JHSO in the News

‘I was going down the wrong path’: York Region teen turns life around with help from John Howard Society – YorkRegion.com

October 15, 2024 -

The organization’s Newmarket-based branch says Ontario Trillium Foundation grants helped support needed programs.

September 12, 2024 -

Reza and Safiyah from the John Howard Society of Ontario join us to discuss the recent new report, “Locked up. Locked Out: The Revolving Door of Homelessness and Ontario’s Justice System,” which demonstrates how justice system involvement is a leading cause – and result – of housing loss in Ontario

September 9, 2024 -

In his monthly column, Blue Door CEO highlights a report that examined how incarceration not only causes homelessness but perpetuates it

August 14, 2024 - Representatives of the John Howard Society of Ontario recently toured the north

August 14, 2024 -

The John Howard Society has observed a strong correlation between homelessness and involvement in the prison system, especially in northern Ontario, and has recognized the unique challenges that this presents.

August 14, 2024 -

This summer, John Howard Society members have travelled around northern Ontario to hear about the unique challenges for people who’ve been imprisoned when it comes to housing. For more, we reached Safiyah Husein, the director of policy for John Howard Society Ontario.

July 15, 2024 - Ontario government says new requirement is to combat ‘criminal activity’ in the industry

June 28, 2024 - Kootoo spends a lot of time in the carving shed behind the building. He makes two carvings for every piece of stone he is given. One he sells. The other he gives to Ikaarvik House as a form of payment for the stone.…Read More

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