<div dir="ltr"><div>Reminder! </div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font color="#000000">Alliance Annual General Meeting</font><font color="#990000"> </font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#990000">Thursday, September 22, 8:15 - 9:45 am</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font color="#990000"><br></font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font color="#000000">Community Consultation - Towards a National Housing Strategy </font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#990000">Thursday, September 22, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#990000"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><i><font color="#990000">We kindly request advance registration (for one or both) at: <a href="mailto:info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca">info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</a></font></i></b></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_islkug1k0_156ea4bf53e0170e" width="468" height="71" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="margin-right: 0px;"></div><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4">Join us at our <span class="gmail-il">Annual</span> <span class="gmail-il">General</span> <span class="gmail-il">Meeting</span>!</font></b></div><b><div style="text-align:center"><b><br></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b>Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 8:15 am to 9:45 am</b></div></b><div style="text-align:center">Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre (Accueil Hall) 300 Des Pères-Blancs Avenue</div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Please join us for our <span class="gmail-il">Annual</span> <span class="gmail-il">General</span> <span class="gmail-il">Meeting</span>, as we review our shared work over the past year, and together look ahead to a new year full of opportunities. Meet the Board, hear about our on-going work and get the first glimpse of new initiatives for the new year! </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">
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Housing Strategy</i></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:cambria">
(Natasha Pateman, Director, Policy Division, Homelessness Partnering
Secretariat, Employment and Social Development Canada; and Janet Kreda, Senior
Researcher, Housing Needs Research Corporate Development, Policy &
Research, CMHC)<span></span></span></p>
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</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12.8px">A light breakfast will be provided. All are welcome! </div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b>RSVP: <a href="mailto:info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca" target="_blank">info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</a> / <a href="tel:613-241-1573%20x%20314" value="+16132411573" target="_blank">613-241-1573 x 314</a></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12.8px">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * </div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_it5plz6h0_15732dae29f6bf3c" width="144" height="48" style="font-size: 12.8px;"></div><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Following the <span class="gmail-il">meeting</span>, in the same space, <b>Let's Talk Housing!</b> All are invited to a community consultation - organized in collaboration with the Cooperative Housing Association of Eastern Ontario, the Ottawa Social Housing Network, the Ottawa Supportive Housing Network and Broadening the Base - to exchange ideas and expertise regarding what our community needs in a National Housing Strategy. Hear from others, including voices from the National Housing Collaborative, and help inform the <span class="gmail-il">Alliance</span>'s and our community's input to the federal government. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4">Community Consultation - Towards a National Housing Strategy</font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><br></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b>Thursday, September 22, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon.</b> </div><div style="text-align:center">Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre (Accueil Hall) 300 Des Pères-Blancs Avenue</div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center">All are welcome, however space is limited! <br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><div style="font-size:small"><b>RSVP: <a href="mailto:info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca" target="_blank">info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</a> / <a href="tel:613-241-1573%20x%20314" value="+16132411573" target="_blank">613-241-1573 x 314</a></b></div><div style="font-size:small;text-align:start"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-align:start"><i><b>Please note:</b> Individuals are welcome to attend one of, or both, the AGM and the community consultation. Do you know of others who may be interested in either the AGM or consultation? You are welcome to share this information! </i></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b>Mike Bulthuis</b><br>Executive Director<br><br><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa</b></span></span><br>171 George Street, Ottawa ON K1N 5W5<br>Office: 613-241-1573 x 314<br>Mobile: 613-222-9831<br></div></div></div></div>
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