How did St. Thomas-Elgin, a Built for Zero community reduce chronic homelessness by 25%?  Find out on this week’s On The Way Home podcast as we are joined by Danielle Neilson the Supervisor of Housing Programs and Homelessness Prevention for St. Thomas-Elgin.  You don’t want to miss it!

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This week on the OTWH podcast we talk about the intersection between justice and homelessness as we are joined by expert Safiyah Husein from the John Howard Society of Ontario.

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For so many experiencing homelessness, income security plays a large part.  Join us this week on the On The Way Home podcast as we are joined by Maytree’s Garima Talwar Kapoor to talk about their recently released Social Assistance report, and the need for impactful changes moving forward.

This episode is made possible by CAEH.

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This week on the On The Way Home podcast, we are joined by Kaitlin Schwan, Katlia Lafferty and Khulud Baig to talk about the two Human Rights Claims that were submitted on June 14th to the National Housing Advocate, the “Crisis Ends with Us” from the Women’s Network and the other, “Homeless on Homelands” from the National Indigenous Feminist Housing Working Group.  An important and powerful conversation you don’t want to miss!

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Both a lived expert and expert in his field of recovery, Dr. Robb Kelly takes a different approach to addiction, focusing on the cause of addiction and not the symptoms.  He joins us on this week’s podcast to share his story of homelessness and recovery and as well his thoughts around both the causes and solutions to the opioid crisis we are facing in North America.

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Is it possible to provide longer term affordable housing while at the same time helping individuals and families build equity? Join us on the OTWH podcast this week as we discuss the “Dwell” program which looks to provide deeply affordable housing while helping people build equity for a brighter future. We are joined by the power team of Adrienne Pacini at SHS, Joshua Benard at Habitat GTA and Emmy Kelly from Blue Door, who designed Dwell through the CMHC Innovation Lab program.

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We’ve heard time and time again that innovation and action are critical if we are to move the needle on ending homelessness in Canada.  This week on the podcast, we are joined by the incredible Deirdre Freigheit, the CEO of Shepherds of Good Hope in Ottawa, who has taken innovation and action to new levels in supporting the city’s most vulnerable.  From new housing projects to innovative health care for those most in need, Deirdre and her team are leading the way.  Give it a listen and get ready to learn!

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One of the most over represented communities experiencing homelessness across North America, are youth who identify as 2SLGBTQ+ . While the research points to a need for specialized housing programs for these youth, many organizations have stepped up their programming to meet this need. This week we are joined by Alex Cheng from Blue Door and Alyssa from Trellis, two organizations who have developed innovative and responsive housing programs for 2SLGBTQ+ youth.

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During the pandemic there has been a rapid increase in the number of encampments across North America. In Calgary, the Calgary Drop In took a different approach to supporting individuals in a local encampment, and this week we are joined by Kevin Webb, the Director of Emergency Shelter and Housing at the DI for a great chat about the process, the successes and the learnings from the process.

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On this week’s episode of the podcast we are joined by Julia Markovich, Acting Advisor, Research at CMHC, who’s focus is on research and public dialogue as vehicles to solve problems. Julia talk to us about some amazing and important work she has done in regards to Evictions with Seniors and Older Adults - looking at how the research was conducted, the impacts, as well as some of her most surprising findings. This is an aspect of homelessness that is often overlooked a deeply important in understanding the issue as homelessness impacts people from all corners of our community

 

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