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Independent Community Advocate (ICA)
Advisor for Community Impact ~ Social Services

Writer / Author / Speaker / Blogger
Socioeconomic Advocacy ~ Poverty & Homelessness
Barrie/Simcoe County

Why Ontario Works Doesn't Work

Currently, more than 185,000 single adults in Ontario are trapped in this government program of cyclical systemic deprivation. I am one...

END HOMELESSNESS; for once, and for ALL!

Introduction and Impression I was able to attend this year’s 2016 National Conference on Ending Homelessness in London, thanks to the...

Nuances of Life in Poverty: The 3 Day Millionaire

The 3 Day Millionaire Sending out benefit payments once a month to recipients of social assistance is certainly easier and more...

2016 SCATEH Spring Forum Speech: Lived Experience

Peer Volunteering My name is Nick Robinson; I am a Barrie resident, and an Independent Community Advocate. I was asked by Sara Peddle,...

Sorry about your luck, here’s a tent!

Sorry about your luck, here’s a tent! A thermal sleeping bag that turns into a tent- made just for homeless people; how could this...

Chronic Homelessness

Chronic Homelessness Life on the streets is a lonely road to travel. The isolation and social disconnect beats heavy upon the mind, and...

The Loss of a Hidden Treasure

Lucy As so many readers, friends, and residents of Barrie now know; on Friday, September 5, 2014, our City lost one of its hidden...

What is BOOTC?

Staying Warm and Safe in Barrie A warm place to sleep, safe from the cold winter nights; most of us take this for granted, but for some,...

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