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What is Skills-Based Volunteering at Ample Labs? — UX Research Team Feature

Volunteers make up 80% of Ample Labs’ staff, and play a major role in supporting our mission and helping us better understand individuals facing hidden homelessness. To show our appreciation for our volunteers, we interviewed our UX Research team on their work and the impact they aim to make. Geordie…

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What is Skills-Based Volunteering at Ample Labs? — UX Research Team Feature
What is Skills-Based Volunteering at Ample Labs? — UX Research Team Feature

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Jun 30, 2021

A note to all of our supporters — the end of a chapter at Ample Labs 🧡

This is probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to write — however with every ending comes a new beginning. We want to be transparent to our end-users, supporters, and community as to why we made this decision. This was a difficult decision and something that took months…

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A note to all of our supporters — the end of a chapter at Ample Labs
A note to all of our supporters — the end of a chapter at Ample Labs

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May 20, 2021

How Municipalities are Using Tech to Prevent Homelessness in 2021

Why 25% of Canadian Municipal Governments incorporated tech solutions into their homelessness prevention strategies — In order to prevent homelessness in municipalities, experts recommend a 5 tiered approach that includes a variety of policies, practices, and interventions including Structural prevention Systems prevention Early Interventions Eviction Prevention Housing security To implement these strategies there needs to be strong cooperation between municipal governments, their social service ecosystems…

Homelessness

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How Municipalities are Using Tech to Prevent Homelessness in 2021
How Municipalities are Using Tech to Prevent Homelessness in 2021
Homelessness

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Mar 9, 2021

How You Can Engage your Team by Combating Homelessness: Ample Labs Partnerships

What if your team’s skills could be used to help prevent homelessness? Team Ample has already partnered with Twitter, TD, Fiix, and Manulife in order to engage employees in supporting tech solutions to combat homelessness. Our chatbot Chalmers is just the first step in helping individuals at risk of homelessness…

Techforgood

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How You Can Engage your Team by Combating Homelessness: Ample Labs Partnerships
How You Can Engage your Team by Combating Homelessness: Ample Labs Partnerships
Techforgood

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Nov 19, 2020

Why Leverage Technology to Combat Homelessness? Ample Labs Board of Directors Feature

What does it mean to empower individuals facing homelessness with technology? What is the intersection of technology, human-centered design, and government relations in our work? Here is a look at our journey and the nuances of Ample Labs’ work through the lens of our dedicated Board of Directors. But first…

Tech For Good

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Why Leverage Technology to Combat Homelessness? Ample Labs Board of Directors Feature
Why Leverage Technology to Combat Homelessness? Ample Labs Board of Directors Feature
Tech For Good

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Sep 18, 2020

“I Faced Homelessness in Middle School”- Cam, Public School Board Trustee of Hamilton

Meet Cam Galindo, an adventure-loving 26-year-old who’s also an elected public School Board Trustee in Hamilton. He’s been to 29 countries, was a flag bearer in the 2016 Olympics, and loves being with people! Born in Colombia, he moved to Canada when he was just six years old. He recently…

Homelessness

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“I Faced Homelessness in Middle School”- Cam, Public School Board Trustee
“I Faced Homelessness in Middle School”- Cam, Public School Board Trustee
Homelessness

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Ample Stories: Invisible Homeless

·Sep 15, 2020

“I try my best to be invisible” -Interviews With Hidden Homeless Individuals During COVID-19

“I’m not ready to talk about what happened to me.” Jade shared an apartment with a partner and faced constant domestic abuse. Terrified and without close connections to family to stay with, she decides to leave with her dog. She finds Chalmers when searching for crisis help, which refers her…

Homeless

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“I try my best to be invisible” -Interviews With Hidden Homeless Individuals During COVID-19…
“I try my best to be invisible” -Interviews With Hidden Homeless Individuals During COVID-19…
Homeless

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Aug 6, 2020

Recovering after a Pandemic: Demystifying the Hidden Homeless Among Us

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many of us on the edge, suffering in silence. Once CERB runs out and landlords are able to evict again, who among us will be affected? As more jobs open up again, what kind of barriers will keep those needing work from being hired? Could…

Homelessness

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Recovering after a Pandemic: Demystifying the Hidden Homeless Among Us
Recovering after a Pandemic: Demystifying the Hidden Homeless Among Us
Homelessness

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Ample Stories: Invisible Homeless

·May 13, 2019

Surviving the Streets as a Kid: Joel‘s Story

When Joel was 15, he was living in shelters. He went from Calgary to Edmonton, then Vancouver and finally Toronto. He decided to explore because he had nothing to lose.

Homeless

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Surviving the Streets as a Kid: Joel‘s Story
Surviving the Streets as a Kid: Joel‘s Story
Homeless

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Ample Stories: Invisible Homeless

·May 9, 2019

Abusive Landlords and Knowing Your Rights: Megan’s Story

In 2015, Megan signed a 1-year lease in Kensington Market but only stayed there for three weeks. Her landlord was extremely creepy — and with the help of friends and family, she could make the move. It was the perfect spot in Kensington Market, a ten-minute walk from OCADU where…

Housing

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Abusive Landlords and Knowing Your Rights — Megan’s Story
Abusive Landlords and Knowing Your Rights — Megan’s Story
Housing

5 min read

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