On The Way Home

“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!” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.” Hosted on Acast. See acast....

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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 fu...

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 s...

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 diff...

This week we are joined by David DesBaillets, a postdoctoral scholar at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre and The Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative. He is published regarding issues such as housing rights, housing policy, homelessness and socio-economic rights in Canada and the world. On this episode, we discuss the “Right to Housing”, what it means, what it doesn’t, and how tha...

This week, we are joined by Dr. Cynthia Puddu a faculty member from MacEwan University and Cheyanne Greyeyes, a Research Assistant working on research around Decolonizing transitions from care. Join us this week, as we discuss the importance of connecting Indigenous youth to their culture, the challenges of conducting research during the pandemic, and a brilliant multi-generational housing program...

The guest for this week’s podcast is Samantha Blondeau. Samantha is currently a MA Criminology Student at Ontario Tech University focused on researching homelessness, policy, and the criminalization of homelessness. In this episode, we will be speaking about the popular coined term ‘squeegee kids’ as well as her own experiences with homelessness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

This week we are joined by guests Dr. Naomi Thulien and Mardi Daley. Naomi is a nurse practitioner and researcher working to eliminate the cycle of youth homelessness. In 2021, Naomi and her husband opened the Breakwater Foundation, a non-profit organization providing education, rent subsidies and healthcare to young women experiencing homelessness. Mardi is a Toronto-based advisor, facilitator, a...

This week we welcome back Abe Oudshoorn, an Associate Director and Professor at Western University’s School of Nursing as well as the Arthur Labatt Family Chair in Nursing Leadership in Health Equity. Listen in, as Michael speaks to Abe about his upcoming presentation at CAEH’s National Conference on Ending Homelessness where he’ll share results from a Canadian national survey exploring the curren...

Our guest this week is Iain De Jong. Iain is the President and CEO of OrgCode Consulting Inc. and is the author of The Book on Ending Homelessness. He has been involved in helping those who experience homelessness since the 1990s and has worked in many positions to aid in ending homelessness such as: National Alliance to End Homelessness, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, and the Australian A...

The guest on our podcast this week is Dr. Howard Koh, MD, MPH | Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of Practice of Public Health Leadership, Health Policy and Management, Harvard University. From 2009-2014 Dr. Koh served as the Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President Obama, and as Commissioner of Public Health for the Commonwealth of Massachuset...

Sarah Canham, PhD, FGSA is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah. Dr. Canham uses a social justice lens to approach her community-based research. She works with clinicians, network providers and people who have lived experiences with homelessness, housing security, health, social service delivery and aging. Join us this week as we discuss Dr. Canham’s work about aging well in different...

This week, we are joined by Matthew Barker, a reporter whose beat is housing and homelessness. Using his own lived experiences and the issues he reports on, his aim is to open people’s eyes to the massive issues facing so many Canadians, such as homelessness/housing and addictions.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are joined by Matthew Downie, who is the Chief Executive at Crisis in the U.K. Matthew stopped by the podcast to speak about the homelessness in Scotland, Wales and Liverpool and the National Transformations Plans created to reduce and eliminate homelessness in the U.K. Visit  www.onthewayhome.ca  for all previous episodes in the series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

This week we are joined by Kellie Chin, an architect employed at WORKSHOP. We will be discussing the need for affordable housing in the GTA, the shift from congregate-style emergency housing to single room occupancy transitional housing and the connection between design, health, and dignity in affordable housing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our sector like many have been finding it hard to recruit and keep the talented people we need to continue to make big changes happen in housing, health and homelessness. This week we are joined by Ellery Rosin, who is the People Operations Manager at Foodshare Toronto to talk about some of the truly innovative and inspiring steps they have taken to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive worksp...

This week we talk all about Social Purpose Real estate and it’s role in helping to end the affordable housing crisis we face with our amazing guest, Eric Phillip, the Director of Real Estate and Property Management at Dixon Hall.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the On The Way Home podcast, we are joined by the brilliant Matti Siemiatycki, the Director of the Infrastructure Institute and Professor of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto as we discuss the trends and opportunities in creative mixed use buildings that blend public, private and non-profit services, the importance of good policy in developing infrastructure in a cit...

The amazing and brilliant Dr. Antoine Lovell joins us on this week’s episode of On The Way Home to share his own experience of homelessness on the subways of New York City, the importance of having the voices of lived experience at the table when developing policy, the intersection of race, racism and homelessness, and the incredible new research he is heading up as the recipient of the prestigiou...

Born during the pandemic, End Homelessness St. John’s is doing incredible work on the east coast, including a dramatic reduction in shelter stayers who are chronically homeless. Executive Director, Doug Pawson joins us on the On The Way Home podcast to talk about this incredible work as well as many other initiatives they are doing in the battle to end homelessness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...