks come together to hasten the demise of the homeless and what kind of integrated solutions are needed to improve their fate are major conference themes.
Julian Somers, an SFU associate professor of health sciences and conference organizer, who is involved in a national homes-for-the-homeless project, can expand on these themes.
Andrew Wister, gerontology department chair, although not at the conference, can discuss a relatively unknown trend that will increase, given that 20 per cent of Canada’s population will be over age 65 by 2021. “Experiencing homelessness in old age is particularly problematic due to the level of vulnerability that these people experience while living on the street.”
Andrew Wister, 778.782.5044; wister@sfu.ca
Julian Somers, 778.782.5049, 604.290.3210 (cell); jsomers@sfu.ca
Changing role of Dads
Dads will be getting a lot more press—if not presents—this Father’s Day, June 20, the 100th anniversary of the day that honours fathers as being the best, regardless of whether they know best. Joti Samra, an SFU psychologist, can shed light on how changing societal and legal views about the roles and rights of fathers have gained them more profile as primary caregivers—historically a role reserved for moms.
Joti Samra, 778.782.5263; jsamra@sfu.ca