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  • Associate Professor, Sociology cross-listed in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University
One in five young adults live in unaffordable housing and spend 30 per cent or more of their pre-tax income on housing costs. (Shutterstock)

Canadian young adults who live alone are more likely to struggle with unaffordable housing, study finds

Kate Choi, Western University and Sagi Ramaj, University of Toronto

Young adults are among the groups most adversely affected by the housing crisis. Foreign-born young adults, in particular, are disproportionately more likely to live in unaffordable housing.
Stereotypes about the elderly having more than their fair share can be heightened during times of crisis when resources are seen to be scarce. (Shutterstock)

The pandemic played into ageist stereotypes, but intergenerational contact and co‑operation can overcome them

Victoria Esses, Western University; Alina Sutter, Western University; Joanie Bouchard, Université de Sherbrooke ; Kate Choi, Western University; Mamta Vaswani, Western University, and Patrick Denice, Western University

To reduce ageist perceptions of older people, we should encourage collectivist norms and the importance of acting for the common good.
Multiple generations living under one roof is becoming increasingly common. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Multigenerational living: A strategy to cope with unaffordable housing?

Kate Choi, Western University and Sagi Ramaj, University of Toronto

Our study reveals that the housing affordability crisis is having a pervasive impact on Canadian society. It is imposing constraints that alter the structure and composition of Canadian families.
A new study on Canada’s affordability crisis has found that visible minorities have less access to affordable housing than whites in Canada. (Shutterstock)

Ethno‑racial minorities in Canada have less access to affordable housing than white people

Kate Choi, Western University and Sagi Ramaj, University of Toronto

Ensuring visible minorities have equitable access to affordable housing is an important step in fulfilling the National Housing Strategy’s goal to make affordable housing available to all Canadians.
Des centaines de Torontois habitant une zone à risque dans une clinique de vaccination improvisée le 20 avril 2021. LA PRESSE CANADIENNE/Cole Burston

À taux de vaccination égal, certains quartiers sont encore davantage affectés par la Covid‑19

Kate Choi, Western University and Patrick Denice, Western University

Les quartiers chauds de Toronto continuent à avoir des taux d’infection plus élevés de Covid-19 même avec des niveaux de vaccination égaux à ceux des quartiers moins touchés.
Hundreds of residents of Toronto’s M3N postal code, a hotspot for COVID-19 infections, line up at a pop-up vaccine clinic on In April 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Even with equal vaccination rates, COVID‑19 hotspots still have higher infection rates

Kate Choi, Western University and Patrick Denice, Western University

Hotspot neighbourhoods with greater COVID-19 risk exposure continued to have higher infection rates even when they achieved vaccination levels equal to lower-risk neighbourhoods.
Les personnes racialisées sont surreprésentées dans les travailleurs de première ligne. Ils n’ont souvent pas d’autre choix que de prendre les transports en commun. Ici, des usagers du métro de Montréal. La Presse Canadienne/Paul Chiasson

Pour connaître les points chauds de la Covid‑19, il faut suivre les données raciales et sanitaires

Kate Choi, Western University; Anna Zajacova, Western University; Michael Haan, Western University, and Patrick Denice, Western University

Les communautés noires et immigrantes du Canada sont plus vulnérables à la Covid-19.
Racialized people are disproportionately at the frontlines of the economy. Many workers may have no choice but to take public transit. Here commuters on the Métro in Montréal, a COVID-19 hotspot. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Data linking race and health predicts new COVID‑19 hotspots

Kate Choi, Western University; Anna Zajacova, Western University; Michael Haan, Western University, and Patrick Denice, Western University

Black and immigrant communities in Canada are more vulnerable to COVID-19.

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