housing and homelessness

The Ontario Alliance to End Homelessness put together a Myths and Facts page for your use and distribution in your networks and communities. Check out the Myths Versus Facts on Encampments attachment below.

Join us for a special panel event!

You can Register Here.

Peel Alliance to End Homelessness (PAEH), Services and Housing in the Province (SHIP), Coalition on Hoarding in Peel (CHIP) and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH) and the Ontario Trillium Foundation present a panel event and discussion on Hoarding in the Region of Peel.

Join the Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) Community of Interest for its next webinar, which looks at how community collaboration can help address homelessness.

The World Health Organization has stated that poverty is the single largest determinant of health. While the average life expectancy for Canadians is 77 to 82 years, it is only 34 to 47 for a homeless person. Housing is a basic human right, yet for many people in Ontario, adequate housing is out of their reach.

Healthcare and Shelter sector Leaders, Frontline and Peers are invited to discuss how Peer Specialists are adding impact in bridging gap wait times to services, reducing team burnout, increasing access to healthcare/housing, and improving systems for Living Experience People of Complex Homelessness including Mental Health, Addictions, Victimization, and out of Law Involvement.

May 12 2021

12-2pm

TRANSITION PATHWAYS ACT, STEP DOWN CARE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FACT IN THE US

John P Ayers, MS, LPC-S  &  Christopher Masopust, MS, LPC; Family & Children’s Services, Tulsa Oklahoma

On the heels of the 2021 federal budget, join a round table discussion with the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development.

This event, co-hosted by the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, the Canadian Housing & Renewal Association, Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, and the Canadian Lived Experience Leadership Network, will be a conversation and Q&A with the Minister on details of the federal budget which will be released on Monday.

Join this event, From the Ashes: A conversation with Jesse Thistle, the fourth installment of the Reconciliation Working Group Speaking Series.

This webinar series is hosted by the Ontario Housing First Regional Network Community of Interest (OHFRN‐COI) and the Housing First Europe Hub (the Hub).

Description: How do we create safe and accessible ways for youth who use substances to be engaged in program and policy development? Youth engagement refers to meaningfully and sustainably involving young people in decision-making that affects them. Meaningful youth engagement allows youth to take action, have their voice heard, and to actively participate in their own development.

Join us on March 11th as we explore the benefits, supports required, levels of participation and considerations for engaging youth who use substances.

This webinar series is hosted by the Ontario Housing First Regional Network Community of Interest (OHFRN‐COI) and the Housing First Europe Hub (the Hub).

Dates: March 17 and 24
Time: 1:00- 3:00 pm EST
Note: This is a virtual workshop consisting of two sessions; access will be provided to registrants.

Tina Minkowitz, Esq. of the Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry http://www.chrusp.org/ in this article frames the initiative through a reparations approach and includes a call for sharing the experience.

Curious to learn more about Peer Work in Housing First? Join this Housing First Practice webinar hosted by the Housing First Europe Hub.

This webinar will present findings from the research project Revisioning Coordinated Access: Fostering Indigenous Best Practices Towards a Wholistic Systems Approach to Homelessness, conducted in Hamilton, Ontario. Presenters will discuss the impact of coordinated access systems on Indigenous communities across Canada and highlight how Indigenous communities can shape the creation and implementation of coordinated access systems toward a more wholistic approach.