The pandemic has been traumatic but post-traumatic growth can, among other things, lead us to a deeper sense of community, says columnist Andrew Huff.

After sitting through another horror film marathon at the emergency shelter where he works, columnist Andrew Huff wonders if "perhaps a film franchise is a useful metaphor for understanding trauma therapy."

Columnist Andrew Huff wonders why horror films are so appealing to the men in the emergency shelter where he is a case manager.

Columnist Andrew Huff looks at how emergency shelter staff and guests can work together, cohesively, as public health leaders.

The pandemic is raising what has always been an important question, but which has now become an urgent question: Is shelter obsolete?

CSP has adopted the process of community-based surveillance — used in Sierra Leone during the West African Ebola outbreak a number of years ago — in which every member of the shelter community has an important role to play.

"The value of harm reduction is that it puts things in very simple terms," says guest columnist Andrew Huff, "How can we respond to this situation without causing more harm?"

Columnist Andrew Huff argues it does. But even if you disagree, he says, the disciplinary practice represents a "gross failure in homeless services."

Being informed and "taking it personally" is what moves us into the space of becoming anti-racist, says columnist Andrew Huff.

In his most recent think piece, guest columnist Andrew Huff encourages emergency shelters to begin reformulating their disciplinary protocols to align with restorative justice practices.