On The Way Home

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

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

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

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 conver...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

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 Emm...

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 ca...

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 develop...

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. Hoste...

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 surprisi...

This week we have very special guest as we are joined by Canada’s first Federal Housing Advocate, Marie-Josée Houle, as she starts her three-year term in this very critical appointment. She shares with the podcast how the job allows her to request reviews of systemic housing issues, make public recommendations to the federal minister on policy and programs, and to hold the federal government to ac...

This week we are joined by Peter McMillan, Executive Officer at NT Shelter in Australia, who paints a picture of what homelessness looks like in the Northern Territory of Australia as well as the efforts that are being made to help end homelessness in the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us on On The Way Home for a special podcast around the #Vote4Housing campaign as we chat with Marlene Coffey from ONPHA and Tim Ross from CHF Canada to learn what the campaign is all about, why it’s so important, and how we all can get involved Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we have Dr. Paul Kershaw, a tenured professor at the University of BC, public speaker, regular media contributor and Founder of Generation Squeeze. Paul talks to us about the state of housing in Canada and his organization Generation Squeeze  – a force for intergenerational fairness, to improve Canada's wellbeing, powered by the voices of younger Canadians and those who love them -- all...

This week we are joined by Margo Schulte Long President and CEO of Youth Empowerment and Support Services (YESS) in Edmonton, and Carola Cunningham, Carola Cunningham, CEO of Niginan Housing Ventures.  Together they talk about the work and progress of Edmonton’s Coordinated Youth Response that was started by a group of agencies in Edmonton to better help youth during the pandemic to launch a coord...

This week on the podcast, Jordan Press, a reporter at the Canadian Press, talks to us about his extensive career covering housing on parliament hill, his thoughts on the latest federal budget around housing, and what he believes to be the greatest advances in the fight to end homelessness from a governmental perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are joined by John Neufeld, who speaks to us about House of Friendship, an organization that supports vulnerable individuals in accessing vital services like, food, housing and addiction services. John also talked to us about the Shelter Care program, the only one of its kind, specifically aimed at providing access to healthcare for those experiencing homelessness in Waterloo Region....

This week on the podcast, we’re joined by Amanda Katz, Executive Director of Homeless Cars, who talks to us about her unique organization that uses funds from scrap vehicles to eliminate homelessness in your community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are thousands of vacant homes that can be used for truly affordable housing in Canada. This week, Marc Soberano the Executive Director of Raising the Roof joins us to talk about “Reside”, a program that repurposes vacant homes to create long term affordable housing, and employment opportunities in the trades helping to prevent homelessness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

On this week’s episode of OTWH, Kaite Burkholder Harris, the Executive Director at the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa, talks about renovictions, the rights of tenants, displacement, and how fewer tenant protections can lead to homelessness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here is the write up for this week’s guest, Mark Richardson from HousingNowTO. Data plays a pivotal role in creating affordable housing. This week on the On The Way Home podcast, we are joined by Mark Richardson a volunteer at HousingNowTO, a pro-bono group of volunteers in Toronto who are leveraging data to improve Toronto’s delivery of new affordable housing.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

While the pandemic has been hard on us all, it’s been so much harder on many of our vulnerable communities. On this weeks episode of OTWH, Internationally renowned researcher on 2SLGBQ+ issues Dr. Alex Abramovich joins us, along with CEO of 360kids, Clovis Grant and lived expert Jesse to talk about Dr. Alex’s recent research around how the Covid19 pandemic has impacted 2SLGBTQ+ youth across York R...

On this week’s episode of OTWH, John Fox, Managing Partner at Robins Appleby LLP, who specialises in real estate development, social and affordable housing, and construction – talks about the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force Report and what it means for renters, home-buyers and builders in the province. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Instead of taking down an encampment, they made it a safe step toward permanent housing. Join us this week on this week’s episode where Jeff Willmer, Co-Founder of A Better Tent City, talks about how a small but mighty group of volunteers in Waterloo Region put together an amazing project supporting many of the community’s most vulnerable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...