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This week, we’re joined by Victoria Barclay, an Action Researcher at Women Transforming Cities and a master’s student in the Department of Sociology at UBC to discuss her current research exploring how to improve access to housing for people fleeing gender-based violence, focusing on Indigenous, Black, and racialized women.
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This week, we’re joined by Angela Schleihauf, the Senior Analyst on the Housing Supply Challenge team in CMHC’s Innovation and Partnerships division. Angela joins us to talk about the recently launched, fourth round of the Housing Supply Challenge: Building for the Future. Tune in to learn more about what the hopes are for the next iteration of this challenge and how you can apply to get involved!
Thank you CMHC for sponsoring this week’s podcast.
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In this week’s episode, Chairperson of the National Advisory Council on Poverty, Scott MacAfee, joins us to chat about the findings from the Council’s recently released report, along with recommendations on how to move forward in efforts to reduce poverty across Canada.
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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, and instead became part of the solution. Marc joins us this week to discuss his incredible journey, how he does so much community work when he’s not at his full-time job, and the amazing strides forward his community has made, in large, due to his efforts.
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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 this week on the pod to talk about how it all came to be, the many projects they’ve developed, and the projects they have their sights on for the future.
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This week, 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 discuss what challenges this new Bill poses and how it could be improved moving forward.
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This week, we are joined by Neil Hetherington, CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank to 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 report’s findings, along with solutions to reducing and ending poverty in Canada.
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This week, we are joined by Jag Sharma, President and CEO of Toronto Community Housing, the largest provider of social housing in the country to discuss the innovative work the organization is doing, the challenges they face, and their plans for the future to support those in need in the Toronto area.
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On this week’s episode, we talk to Jesse about his new book of love poems, Scars and Stars, a profound collection that expands on the ideas and experiences that have shaped his body of work thus far. You don’t want to miss it!
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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 also taking huge strides in preventing young people from experiencing homelessness. He joins us to discuss their new prevention initiatives, Diversion, Youth Reconnect and Family and Natural supports, and the difference they are making in the Toronto youth homelessness space.
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