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(A new episode is released every Thursday.)
This week on the podcast, lived expert, Al Wiebe, shares his story of going from earning a six figure salary to living on the streets, the lessons he learned, and how he’s since taken that experience forward to change things for the better through his radio show, training police officers and healthcare professionals, and through many conversations with politicians and housing professionals.
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We need tangible solutions to end the homelessness and housing crisis in Canada, and the recently released National Housing Accord is just that. Today I’m joined by Tim Richter, CEO of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness and Michael Moffat Chief Executive at REALPAC to talk about how the accord came together, what it’s all about, their hopes for the future and how we all can support the accord moving forward.
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This week on the pod, Frank Berube from CMHC joins to chat about the new Housing Accelerator Fund. We’ll discuss how it came fruition, how it can help address the national housing crisis, what the hopes are for the fund moving forward. Listen in on this timely conversation.
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Migrant farmers play a huge role in feeding the country, yet when it comes to providing them with housing, decency and dignity are nowhere to be found. Advocate and lived expert, Gabriel Allahdua, joins us on this week’s pod, to share his experience and to chat with us about why he’s working hard to make sure migrant farmers can realize their right to dignified and acceptable housing and care.
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The 2SLGBTQ+ community continues to be overrepresented in point in time counts across the nation that examine who might be experiencing homelessness. Although great strides have been made in creating awareness and recognizing the rights of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, recent events across Canada and the world have shown us, we still have far to go. This week on the podcast we are joined by Brian Middleton and Carl McLuhan, two retired teachers who have been together for almost 50 years. As we look back at their journey from coming out, to meeting and keeping their relationship a secret for fear of losing their jobs. We’ll then hear about why they’ve made a decision to make a gift to Blue Door’s 2SLGBTQ+ program, “Innclusion” in their will. Disclaimer: this episode could be triggering for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.
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Although there has been progress in creating awareness, education and support for the 2SLGBTQ+ community, over the last few years the community has been subject to increased amounts of hate and harassment across the US and Canada. Advocate, CEO and Principal Consultant at Ivy + Dean Consulting, Jacq Brasseur joins us on the pod to share their journey to advocacy, the current climate of push back, and what needs to change moving forward.
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We can’t really have the conversation about ending homelessness if we don’t look at income supports for our most vulnerable. Lee Stevens from Vibrant Communities Calgary joins us on the pod this week to talk about basic income, her research around it, and her hopes for the future of income supports in Canada.
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US based researchers Jacqueline White and Mallory VanMeeter join us on the podcast this week to talk about the importance of Family and Natural supports for youth experiencing homelessness. We discuss how a sense of community matters to finding and keeping housing for young people, and how by adjusting policies, practices and programs, we can keep youth in housing with natural family supports and out of the formal homelessness system.
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Chef Cori Doern has worked tirelessly over the years to create equal access to good food through sharing knowledge around cooking, food, nutrition, and how to stretch your food dollar way further. With food insecurity at an all time high, we talk about what drives her to create access to good food, how she’s done it, and what has to change moving forward.
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How is homelessness being approached in New York City? We talk to the CEO of City Relief, Josiah Haken this week on the pod, around what homelessness looks like in NYC post pandemic, what strategies are being used to prevent and end it, and what has to happen in the near future to support their most vulnerable citizens.
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