Cathy Crowe has worked as a street nurse with Toronto's homeless for the past 18 years. In 2003 she was appointed an Atkinson Fellow with the mandate to expand and advance her work as an advocate for the homeless. Her first book is one of the many positive outcomes the Atkinson support has made possible.

Dying For A Home, Homeless Activists Speak Out (2007)
F eatures the oral histories of ten people who have personally experienced homelessness and then gone on to fight for decent housing for all. It was published in Spring 2007 by Between The Lines.