HOUSING ISSUES FACING NEWCOMERS TO CANADA Brief present ed t o t he Parliament of Canada Senat e Subcommit t ee on Cit ies (report ing t o t he Permanent Senat e Commit t ee on Social Af f airs, Science and Technology), on t he occasion of a panel session t o examine t he impact of povert y and housing issues on recent arrivals t o Canada (Ot t awa, May 6, 2009) Damaris Rose Professor / Professeure titulaire Inst it ut nat ional de la recherche scient if ique – Cent re Urbanisat ion Cult ure Sociét é 385 rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, Québec, H2X 1E3 damaris_rose@ucs.inrs.ca t el. +1 514 499-4028 Correct ed version, 2009-05-07 Damaris Rose is an urban and social geographer specializing in t he st udy of housing issues and neighbourhood change in maj or cit ies. She is a Full Prof essor at t he Ur bani sat i on Cul t ur e Soci ét é r esear ch cent r e of t he Inst i t ut nat i onal de l a r echer che sci ent i f i que (Quebec’ s Nat i onal Inst i t ut e f or Sci ent i f i c Resear ch). The INRS i s a uni ver si t y r esear ch and gr aduat e t eachi ng i nst i t ut i on af f i l i at ed t o t he Uni ver si t y of Québec net work (www.ucs.inrs.ca .). She t eaches graduat e courses in urban social policy and qualit at ive research met hods. She is coordinat or of t he “ Housing, Neighbourhood and Urban Environment ” research domain of t he Cent re Mét ropolis du Québec – Immigrat ion et Mét ropoles, which is one of t he f ive Canadian research cent res of t he Met ropolis Proj et (www.met ropolis.net ).