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News, Articles, Essays and Statistics

Before any of us can effectively help others, whether by our prayers, by hands-on involvement or by being a voice on their behalf, we first need to become better informed regarding the circumstances and issues touching their lives.

Here, in this section of our website, you will find essays, articles, reports, news stories, and other writings which deal with poverty, homelessness, mental illness, abuse, addictions and a range of other issues pertinant to our work amongst Canadas innercity community.

We are committed to regularly posting relevant, well-researched, informative material using reputable and recognised experts as our sources.

Note: All material contained on this site has been copyrighted or used with permission where it is possible.

Below you will find articles designed for the professional counselor.

• Reasons why folks sleep outside
REV Susan Brandt
• A Street Outreach Manual
REV Susan Brandt
• ‘We all need to treat the homeless a little better’
Michael Mayo
• BEDBUGS
Jay Romano
• Cold Comfort For Street Youth
Micheal Sourial
• Crystal Meth
• Caring for the Poor
REV Susan Brandt
• Disconnected Thoughts
REV Susan Brandt
• Disillusioned Youth
REV Susan Brandt
• EMPLOYMENT: Starting a Small Business
• Footcare For The Homeless Part #1
REV Susan Brandt
• Footcare For The Homeless Part #2
REV Susan Brandt
• From Homes to Shelters to Blankets
Share International 1999
• Global Stats 2002
U of Berkley USA
• Harm Reduction: The Opposing View
SGT. / REV. Andre Bigras
• Hepatitis A, B and C
REV Susan Brandt
• History of the Jesus Movement
David de Sabatino
• Home Remedies
REV Susan Brandt
• Homeless Health Facts
REV Susan Brandt
• Homeless Healthcare
REV Susan Brandt
• Homlessness Bibliography
• Homeless Worhsippers Flock to First Vagabonds Church of God
Aline Mendelsohn
• Insider Prison Handbook
Penn Pete
• Medication Review for Nurses
• Needle Exchange in Ottawa
REV. CPL. Andre Bigras
• Needle Stick Injury Policy
REV Susan Brandt
• New Teeth
Kevin Fagan
• Ottawa Innercity Ministries: A Street Outreach Manual
REV Susan Brandt
• Pastoral Care on the Streets
REV Susan Brandt
• Peacemaking
• Physiology and Examination 101
• Post Incarceration Syndrome
• Poverty and the Media
REV Susan Brandt
• Profile of the Rapist As An Ordinary Man
Myrna Kostash
• Restorative Justice
REV Susan Brandt
• Schizophrenia
Mike Serhan
• Stigma of Mental Illness
• Street Health Definitions and Bibliography
REV Susan Brandt
• Street Outreach Dancing with Grace Part 1
Sally Erickson and Jaimie Page
• Street Outreach Dancing with Grace Part 2
Sally Erickson and Jaimie Page
• Surviving Teens
REV Susan Brandt
• TB in Canadian Shelters
Kathy Hardill
• Teens Today
REV Susan Brandt
• The "New Poor" vs The "Old Poor"
Kirsten Anderburg
• The Panhandlers Union
Ottawa
• Turning Kids of the Night into Children of the Light
REV Susan Brandt
• The Christmas Present
Associated Press
• Workplace Hazards
REV Susan Brandt