Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Housing First for Youth Intervention for Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Canada: Protocol for a Multisite, Mixed Methods Randomized Controlled Trial

Stephen Gaetz   ¹ , PhD ;   Ahmad Bonakdar   ² , PhD ;   John Ecker   ² , PhD ;   Cora MacDonald   ² , MA ;   Sophia Ilyniak   ³ , MA ;   Ashley Ward   ² , PhD ;   Lauren Kimura   ⁴ , MPH ;   Aranie Vijayaratnam   ⁵ , BA ;   Emmanuel Banchani   ⁶ , PhD

¹ Faculty of Education, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

² The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ City of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Faculty of Arts, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada