EXPLORING EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS RESPONSES TO HOMELESSNESS

SYSTEMS PLANNING FOR TARGETED GROUPS
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Judie Bopp, PhD
Director, Four Worlds Centre for Development Learning
jbopp@fourworlds.ca
Judie provides training, research, evaluation and technical support services related to program
development and organizational change to any different types of groups, ranging from the ministries
of national governments to small non-governmental organizations. She has worked in Asia, the South
Pacific, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, the Caribbean and Indigenous North America.
Nancy Poole, PhD
Director, British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health
As Director for the BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, Nancy works on knowledge translation,
network development, and research related to improving policy and service provision for girls and
women with substance use problems and related health and social concerns. She is known in Canada
and internationally for leadership in piloting online participatory methods for knowledge generation
and exchange on gender and health, including virtual networks and online communities of inquiry.
Rose Schmidt, MPH
Researcher, British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health
Rose Schmidt, MPH, is a researcher at the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health
where she coordinates research activities on topics including mental health, addictions, homelessness
and housing, domestic violence, foetal alcohol syndrome prevention and trauma-informed practice.
Rose is interested in investigating gender based determents of health inequity and integrating social
epidemiological methodology into applied policy research.
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