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Alexandra Ages on Canada's Rental Crisis | Maclean's

March 24, 2026 | In a feature for Maclean's, Alexandra Ages MPP'21 reflects on her experience of Canada's increasingly precarious rental market.

Through a personal account of housing instability across multiple cities, she highlights the structural challenges facing renters, including aging housing stock and limited policy attention. Ages argues that current housing policy continues to prioritize homeownership, leaving renters increasingly insecure. She underscores the need for reforms that improve stability and housing quality across the country.

 

Classified as: MPP students, alexandra ages, housing, affordable housing
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Published on: 25 Mar 2026

Pearl Eliadis on transitional housing for survivors of violence | CTV News

March 2, 2026 | On CTV News, Pearl Eliadis spoke to the value of “second step” or transitional housing in helping survivors of conjugal violence rebuild their lives. Drawing on research conducted with the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative, Eliadis explained that women who have access to transitional housing are significantly more likely to secure stable long-term housing and far less likely to return to abusive partners.

Classified as: Pearl Eliadis, violence, housing
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Published on: 5 Mar 2026

Experts: housing and the rental market in Quebec

The CMHC reported an increase in vacancy rates across Quebec this summer, and since then, there increasingly have been reports of landlords struggling to find tenants. However, questions regarding the availability of affordable housing remain. (Radio-Canada)

McGill experts are available to comment:

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Published on: 18 Nov 2025

Experts: Food insecurity in Quebec

Food bank use in Quebec in 2025 has hit record numbers, surpassing 3 million assistance requests, according to Food Banks Canada's HungerCount 2025 recent report. Employed people and students are among the fastest growing user groups, with food banks struggling to keep up with demand.  

McGill experts are available to comment on this topic: 

Classified as: Patrick Cortbaoui, School of Human Nutrition, Margaret A. Gilliam, Institute for Global Food Security, food insecurity, food banks, Jayne Malenfant, housing, Department of Equity
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Published on: 30 Oct 2025

Gabriel Blanc, Cyrus Nagra, and Kiran Gill on Rebuilding Immigration Consensus for Nation-Building | The Line

May 23, 2025 | In a opinion piece for The Line, MPP ’25 students Gabriel Blanc, Cyrus Nagra, and Kiran Gill argue that Canada’s leaders are overlooking a critical ingredient in their bold nation-building agendas: immigration. Reflecting on the 2025 federal election, the authors note that while both major party leaders championed infrastructure and housing plans, they conspicuously sidestepped a positive vision for immigration.

Classified as: housing, immigration, Government of Canada
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Published on: 27 May 2025

Pearl Eliadis on Why Quebec Must Invest in Second-Stage Shelters to Break the Cycle of Violence | CQPI

March 2025 | In a 2024 policy brief for the Collectif québécois pour la prévention de l’itinérance (CQPI), Pearl Eliadis, alongside Melissa Shemirani and Angelina Freeman, highlights the urgent need for increased investment in second-stage shelters for women and children fleeing domestic and intimate partner violence. Building on a 2022 recommendation from CQPI’s Gender Research Stream, the team conducted a rapid literature review that found second-stage housing plays a vital role in bridging the gap between emergency shelters and permanent housing.

Classified as: violence, Pearl Eliadis, housing
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Published on: 23 Apr 2025

Experts: Montreal prepares for moving day amid continuing housing crisis

The vacancy rate in Montreal is at two per cent this year, for the third year in a row. The price for a three-bedroom, family sized-apartment generally starts at $1,500 a month. While the average price for a two-bedroom apartment is roughly $1,050 a month, according to the Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corporation, units under $1,000 are disappearing fast. (CTV) 

Classified as: Jayne Malenfant, housing, moving day, McGill University, Faculty of Education, Department of Integrated Studies in Education
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Published on: 27 Jun 2023

63% low income Canadians worried about impact of inflation on food, housing | Global News

February 9, 2022 | A recent report by Statistics Canada has found that more than 63% of Canadians belonging to a low-income household are worried about the impacts of inflation on food, housing and other expenses. Director Chris Ragan mentioned that the increase in prices hurt low-income households more. However according to Ragan, this is not solely due to inflation.

Classified as: chris ragan, inflation, housing
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Published on: 14 Feb 2023

Housing-First strategy proves cost effective especially for the most-vulnerable homeless group

Canadians spend big money dealing with the consequences of homelessness, but the money spent could be far more effective. According to a new McGill-led analysis, housing homeless people with severe mental illness is even more cost-effective than housing homeless people with moderate needs. A Housing-First strategy aimed at helping these individuals regain and keep permanent housing generates savings equal to about two-thirds of its cost.

Classified as: Housing First, housing, homeless, homelessness, Mental Illness, community, treatment, Eric Latimer
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Published on: 25 Aug 2020

McGill, Concordia team up to create 'net zero energy' home

Imagine a household that produces as much if not more electricity than it consumes. Now imagine that home in Montreal — harsh winters and all. That’s what a group of students and staff from Concordia and McGill universities is working toward. Students from undergraduate to PhD levels are teaming up to build what is called a “net zero energy” home. Then next year, the residence will be transported to China, where it will go up against other solar-powered housing models from around the world in a competition called a solar decathlon.

Classified as: team montreal, architecture, solar decathlon, Montreal, Concordia, housing
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Published on: 30 Aug 2017
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