From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cathy Crowe
Cathy Crowe
Cathy Crowe, RN, M.Ed., D.Litt. She was previously married to former Metro Toronto
Councillor Roger Hollander.[4]
Community work
She came to public prominence as a "street nurse", a
term coined in the early 1990s by a homeless man in
the low-economic downtown Toronto area where she
worked.[5] She is noted for her work with the homeless
and poor populations in Canada’s largest city, Toronto.[5]
Cathy Crowe in Toronto c. 2007 She is an activist for housing, public health and social jus-
tice. In 1998, along with other social justice activists and
Born Kingston, Ontario academics, she co-founded the Toronto Disaster Relief
Residence Toronto, Ontario Committee (TDRC).[5] By bringing public attention to the
plight of the homeless, which in their view, needs the
Citizenship Canadian kind of response that governments give to natural disas-
Education BAA, M.Ed, D.Litt. (honoris causa) ters. This human-disaster was the basis for the name of
the group and many of its ideas.[5] The TDRC and Crowe
Alma mater Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
promoted the idea of a "One Percent Solution" to end
Occupation Nurse/Educator homelessness. The one percent solution calls for each
level of government to commit an additional one percent
Years over 25 years
active of their budget towards affordable, social housing.[5]
Known for Community Work/Anti-Poverty Activist
Political Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP)
Electoral politics
party In January 2010, Crowe entered electoral politics, by of-
fering to run for the Ontario New Democratic Party, as
Awards Economic Justice Award, the Atkinson
Charitable Foundation
their candidate in the February 4, 2010 by-election in the
provincial riding of Toronto Centre.[6] At the ONDP’s Jan-
Cathy Crowe RN (born 1952) is a Canadian nurse, edu-
Crowe, uary 10, 2010 nomination meeting, her candidacy went
cator and social activist, specializing in advocacy for the uncontested. She faced Ontario Liberal Party’s candidate,
homeless in Canada. She was the Ontario New Democra- Glen Murray, and Pamela Taylor for the Ontario Progres-
tic Party’s candidate in the 2010 provincial by-election sive Conservative Party.[7][8] Crowe finished a strong sec-
(where she placed 2nd losing to Liberal Glen Murray) and ond, doubling the NDP’s vote totals by taking 33 percent
in the 2011 provincial election in Toronto Centre. of the popular vote.[9]
Early life and education Dying for a Home
Raised in Kingston, Ontario, she went to Toronto to work Crowe’s book, Dying for a Home: Homeless Activists Speak
and study at the Toronto General Hospital, where she re- Out, is a first-hand account of Canadian homelessness,
ceived a diploma in nursing, in 1972.[1] In 1985, she re- and the practical steps needed to address the problem.
ceived a Bachelor of Applied Arts in nursing, from Ry- Drawing from 17 years of experience, Crowe’s book
erson Polytechnic Institute.[1] In 1992, she received her brings together the voices of ten homeless activists advo-
Master of Education in sociology, from the Ontario Insti- cating for change. In so doing, they clear "homelessness"
tute for Studies in Education (OISE).[1] She twice was be- of its negative stereotypes and endow the word with al-
stowed with honorary degrees. Her first one was from ternate qualities, such as bravery, courage, charisma, and
the University of Victoria, which granted her a Doctor of intelligence. Dying for a Home gives details on how to im-
Science in Nursing (honoris causa), in 2001.[2] Her sec- plement the TDRC’s one percent solution.
ond degree is a Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) from
McMaster University, bestowed on her in June 2005.[3]
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cathy Crowe
Awards Bibliography
• Crowe, Cathy; Baker, Nancy (2007), Dying for a home :
Besides the aforementioned honorary degrees, she re-
homeless activists speak out, Toronto: Between the
ceived an International Nursing Ethics Award in 2003.[1]
Lines, ISBN 9781897071229,
Most recently, she received the Economic Justice Award,
http://catalogue2.torontopubliclibrary.ca/uhtbin/
from the Atkinson Charitable Foundation, in 2004.[5]
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References
[1] ^ "Cathy Crowe" (HTML). Nursing in Ontario Profiles. External links
Ontario Nursing Connection. c.2007.
• Cathy Crowe: Biography, Newsletter, Speeches
http://www.ontario-nursing.ca/nursing-in-
• Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
ontario/profiles/cathy-crowe-bio. Retrieved
• Cathy Crowe: Ontario By-election website
2010-01-09.
• Interview about Dying for a Home, online at CBC
[2] Shore, Valerie (2001-04-06). "UVIC to Award Eight
Words at Large (audio)
Honorary Degrees at June Convocation". Victoria,
• Interview with Cathy Crowe by the Ontario Nursing
British Columbia: UVic Communications Services.
Connection (video)
pp. 1. http://communications.uvic.ca/releases/
makepdf.php?type=release&display=release&id=294. Persondata
Retrieved 2010-01-06. Name Crowe, Cathy
[3] Media Release (2005-04-08). "McMaster announces Alternative names
honorary degree recipients for spring
Short description
convocation". Hamilton, Ontario: McMaster
University. http://www.mcmaster.ca/opr/html/ Date of birth 1952
opr/media/main/NewsReleases/2005/ Place of birth Kingston, Ontario
NR_hondocs.html. Retrieved 2010-01-06. Date of death
[4] "Street nurse fights so we can all have homes".
Toronto Star, January 24, 2009. Place of death
[5] ^ Simmie, Scott (2004-01-22). "Street nurse earns
prestigious honour". Toronto Star (Toronto:
Torstar): pp. A1, A17.
[6] The Canadian Press (2010-01-06). "McGuinty calls
Toronto Centre byelection". CBC.ca (Toronto:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/
01/06/toronto-byelection.html. Retrieved
2010-01-09.
[7] Benzie, Robert (2010-01-07). "Murray front and
centre". Toronto Star (Toronto: Torstar).
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/
747287--glen-murray-front-and-centre. Retrieved
2010-01-08.
[8] The Canadian Press (2010-01-10). "Crowe to run for
NDP in Toronto Centre". The Globe and Mail
(Toronto: CTVglobemedia).
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/
toronto/crowe-to-run-for-ndp-in-toronto-centre/
article1425979/. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
[9] Ferguson, Rob; Robert Benzie (2010-02-05).
"Murray hangs on to Toronto Centre for Liberals".
Toronto Star (Toronto: Torstar).
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/
760874--glen-murray-hangs-on-to-toronto-centre-
for-liberals?bn=1. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
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• Canadian nurses
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• Homelessness activists
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