Schiff, Rebecca

Books and Edited Collections

Schiff R., Buccieri K., Wilkinson A. and Cullingham S. (Eds). 2024. Pandemic Preparedness and Homelessness: Lessons from COVID - 19. Toronto: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness.

Zhu Y, Holden M, and Schiff R (Eds). 2024. Housing vulnerability reconsidered:  Applications and implications for housing research, policy, and practice. Housing Theory and Society.

Schiff R and Møller H. (Eds). 2021. Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Schiff R, Levkoe C, and Galway L. (Eds). 2020. Regional centres and the sustainability of Canada's rural and northern landscapes. Northern Review.

Buccieri K. and Schiff R. (Eds). 2016. Pandemic Preparedness and Homelessness: Lessons from H1N1 in Canada. Toronto: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness.

Articles in peer – reviewed journals and book chapters:

Fu, P., Wilkinson, A., Mago, V., Schiff, R., Fisher, A., Frost, R., Gregg, A., Krysowaty, B. (2025). Community-driven approaches to homelessness enumeration: insights from the 2024 Point-in-Time (PiT) Count in Thunder Bay, Canada. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2025.2580048

Alday-Mondaca C, Schiff R. (2025). Cooperative Housing: A Catalyst for Health and Wellbeing? A Scoping review of English and Spanish Literature (2004–2024). Social Sciences & Humanities Open, Volume 12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101995.z

Christensen, J., Goldhar, C., McCartney, S., Riva, M., Schiff, R., & Herskovits, J. (2025). Reframing Indigenous housing policy in northern Canada. International Journal of Housing Policy, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2024.2435093

Fu P, Mago V, Schiff R, Krysowaty B (2024) Associations between people experiencing homelessness (PEH) and neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs): A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 19(10): e0312117. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312117

Zhu, Y., Holden, M., & Schiff, R. (2024). Housing Vulnerability Reconsidered: Applications and Implications for Housing Research, Policy and Practice. Housing, Theory and Society, 41(4), 417–430. https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2024.2341840

Schiff R, Arnold K & Wilkinson A. (2024) Using social network analysis to understand the impact of systems integration efforts: a case study from Thunder Bay. Cogent Social Sciences. 10:1; https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2024.2320463.

Wilkinson A, Muhajir K, Bailey-Brown P, Jones A, and Schiff R. (2023), "Filling in the gaps: examining the prevalence of Black homelessness in Canada", Housing, Care and Support, Vol. 26 No. 3/4, pp. 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1108/HCS-04-2023-0006.

Schiff J. W., Weissman E., Schiff R., Liu J., Pitoulis T., & Jones A. (2023). Increase in Trauma Leading to Psychological Injury Among Canadian Homelessness Services Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 10-1097.

Liyanage CR, Mago V, Schiff R, Ranta K, Park A, Lovato-Day K, Agnor E, Gokani R (2023). Understanding Why Many People Experiencing Homelessness Reported Migrating to a Small Canadian City: Machine Learning Approach With Augmented Data. JMIR Form Res 2023;7:e43511. doi: 10.2196/43511

Schiff R and Wilkinson A. (2023). The Role of Food Policy Councils in Supporting Urban Agriculture: A scoping review in Droege, P (ed) Urban Agriculture and Regional Food Systems: Building Resilient Food Systems. Elsevier.

Wilkinson A, Schiff R, Kidd J, and Möller H. (2022). Acknowledging the Colonialism in The Room: Barriers to Culturally Safe Care for Indigenous Peoples. International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies.

Schiff R, Wilkinson A, Kelford A, Pelletier S, and Waegemakers Schiff J. (2022). Counting the undercounted: Enumerating Rural Homelessness in Canada. International Journal of Homelessness. 3(1): 1-17. DOI:10.5206/ijoh.2022.2.14633

Campbell S, Noël C, Wilkinson A, Schiff R, and Waegemakers Schiff J. (2022). “We actually came to a point where we had no staff”: Perspectives of Senior Leadership in Canadian Homelessness Service Providers During COVID-19 . International Journal on Homelessness, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.5206/ijoh.2022.2.14773

Schiff R, Levkoe C, and Wilkinson A. 2022. Food Policy Councils: A 20-Year Scoping Review (1999-2019). Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 168.

Schiff R, Krysowaty B, Hay T and Wilkinson A. 2021. Pandemic Preparedness and Response in Service Hub Cities: lessons from Northwestern Ontario. Housing, Care, and Support. Vol. 24 No. 3/4, pp. 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1108/HCS-04-2021-0012

Waegemakers Schiff, J., Weissman, E.P., Scharf, D., Schiff, R., Campbell, S., Knapp, J. and Jones, A. (2021), "The impact of COVID-19 on research within the homeless services sector", Housing, Care and Support, Vol. 24 No. 3/4, pp. 123-133. https://doi.org/10.1108/HCS-08-2021-0023

Levkoe C, Schiff R, Arnold K, and Kerk K A. 2021. Using Social Network Analysis to understand the impact of systems integration efforts through Food Policy Councils: A Case Study from Thunder Bay. Canadian Food Studies. 8(2).

Schiff R, Friell H, and Hardy C. 2021. Understanding Barriers to Implementing and Managing Therapeutic Diets for People Living with Chronic Kidney Disease in Remote Indigenous Communities. Current Developments in Nutrition. 5(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa175

Kauppi, C and Schiff, R. 2021. How Are Indigenous Women's Experiences of Policing and Homelessness Linked to MMIWG? in Hankard, M. & Dillen, J. (eds.). Red Dresses on Bare Trees: Stories and Reflections on Indigenous Murdered and Missing Women and Girls.  Vernon, BC: J. Charlton Publishing, Ltd.

Schiff R and Moller H. 2021. Introduction: Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada in Schiff R and Møller H. (Eds). Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Schiff R and Moller H. 2021. Socio-Ecological Dimensions of Health and Wellness in the North in Schiff R and Møller H. (Eds). Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Schiff R. 2021. New directions to embrace collaboration, resilience, and innovation in northern health and healthcare in Schiff R and Møller H. (Eds). Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Schiff R and Moller H. 2021. Conclusions: Achieving health equity in Northern Canada in the North in Schiff R and Møller H. (Eds). Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Schiff R and Schembri V. 2021. Food Systems and Health in Northern Canada in Schiff R and Møller H. (Eds). Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Uvanile, M., Nelson, C., Vinni, J., and Schiff R. 2020. Exploring the Meaning of Therapeutic Horticulture for Anishinabek Youth in a Brief Residential Treatment Unit: A Community Engagement CSL Case Study. Engaged Scholar Journal. 6(2)

Schiff R, Buccieri K, Waegemakers Schiff J, Kauppi C and Riva M. 2020. COVID-19 and Pandemic planning in the context of rural and remote homelessness. Canadian Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-020-00415-1

Buccieri K, Oudshoorn A, Waegemakers Schiff J, Pauly B, Schiff R, Gaetz S. 2020.Quality of life and mental wellness: A gendered analysis of persons experiencing homelessness in Canada. Community Mental Health Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00596-6.

Schiff R and Friell H. 2020. Improving access to phosphorous and sodium restricted foods for people living with Chronic Kidney Disease in remote First Nations. Rural Remote Health.

Schiff R. 2020. Place-Based Sustainability Planning: Implications & Recommendations for Rural Northwestern Ontario. Northern Review. Online ahead: DOI:  https://doi.org/10.22584/nr49.2019.009

Schiff R, Levkoe C, Galway L. 2020. Regional Centres and the Sustainability of Canada’s Rural and Northern Landscapes: introduction to the special issue. Northern Review.

Pauly B, Brown M, Evans J, Gray E, Schiff R, Isvins A, Krysowaty B, Vallance K, Stockwell T. 2019. ‘There is a Place’:  Implementation and Impacts of Managed Alcohol Programs for people Experiencing Severe Alcohol Dependence and Homelessness. Harm Reduction Journal 16(70).

Schiff R, Pauly B, Brown M, Evans J, Gray E, Isvins A, Krysowaty B, Vallance K, Stockwell T. 2019. Managed Alcohol Programs in the context of Housing First. Housing, Care, and Social Support. 22(4).

Schiff R. 2019. Book review: Growing a Sustainable City? The Question of Urban Agriculture. Journal of Planning Education and Research.  Journal of Planning Education and Research. DOI: 10.1177/0739456X19853864

Isvins A, Pauly B, Brown M, Evans J, Gray E, Schiff R, Krysowaty B, Vallance K, Stockwell T. 2019. The black sheep of harm reduction: finding a place for managed alcohol programs in the harm reduction movement. International Journal of Drug Policy. 67.

Nguemo Djiometio J, Antoniou T, Kristman V, Schiff R, Gamble LK, Yudin M, Loutfy M. 2019. Understanding the fertility desires and intentions among HIV-positive men living in Ontario: Survey instrument development and validation. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care. 18(1)

Buccieri K, Oudshoorn A, Abramovich A, Schiff R, Frederick T, Forchuk C, Gaetz S. 2018. Hospital discharge planning for Canadians experiencing homelessness. Housing Care and Support.

Schiff R. and Bernard K. 2018. Food Systems and Indigenous Peoples in Labrador: Issues and New Directions in Keske C (Ed) Food Futures NL. St. John’s: Iser Press.

Pauly B, Vallance K, Wettlaufer A, Chow C, Brown R, Evans J, Gray E, Krysowaty B, Isvins A, Schiff R, and Stockwell T. 2018. Community Managed Alcohol Programs in Canada: Overview of Key Dimensions and Implementation. Drug and Alcohol Review. 37 (Suppl. 1), S132–S139

Waegemakers Schiff J, Pauly B, Schiff R. 2017. Pandemic Preparedness in the Homeless Sector: Reports from Homeless People. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 32(S1):S182.

Giles M, Schiff R, Valcour J. 2017. Impact of an HIV Program for Youth in Southern Inuit Communities. Canadian Journal of Native Studies. 37(1)

Schiff R. 2017. A rejoinder to Racism: a major impediment to optimal Indigenous health and health care in Australia. Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin. 17(2).

Waegemakers Schiff J, Schiff R, and Turner, A. 2016. Rural Homelessness in Western Canada: Lessons from diverse communities. Invited Submission for special edition of Social Inclusion. 4(4).

Schiff R. 2016. Regina, Saskatchewan: The Case of Small, Isolated Urban Centres. Buccieri, K. and Schiff, R. (Eds) Pandemic Preparedness and Homelessness: Lessons from H1N1 in Canada. Toronto: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness.

Schiff R. 2016. New Directions in Pandemic Planning in Buccieri, K. and Schiff, R. (Eds) Pandemic Preparedness and Homelessness: Lessons from H1N1 in Canada. Toronto: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness.

Waegemakers Schiff J, Pauly B, and Schiff R. 2016 The Health And Well-Being Of Homeless Individuals and Implications in a Pandemic Outbreak in Buccieri, K. and Schiff, R. (Eds) Pandemic Preparedness and Homelessness: Lessons from H1N1 in Canada. Toronto: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness.

Schiff R, Turner A, and Waegemakers Schiff J. 2016 Rural Indigenous Homelessness in Canada in Indigenous Homelessness, Ed. Peters, E. and Christensen, J. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press.

Schiff R and Waegemakers Schiff J. 2016 Collaborative Approaches to Addressing Homelessness in Canada: Value and challenge in the Community Advisory Board Model in Nichols and Doberstein (Eds) Systems Level Responses to Homelessness.  Toronto: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness.

Waegemakers Schiff J and Schiff R. 2016 Northern Housing Networks: Collaborative Efforts to Develop Innovative Housing Programs for High Needs Aboriginal Women in Northern, Remote Communities in Nichols and Doberstein (Eds) Systems Level Responses to Homelessness. Toronto: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness.

Waegemakers Schiff J, Schiff R, Turner A, and Bernard, K. 2015 Rural Homelessness in Canada: Directions for planning and research. Journal of Rural and Community Development. 10(4).

Schiff R and Brunger F. 2015 Northern Housing Networks: Building Collaborative Efforts to Address Housing and Homelessness Remote Canadian Communities. Journal of Rural and Community Development. 10(1).

Schiff R and Levkoe C. 2014 From disparate action to collective mobilization: environmental and social change through Canadian food movement networks in Leonard, L. and Buryn Kedzior, S. (Eds) Occupy the Earth: Global Environmental Movements. Bradford, UK: Emerald Group Publishing.

Schiff R. 2014 Rethinking Governance: Supporting healthy development through systems-level collaboration in Canada’s Provincial North. Northern Review. 38.

Brunger F, Schiff R, Morton-Ninomiya M, and Bull J. 2014 Animating the concept of ethical space: The Labrador Aboriginal Health Research Committee Ethics Workshop. International Journal of Indigenous Health Research. 10(1).

Twells L, Midodzi W, Ludlow V, Murphy-Goodridge J, Burrage L, Gill N, Halfyard B, Schiff R, Newhook LA. 2014 Assessing Infant Feeding Attitudes of Women in a Provincial Population in Canada: Validation of the Iowa Infant Feeding Attitudes Scale. Journal of Human Lactation.

Waegemakers Schiff J and Schiff R. 2014 Housing First: Paradigm or program? Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless. 23(2).

Waegemakers Schiff J, Schneider B, andSchiff R. 2014. Developing an estimate of housing needs for persons with severe mental illnesses. International Journal of Population Research.

Schiff R and Brunger F. 2013. Northern food networks: Building Collaborative Efforts for Food Security in Northern Aboriginal communities. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.

Newhook L, Twells LK, Ludlow V, Murphy-Goodridge J, Midodzi W, Burrage L, Schiff R, Gill N, Halfyard B. 2013. Understanding Infant Feeding Decisions and Effecting Positive Change in Newfoundland and Labrador, Paediatrics & Child Health, Volume 18, Issue suppl_A, 1 June 2013.

Feldman S, Lewis P, and Schiff R. 2012. Transit-oriented Development in theMontreal metropolitan region: Developer’s perceptions of supply barriers. Canadian Journal of Urban Research. 21(2).

Schiff R. 2010. Housing needs of urban Aboriginal women with multiple issues in the

Canadian Prairies. Social Development Issues. 32(3): 65 – 76.

Schiff R, Waegemakers Schiff J, and Schneider B. 2010. Housing the disabled mentally ill: Moving beyond homogeneity. Canadian Journal of Urban Research. 19(2).

Schiff R. 2008. The Role of Food Policy Councils in Developing Sustainable Food

Systems. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, 3(2/3): 206 – 227.

Schiff R. 2006. Engaging Cross-Sectoral Communication for Development of Sustainable Food Systems. In W. L. Filho (Ed.), Innovation, Education and Communication for Sustainable Development. Frankfurt: Peter Lang Scientific Publishers.