Media reports cover the phenomenon, politicians debate solutions, academics study societal causes and activists say it should be called a catastrophe.
People are aware that something is wrong.
What people may not know is that today, homelessness has a face. Working with photographer Nir Bareket, Meaghan has prepared an innovative study of this female face of homelessness. Meaghan says her own motivation for the work came in part from observing the startling growth in the number of women on the streets in Canada. Her paper spells out alarming statistics but is especially remarkable for its portrayal of the women themselves. She interviewed 35 Toronto women of various ages, backgrounds and ethnicities.