athy follows the pulse of health issues affecting homeless people and over the years that has included reduced access to health care, overall deteriorating health, the return of tuberculosis, deplorable shelter conditions, the threat of SARS, and an escalating death rate. Along with remarkable colleagues, homeless activists and friends she has fostered numerous coalitions and advocacy initiatives.
Unchanged since SARS is the historical and hierarchical struggle in the health care system. The hierarchy is top-down for those of us in Toronto caring for impoverished populations.
It was just over a decade ago when we declared homelessness a "national disaster" in Canada. In the 10 years that followed we've seen only inaction from the federal government.
He was described as a 59-year-old homeless man who met his brutal death while sleeping on a bench in Moss Park on a rainy August night in downtown Toronto.