SUMMARY - Journeys Into Homelessness
The narrative of homelessness in Canada is frequently reduced to statistical aggregates, yet the phenomenon is fundamentally rooted in individual trajectories that diverge sharply from one another. Consider the experience of Elena, a forty-year-old nurse in Vancouver who, despite a stable career, found herself navigating the emergency shelter system after a sudden medical diagnosis required expensive, out-of-province treatments that her insurance did not fully cover, depleting her savings and leading to eviction.