Central City Foundation's Hope Dialogue

Chantelle Spicer, Campaign Manager with the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, joins us to talk about how they are working toward systemic solutions to poverty, housing insecurity, affordability, food access, and inequality in our province.

Margaret Pfoh, Chief Executive Officer of Aboriginal Housing Management Association, joins us to talk about the importance of improving the availability and quality of culturally-appropriate Indigenous housing. 

This week Jennifer Johnstone, President and CEO of Central City Foundation (Hope Dialogue's title sponsor) joins us to turn the tables on our usual host and interview Canadian broadcasting legend Don Shafer, who was recently awarded a PhD from the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice department at UBC.

Kathleen Leahy, Director of UBC Learning Exchange, joins us to talk about why low-income neighbourhoods are heavily researched, what impact this can have on community members and what ethical research practices look like in practice.

Irwin Oostindie, Director of Voor Urban Labs, joins us to talk about the lessons learned from the 2010 Olympics and the impacts that large events like the FIFA World Cup have on the host cities and the different communities within them.

Mary Clare Zak, Executive Director of SoleFoods Street Farms, joins us to talk about they create low-barrier employment opportunites by turning vacant urban land into street farms, as well as reflect on her decades working to help shape social change in our city.

Dr. Sarah Schulman, founder of InWithForward, joins us to discuss moving beyond traditional top-down policy-making and instead using ethnographic and participatory research methods to hear what people actually need.

Rowena Veylan, Founder of The New School of Fundraising, joins us to discuss why fundraising is under such strain and why investing in the people doing the work is so important.

Cory Douglas, a multidisciplinary Squamish Nation artist, architectural designer and cultural consultant, joins us to talk about how we all can benefit from looking at community planning and design through an Indigenous lens.

Amanda Burrows, Executive Director of First United, joins us to discuss how we can better support people in low-income neighbourhoods in improving their lives.

Sharon Gregson, child care advocate and one of the leading voices for the Ten Dollar a Day Child Care Campaign, joins us to discuss why universal child care is needed in BC.

Matthew Smedley, Chief Empowerment Officer of Mission Possible, joins us to talk about the importance of low-barrier employment opportunities in low-income neighbourhoods.

Mariam Bouchoutrouch, Executive Director of Pacific Immigrant Resources Society, joins us to talk about the importance of providing supports and settlement services to newcomers.

Jennifer Johnstone, President & CEO of Central City Foundation, joins us to talk connections, belonging and the importance of having a shared vision for the future of low-income neighbourhoods.

Alice Kendall, Executive Director of Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, joins us to talk about the challenges with personal safety that women in low-income communities face every day.

Ginger Gosnell-Myers, the first Indigenous Relations Manager at the City of Vancouver, joins us to talk about urban planning as seen through an Indigenous lens.

Djaka Blais, Executive Director of Hogan’s Alley Society, helps us learn more about the history of Hogan's Alley and people of African descent in Vancouver.

Clara Prager, Manager of Civic Engagement and Advocacy at Women Transforming Cities joins us to talk about building our civic skills to better impact local governments.

Steve Johnston, Executive Director of Community Impact Real Estate Society joins us to talk about the importance of social purpose real estate in building communities.

Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director of Battered Women’s Support Services. joins us to talk about the systemic failures that enable gender-based violence to persist in our society.

Landon Hoyt, Executive Director at the Hastings Crossing Business Improvement Association, joins us to talk about how this BIA is doing things differently to make a difference in their low-income urban neighbourhood.

Maura Gowans, a registered social worker, joins us to talk about trauma-informed care and how to better help those who have experienced violence, pain and injustices.

Ash MacLeod, Executive Director of A Better Life Foundation, joins us to talk about community-driven food programs and using food recovery to help make sure more people can be fed.

Norm Leech, Executive Director at Frog's Hollow Neighbourhood House, joins Hope Dialogue to help us better understand the idea of decolonization and the associated opportunities for all of us.

Sarah Stewart, Executive Director of Aunt Leah's joins Hope Dialogue to talk about how we can better support youth aging out of foster care in British Columbia.