[Participate] Recruiting Older People with Experiences of Homelessness to Participate in an Interview on Stigma and Discrimination

The Aging in the Right Place Partnership research team is working on a project funded through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The project title is Aging in the Right Place: Building Capacity for Promising Practices that Support Older People Experiencing Homelessness in Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver (Ethics # 30003185). The Principal Investigator is Dr. Atiya Mahmood. The Project Director is Dr. Sarah Canham. 

This study aims to examine the ways in which stigma and discrimination towards older people with experiences of homelessness or housing insecurity serves as a barrier to aging in the right place. 

As part of this research, we are conducting one-on-one interviews with older people with experiences of homelessness or housing insecurity who feel that they have experienced discrimination based on their housing status. We would appreciate your assistance connecting with older adults in your network to participate in a one-time 60 to 90-minute interview to help us understand perceptions of how stigma and discrimination towards people experiencing homelessness impact older adults’ ability to age in the right place and access housing, health, and social services.

Participants will receive $25 for a one-time virtual (Zoom) or phone interview. 

Please feel free to share the attached poster. If someone you know is interested in participating or if you would like more information, please contact me at joe_humphries@sfu.ca, 604-783-7118. Before beginning the interview, we will review the details of the study and share a copy of the informed consent for participating in research.