Cathy Crowe
Distinguished Visiting Practitioner
Member, Order of Canada
Faculty of Arts
Department of Politics and Public Administration
Toronto, Ontario
cathy.crowe@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 553282
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Cathy Crowe follows the pulse of health issues affecting homeless people, including shelter conditions and inadequate housing, the return of tuberculosis and even bedbugs. She has fostered numerous coalitions and advocacy initiatives along with remarkable colleagues, homeless activists, and frien...
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Bio/Research
Cathy Crowe follows the pulse of health issues affecting homeless people, including shelter conditions and inadequate housing, the return of tuberculosis and even bedbugs. She has fostered numerous coalitions and advocacy initiatives along with remarkable colleagues, homeless activists, and friends.
In 1998 she co-founded the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee (TDRC), which declared homelessness a National Disaster. The disaster campaign is a three-level campaign targeting federal, provincial and municipal solutions to the homeless disaster and housing crisis. It's signature 1% slogan refers to the demand that all levels of government commit an additional 1% of their budgets to affordable housing.
Cathy is a frequent commentator and writer on issues related to homelessness. She taught a Toronto Metropolitan University course called Homelessness in Canadian Society. A documentary film on her work titled 'Street Nurse,' directed by Emmy and Gemini winner Shelley Saywell, aired on the Women's channel in the fall of 2002.
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In 1998 she co-founded the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee (TDRC), which declared homelessness a National Disaster. The disaster campaign is a three-level campaign targeting federal, provincial and municipal solutions to the homeless disaster and housing crisis. It's signature 1% slogan refers to the demand that all levels of government commit an additional 1% of their budgets to affordable housing.
Cathy is a frequent commentator and writer on issues related to homelessness. She taught a Toronto Metropolitan University course called Homelessness in Canadian Society. A documentary film on her work titled 'Street Nurse,' directed by Emmy and Gemini winner Shelley Saywell, aired on the Women's channel in the fall of 2002.
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