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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span class=date><span lang=EN-US>November 22, 2012</span></span><span lang=EN-US> by <span class=fn><a href="http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/author/Michael/" title="Michael Shapcott">Michael Shapcott</a></span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/housing/happy-national-housing-day-2012-three-important-things-all-canadians-should-know/" title=Facebook><span class=ata11y><span style='color:blue'>Share on facebook</span></span></a><a href="http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/housing/happy-national-housing-day-2012-three-important-things-all-canadians-should-know/" title="Tweet This"><span class=ata11y><span style='color:blue'>Share on twitter</span></span></a><a href="http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/housing/happy-national-housing-day-2012-three-important-things-all-canadians-should-know/" title=Email><span class=ata11y><span style='color:blue'>Share on email</span></span></a><a href="http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/housing/happy-national-housing-day-2012-three-important-things-all-canadians-should-know/" title=Print><span class=ata11y><span style='color:blue'>Share on print</span></span></a><a href="http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/housing/happy-national-housing-day-2012-three-important-things-all-canadians-should-know/"><span class=ata11y><span style='color:blue'>More Sharing Services</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>Happy National Housing Day 2012, Canada! November 22 is recognized by the federal government, and in communities across Canada, as a day to mark the importance of affordable housing in the health and lives of individual Canadians and in the population and economic health of the entire country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US>National Housing Day traces its roots to November 22, 1998, when 14 Mayors of Canada’s biggest cities adopted the Disaster Declaration from the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee and called on federal, provincial and territorial governments to take action to provide emergency relief for people who are homeless, and to work together to create a national housing plan... more below.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>LYNNE BROWNE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>171 George Street, </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ottawa ON K1N 5W5<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>613-241-1573, ext. 314<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="mailto:lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca"><span style='color:blue'>lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca" target="_blank"><span style='color:#17365D'>www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a></span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.facebook.com/home.php?%23!/pages/Alliance-to-End-Homelessness-Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall%26ref=ts" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Alliance-to-End-Homelessness-Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall&ref=ts"><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'>Facebook</span></a><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'> & </span><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT" target="_blank" title="https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT"><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'>Twitter@endhomelessOTT</span></a><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Michael Shapcott [mailto:Michael@wellesleyinstitute.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> November-22-12 10:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> Michael Shapcott<br><b>Cc:</b> sdirie@torontocas.ca; Sherman Hesselgrave; Lynne Browne; Tim Richter; dalderson@chra-achru.ca; jciufo@chra-achru.ca; hcooper@chfcanada.coop; Helen Armstrong; Naomi Ives Peak (PCLS); Naomi Berlyne; laidleyj@lao.on.ca; Michael Shapcott; Linsey MacPhee; Beth Wilson; Yutaka Dirks (ACTO); Joan Anderson; Barbara Hurd (KENB); s.gopikrishna@shhc.ca; janet@eyetfrp.ca; David Hulchanski<br><b>Subject:</b> Happy National Housing Day 2012... <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Please feel free to copy, post and distribute:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Three important things that every Canadian should know on National Housing Day 2012…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/housing/happy-national-housing-day-2012-three-important-things-all-canadians-should-know/">http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/housing/happy-national-housing-day-2012-three-important-things-all-canadians-should-know/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Michael<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Michael Shapcott<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director, Housing and Innovation, Wellesley Institute</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>10 Alcorn Ave Suite 300<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Toronto, ON, Canada M4V 3B2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>e: <a href="mailto:michael@wellesleyinstitute.com">michael@wellesleyinstitute.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>o: 416.972.1010 ex. 231<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>c: 416.605-8316<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>w: <a href="http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/" target="_blank">www.wellesleyinstitute.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Get the Wellesley Institute newsletter <a href="http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/newsletter" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>