Gendered Homelessness: A Trauma- & Violence-Informed Lens
Wed, Mar 11
|Zoom - Link will be shared by email
Homelessness follows many paths, shaped by systemic violence and lived trauma. This presentation explores how gender shapes these experiences, using a trauma- and violence-informed lens to reimagine housing systems that prioritize safety and meet the needs of women, gender-diverse people, and kids.
Time & Location
Mar 11, 2026, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Zoom - Link will be shared by email
About the event
Presentation Summary: There are many paths to homelessness, each unique, and each rooted in structural and systemic violence and personal experiences of trauma. Gender, and its intersections with how people and groups are positioned in society, plays a key but often overlooked role in these journeys. I plan to use the principles of trauma- and violence-informed care (TVIC) to explore gendered homelessness through the lens of safety – physical, emotional, cultural, spiritual and specific to substance use – to begin a discussion with this group about imagining a system of housing that attends specifically to the needs of women, gender-diverse people, and their children.
Speaker Biography: C. Nadine Wathen, PhD, FCAHS is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Mobilizing Knowledge on Gender-Based Violence in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing at Western University, and Academic Director of Western’s Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion.
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