Thanks to the staff, volunteers and service users (past and present) of Covenant House Toronto and Covenant House Vancouver who assisted in the development of the toolkit by taking part in interviews, providing data and resources or reviewing information.
Covenant House Toronto
Bruce Rivers, Executive Director
Carol Howes, Director of Program Services
Julie Neubauer, Manager of Transitional Housing
Faviola Fernandes, Research Coordinator
Dillon Dodson, Team Leader
Céline Callender, Team Leader
Brodie Montreuil, Youth Worker
Genieve Tan, Youth Worker
April Tomczak, Overnight Youth Worker
Jewela Cabrera, Mentor Program Coordinator
Stacey Rees, Life Skills Coordinator
Danny Aguilar, Housing Worker
ROP Toronto Youth Participants
Alicia, age 18 – Current Participant
Errica, age 22 - Current Participant
"Dorian", age 25 - Current Participant
"Mark", age 24 - Current Participant
Vanessa, age 28 - Past Participant
"Aisha", age 25 – Current Participant
ROP Toronto Mentors
Jannit Luu, Current Mentor
Danna Brown, Past Mentor
Covenant House Vancouver
John Harvey – Director of Program Services
Danniele Livengood, Administrative Assistant
Chelsea Minhas - Manager, Rights of Passage
Jennifer Morrison - Life Skills Coordinator
Zinnia Sandoval, Certified ETO Site Administrator
Lisa Ronaldson - Case Manage
Yvonne Sutton-Fregin - Youth Support Worker
ROP Vancouver Youth Participants
"Kevin", age 26 - Past Participant
"Patrick", age 21 - Current Participant
A special thanks to Hollyburn Properties staff for assisting with our understanding of the unique program they offer: Katrina May (PR and Communications), Christina Digan, Paul Sander (Principal and Owner) and Petrit Asimetay (Building Manager).
Thanks to the staff, students and volunteers at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness/Homeless Hub for their efforts in collecting and analyzing the material, transcription, review of materials and creation of the toolkit.
Dr. Stephen Gaetz, Director
Allyson Marsolais, Project Manager
Tanya Gulliver, Research Coordinator (primary author)
Stephanie Vasko, Communications Manager
Sarah Hamdi, Communications Coordinator
Patricia Lacroix, Graphic Designer
Oxana Roudenko, Communications Officer
Sebastian Wan, Web Assistant
Tyler Pettes, Research Assistant
Julia Bahen, Graduate Assistant
Alicia Campney, Research at York student
Jayne Malenfant, Research Assistant
Vineeth Sekharan, Research at York student
Emma Woolley, Research at York student
William Castaneda, Research Assistant
Vander Tavares, Research Assistant
Brooke Alyea, Research Assistant
Julie Rocha, volunteer