Abe Oudshoorn

Western University mentorship program aims to reshape belonging for Black nursing students | CBC News A mentorship initiative at Western University is pairing Black nursing students with experienced health-care leaders. Organizers say the goal is not just support, but lasting institutional change.

Wonderful work on Black Nursing student mentorship from here at Western University - www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

YouTube video by Abe Oudshoorn Research Highlight: How to do Homelessness Prevention

When I think about prevention I think about how we also need to empower people through interactions with our systems.

In this video I talk about a paper where we proposed advancing the current model on homelessness prevention to also include empowerment in the process: youtu.be/kGKUdUJEVuo

They should just have Bad Bunny do the Superbowl again next year.

YouTube video by Abe Oudshoorn Research Highlight: Homelessness Prevention for Refugees

The reasons that refugees end up in emergency shelters are different than Canadian citizens or even newcomers of different statuses. This qualitative study was published in the European Journal on Homelessness:

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London City Council is at a risk of going very much backwards on our homelessness response, shifting more to an emergency shelter focus and placing pre-conditions on Housing First.

I have sent all members of Council the following letter: www.abeoudshoorn.com/whats-best-f...

Steve Cordes has a new project and I think it’s something you are going to be interested in. | The Matt Brown Podcast Steve Cordes led Youth Opportunities Unlimited, a local not profit here in London that serves youth from London in a myriad of ways. The growth the organization experienced under Steve’s decades long ...

I really appreciate Steve Cordes outlining in this podcast why a "Good Neighbours" policy actually just becomes another barrier to services that are helping marginalized people: the-matt-brown-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/ste...

Number of homeless ODSP, OW recipients in Ontario surges 72% since 2019: report | CBC News The number of people on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program who are also experiencing homelessness has shot up 72 percent since 2019, according to a new report from human rights o...

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YouTube video by Abe Oudshoorn Research Highlight: How to do intersectional research

Many scholars identify "intersectionality" as their theoretical framework, but it's pretty high level. So how does one actually do research that is intersectional? In this paper, myself and my student team unpack how to "do" intersectionality.

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'Only choice': Driven by economics, homeless people putting lives in park 'I was actually living the dream and then life happened. It was kind of like the rug was pulled out from under me unexpectedly,' says one man, 63

An important article that illustrates that homelessness is not always an immediate catastrophe, but for many is a slow slide into poorer and poorer housing conditions:

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And housing benefits are least effective where rent controls are weakest, Canada being a good example of that. In the context of rent control, rent supplements are a safer investment.

Nearly 85K people homeless in Ontario, up 8% in 1 year: report | Globalnews.ca Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025, a new report from Ontario's municipalities shows.

Homelessness is getting worse across Ontario with an estimated 85,000 people who were without a home in 2025 and nearly 2,000 encampments across the province, a new report from Ontario’s municipalities shows. #Onpoli
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If I'm reading this right, it means that density pays, and low density neighbourhoods are being funded by other neighbourhoods.

YouTube video by Abe Oudshoorn Research Highlight: The Impacts of Supervised Consumption Sites

Do supervised consumption sites work to reduce disease?

Yes

But also, perhaps they are about much more than disease?

Check out this video summary of our study on the meaning of SCSs on the lives of site users:

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London man retires after almost 50 years of helping those in need To many, Jon DeActis is known to be a soft spoken and kind-hearted man who is there when those in need, need someone in their corner.

Jon spent a career in social work with people who are struggling, including providing shelter to people experiencing homelessness. I particularly appreciated Jon's gentle, progressive push of the Salvation Army shelter, an organization with a challenged history - www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...

'Lasting impact': Nine Londoners saluted on mayor's New Year's list Mayor Josh Morgan's annual honour roll pays tribute to outstanding Londoners, including a late environmentalist, in several categories.

A wonderful list of distinguished Londoners! #LdnOnt lfpress.com/news/local-n...

Climate misinformation is becoming a national security threat. Canada isn’t ready for it. Climate misinformation is undermining emergency response during crises. Canadian governments need to develop co-ordinated efforts to tackle it.

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Kitchener encampment fire a symptom of systemic problems, says local advocate | CBC News The Kitchener Fire Department says crews responded to the tent fire shortly after midnight on Saturday. Nobody was hurt, but the fire department says the people living inside the tent were displaced. ...

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The Liberals have always been a fairly large tent crossing left and right, I suspect as many voters who switch between NDP and Liberal, switch between Liberal and Conservative.

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A Dangerous New Approach to Homelessness - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/14/a...

YouTube video by Abe Oudshoorn Research Highlight: Mental Health Support Services in Libraries

Can libraries be spaces of mental healthcare? Check out a summary of our brief evaluation on a model implemented in #LdnOnt - youtu.be/bUTY5ubmIlo

From the ontario community on Reddit: Why I’m in court over COVID vaccines — and why every Ontarian should care Explore this post and more from the ontario community

What are we doing?

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

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Housing advocate raises concerns about London City Hall’s plan to house homeless Londoners in micro-shelter community Prominent housing advocate Abe Oudshoorn is questioning city hall’s decision to choose a private company, rather than a local non-profit, to operate a micro-shelter community for homeless Londoners on...

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"The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served." - Julian Tudor Hart

Ponència del Dr. Abe Oudshoorn director de The Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing de la Western University (Canadà).

Dades i reflexions a l'entorn de les raons del sensellarisme.

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Struggling to make ends meet, London couple chooses optimism amid homelessness | CBC News When Jon and Ann Wootton moved to London from Ottawa, they thought they'd have a fresh start in a new city. The realities of a tight rental market and difficulty finding work have left them living in ...

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"I am drowning here and you're describing the water" - As Good as it Gets

Fran Calvo from the University of Girona explains that research simply enumerating the problems of #homelessness is not the same as providing solutions.

For newcomers to London, affordable housing a barrier to settling down | CBC News London continues to welcome newcomers from around the world, but the tight housing market and lack of available options make settling here more difficult.

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If you need to use a chatbot to do your job, does that make YOU the robot? In a well known 2015 blog post, Peter Reinhardt argues that Uber workers can be categorized into two groups. One group (the coders and engineers) runs the system and the other group (the drivers) does...

"The new cage on offer from big tech looks so comfortable we are clamouring over each other to get inside."

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What’s the point of getting a flu shot this year? Here’s what the science says | CBC News Some scientists say this year's flu shot isn't well matched to a key strain that could spread widely in the months ahead. So, is there still a point in getting it? Medical experts say: absolutely. Her...

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