“Although there has been progress in creating awareness, education and support for the 2SLGBTQ+ community, over the last few years the community has been subject to increased amounts of hate and harassment across the US and Canada. Advocate and CEO and Principal Consultant at Ivy + Dean Consulting, Jacq Brasseur joins us on the pod to share their journey to advocacy, the current climate of push back, and what needs to change moving forward.”

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We can’t really have the conversation about ending homelessness if we don’t look at income supports for our most vulnerable. Lee Stevens from Vibrant Communities Calgary joins me on the pod this week to talk about basic income, her research around it and her hopes for the future of income support in Canada.

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This week I'm joined by two amazing and knowledgeable American advocates and researchers in Mallory VanMeeter and Jacqueline White. We chat about the importance of Family and Natural Supports in preventing youth homelessness and their recent collaboration on a report callled "Strengthening the Village." An eye opening conversation on youth homelessness you won't want to miss

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Chef Cori Doern has worked tirelessly over the years to create equal access to good food through sharing knowledge about cooking, food, nutrition, and how to stretch your food dollar way further. With food insecurity at an all-time high, we talk about what drives her to create access to good food, how she’s done it and what has to change moving forward. You don’t want to miss it

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How is homelessness being approached in New York City? We talk to the CEO of City Relief, Josiah Haken this week on the pod, around what homelessness looks like in NYC post pandemic, what strategies are being used to prevent and end it, and what has to happen in the near future to support their most vulnerable

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This week we are joined by Gary Gladstone from Reena as we chat about how although many people experiencing homelessness have disabilities, funding remains elusive to meet their housing and support needs. We talk about the amazing work Reena has done to support adults with disabilities over the last 50 years and what will happen to put us on a better path.

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Housing is on everyone’s mind these days, and the top issue in Toronto, Canada’s largest city’s upcoming Mayoral election. This week on the pod, we bring together four amazing experts and ask the question, “If you were the Mayor, what would your housing platform be?”. You don’t want to miss it as John Fox, Ene Underwood, Diana Chan McNally and Andrew McKenzie join me for a thought-provoking and entertaining conversation.

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David Green- “Professor David Green joins me to talk about a new book he co-authored called “Basic Income and a Just Society: Policy Choices for Canada’s Social Safety Net”, where he and a team took a deep dive into Basic income which resulted in them recommending broad policy changes moving forward. The learnings are surprising and fascinating, you won’t want to miss it.

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This week I’m joined by Shannon Downs, the Executive Director of the Waterloo Community Legal Clinic and John Fox, Partner at Robins Appleby to discuss the recent court ruling around encampments in Waterloo and what it means moving forward. We learn how the ruling came to be in a real life David vs Goliath story, and hear from both of these amazing experts around what the decision means not for just Ontario, but for encampments across the country

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While government and good policy play a huge part in ending homelessness in Canada, so does community involvement. This week on the OTWH podcast, I’m joined by Community Advocate, Marj Andre, who has worked tirelessly to rally her community to be a caring, supportive and inclusive place to live. We talk about Marj’s journey, why it’s so important to have community involved in being a part of the solution to big challenges like housing and health, and why she decided to start a new podcast to create knowledge mobilization and connection. It’s a master class in community you won’t want to miss.

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