Exiting Street Life: Exploring Youth Trajectories out of Homelessness

More and more, Canadian academic researchers, media and community activists are focusing on street life and its impact on health. This public Café Scientifique centres on the stories of formerly homeless youth aged 16-25, which will bring to life the preliminary findings of a creative study exploring youth experiences as they navigate an exit from homelessness and street involvement in Halifax, Nova Scotia. OBJECTIVES: 1.Share information in an informal, accessible way about the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health experiences of formerly homeless youth in exiting street life. 2.Engage formerly homeless youth in the process of disseminating research knowledge 3.Create a forum to connect formerly homeless youth, researchers, policy makers, youth serving organizations / programs / services and the general public to serve as a catalyst for broader dialogue aimed at exploring services, supports and interventions that meet the needs of homeless youth 4.To strengthen existing relationships between youth, youth-serving organizations, policy-makers and the general public in response to youth homelessness