On The Way Home

By On The Way Home

On the Way Home is a podcast that brings together the voices and issues involved in ending homelessness in Canada.

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On The Way Home episodes:

January 26, 2023 Masters Student Victoria Barclay
“This week on the pod, we are joined by Master’s student Victoria Barclay, as we discuss her current research that explores how we can improve access to housing for Indigenous, Black, and Women of Colour who are fleeing gender-based violence through policy. Another inspiring conversation with a young change maker!”
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20min
January 19, 2023 Senior Analyst On Housing Supply Team Angela Schleihauf
Angela Schleihauf, a Senior Analyst on the Housing Supply Team with CMHC joins us this week to talk about exciting recently launched 4th round of the Housing Supply Challenge, “Building for the Future”. We learn all the details, around what the hopes are, how to apply and where to find out even more information. A huge opportunity for the housing sector, don’t miss it.”
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39min
January 12, 2023 Chair of the National Advisory Council on Poverty, Scott MacAfee
This week’s episode of On The Way Home features Scott MacAfee, the Chair of the National Advisory Council on Poverty. We chat about the recently released report from the Council, the learnings, and the hopes for actions moving forward in reducing poverty across Canada.
Thank you to this week’s sponsor, Coldest Night of the Year!

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39min
January 05, 2023 Taking Action With Marc Boychuk
When many of us see a problem in life, we’ll often talk about how someone should do something about it. When community member Marc Boychuk saw people freezing to death on the streets in Peace River, Alberta, he didn’t wait for others to take action but instead became part of the solution. Marc joins us to talk about his incredible journey, how he does so much community work when he’s not at his full-time job, and the amazing strides forward his community has made in large due to his efforts.”
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29min
December 29, 2022 Affordable Housing With MICAH President Mike Clare
For years in the affordable housing sector, we’ve been hearing about how faith communities might play a part. In Markham, Ontario, a volunteer group called MICAH has been creating affordable housing for years in a unique and very scalable way. MICAH President, Mike Clare joins us on the pod to talk about how it all came to be, the many projects they’ve developed, and the projects they have their sights on for the future.
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34min
December 22, 2022 More Homes Built Faster Act better known as Bill 23
This week on the podcast we are doubling up on our experts as we discuss Ontario’s controversial “More Homes Built Faster Act” better known as Bill 23. John Fox, Managing Partner at Robins Appleby and Leilani Farha, Global Director at THE SHIFT join us to talk about who wins, what the challenges are, and how it might be improved moving forward

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52min
December 15, 2022 CEO Of The Daily Bread Food Bank Neil Hetherington
This week we are joined once again by Neil Hetherington, the CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank as we discuss the just released annual report “Who’s Hungry?” As the number of food bank users continues to climb, we chat about some of the staggering numbers in the report and about some of the solutions to reducing and ending poverty in Canada.
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37min
December 08, 2022 What is the future of Toronto housing?
This week our guest on the podcast is Jag Sharma, the President, and CEO of Toronto Community
Housing, the largest provider of social housing in the country. Jag and Michael talk about the amazing
and innovative work TCH is doing, the challenges they face, and their future plans to support those in
need in the Toronto area. Tune in for a great listen!
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2h 23min
November 30, 2022 Scars and Stars with Jesse Thistle
This week on the On The Way Home podcast, we are joined by best-selling author Jesse Thistle. We
talk about his new book of love poems, Scars and Stars, his new experience of being a Father, and much,
much more. You don’t want to miss it!

Thank you to this week’s sponsor, Ellis Don!

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28min
November 24, 2022 Tools for homelessness prevention
We can’t end homelessness if we don’t prevent it from happening in the first place. Justin Sage-Passant
and his team at Covenant House Toronto not only understand this, but are taking huge strides in
preventing young people from experiencing homelessness. He joins us on the podcast to discuss their
new prevention initiatives, Diversion, Youth Reconnect and Family and Natural supports, and the
difference they are making in the Toronto youth homelessness space.

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32min

FAQs about On The Way Home:

How many episodes does On The Way Home have?

The podcast currently has 179 episodes available.