Resources:

Literature Sources:

  • Social Planning and Research Council of BC [SPARC BC]. (September 2008). Still on our streets… Results of the 2008 Metro Vancouver Homeless Count.
  • Social Planning and Research Council of BC [SPARC BC]. (Spetember 2005). On our streets and in our shelters.
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  • Burt, M.R. (1995). Critical Factors in Counting the Homeless: An Invited Commentary. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 65(3), 334-339.
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  • VanWyk, R. and VanWyk, A. (2005). Homelessness in the Upper Fraser Valley. Abbotsford, BC. Mennonite Central Committee, British Columbia

Data Sources:

  • SIS Lab Data Warehouse (S:\Drive)
  • SFU Research Data Library
  • Flickr.com