Research recognition
Public evidence, public teaching, and prevention work.
The publications page connects peer-reviewed research, thesis work, policy analysis, public education, and community-facing resources.
Publications
Academic publications, graduate thesis work, policy reports, briefs and more.
Academic Publication
Preventing the Root Causes of Youth Homelessness Through Cultural and Critical Pedagogies
Peer-reviewed article framing schools as sites of harm and potential, emphasizing upstream prevention, institutional misrecognition, lived experience as knowledge, and teacher education.
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Battista, A. (2026). Preventing the root causes of youth homelessness through cultural and critical pedagogies: An autoethnographic qualitative study of Quebec schools and institutions informed by lived and professional experience. International Journal on Homelessness, 6(2), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.5206/ijoh.2026.2.22959
Open sourceBattista, A. (2026). Preventing the root causes of youth homelessness through cultural and critical pedagogies: An autoethnographic qualitative study of Quebec schools and institutions informed by lived and professional experience. International Journal on Homelessness, 6(2), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.5206/ijoh.2026.2.22959
Graduate Thesis
Youth homelessness prevention through education: reimagining Quebec’s education system as a tool for youth homelessness prevention
Graduate thesis exploring youth homelessness prevention through Quebec education policy, autoethnographic research, case studies, and critical pedagogy.
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Battista, A. (2025). Youth homelessness prevention through education: Reimagining Quebec’s education system as a tool for youth homelessness prevention [Graduate thesis, McGill University]. eScholarship@McGill.
Open sourceBattista, A. (2025). Youth homelessness prevention through education: Reimagining Quebec’s education system as a tool for youth homelessness prevention [Graduate thesis, McGill University]. eScholarship@McGill.
Policy Work
Prevention Without School-Based Infrastructure: A Critical Autoethnographic Policy Analysis of Quebec's Interministerial Plan to End Homelessness and Educational Policy
Forthcoming policy work analyzing Quebec’s interministerial plan to end homelessness and the role of school-based prevention.
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Battista, A. (forthcoming). Prevention without school-based infrastructure: A critical autoethnographic policy analysis of Quebec's interministerial plan to end homelessness and educational policy.
Open sourceBattista, A. (forthcoming). Prevention without school-based infrastructure: A critical autoethnographic policy analysis of Quebec's interministerial plan to end homelessness and educational policy.
Community Policy Brief
Quand prévenir devient une urgence
A Coalition Jeunes+ publication calling for a shift from crisis response toward a structured, interministerial strategy focused on preventing youth homelessness before it occurs.
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Coalition Jeunes+. (n.d.). Quand prévenir devient une urgence [Community policy brief].
Open sourceCoalition Jeunes+. (n.d.). Quand prévenir devient une urgence [Community policy brief].
Children's Book Series
The Everyone Deserves a Home Series
A public education children's book series beginning with a first release on housing, dignity, belonging, and the idea that everyone deserves a home.
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Battista, A. (2026). The Everyone Deserves a Home series [Children's book series]. Amazon.
Open sourceBattista, A. (2026). The Everyone Deserves a Home series [Children's book series]. Amazon.
Research
Research themes
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Model comparison
Connect cited scholarship to prevention models and school-community systems.
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