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Did you know that Salt Spring Island has the highest rate of
homelessness per capita in British Columbia?
 
Alison Smith volunteered in a homeless shelter in East Vancouver when she was a graduate student at UBC. Today, she is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, where her research focuses on housing, homelessness, inequality and social protection.
 
In 2022, Dr. Smith published Multiple Barriers: The Multilevel Governance of Homelessness in Canada.
 According to the University of Toronto Press, the book “explores the forces that shape intergovernmental and multilevel governance dynamics to help better understand why, despite the best efforts of community and advocacy groups, homelessness remains as persistent as ever.”
 
These multilevel dynamics are very apparent on Salt Spring Island, making Dr. Smith the perfect person to help guide our community toward solutions.
 
Please join the Salt Spring Forum for a critically important discussion on the root causes of the homelessness crisis.

HERE is a link to Dr.Smith's 2022 book Multiple Barriers: The Multilevel Governance of Homelessness in Canada.