How to Build a Collaborative Approach to Data Sharing (Report – Jan 2026)
Meaningful data collaboration takes time.
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Project
Building Youth Homelessness Data Collaboration
Homelessness affects thousands of young people every day in Canada.
Why Data Collaboration Matters
Data Collaboration Improves Youth Services
Data collaboration can help address this challenge. Sharing the right information, in the right way, can support more informed referrals. This approach provides faster access to resources and reduces duplication of efforts.
Resources
Project Resources
Toward Preventing Youth Homelessness: A Collaboration Pilot to Enhance Service Access (Community Report – March 2026)
For many young people, homelessness is part of a cycle of moving between systems.
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BC Youth Homelessness Prevention Project: Final Report (Report – March 2026)
In this report, we used the Data Innovation Program data to look at the childhood experiences of youth ages 13 to 18, and what happened to them from ages 19 to 27.
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Building Data Infrastructure Needed to Prevent Youth Homelessness (Webinar – Feb 2026)
Youth experiencing homelessness often navigate multiple support systems, yet key data remains siloed by organizations and agencies.
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Building Data Infrastructure Needed to Prevent Youth Homelessness (Article – Feb 2026)
The Homeless Hub’s C.L. Michel shares their thoughts on the project teams’ webinar and how the team’s projects show “the powerful impact of data linking and sharing in the lives of young people experiencing homelessness.”
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Project Team
Rachel Carr, MSc, Manager, Strategic InitiativesCallie Prichard, MPH, Senior Research & Policy AssociateMatthew Russell, PhD, Senior Research & Policy AssociateKiran Gurm, MSc, MPP Senior Research & Policy AssociateEmilie Bassi, MSc, Research & Policy AssociateKalya Blackadar, MPH, Research & Policy Associate