<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4">2016 Community Forum on Ending Homelessness in Ottawa</font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div></font><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-CA">National Housing Day</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Tuesday, November 22, 2016</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-CA">RA Centre (</span>2451 Riverside Drive)</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font color="#cc0000" size="4">Online Registration opens Monday, October 17, 2016</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center">Notice will be shared via the listserv when registration opens; those who wish to be reminded of registration opening, simply send an email to <a href="mailto:info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca">info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</a> and we'll be sure you are among the first to know! </p><br><i><b>Note (Registration Fees): </b>To ensure 2016 Forum costs are covered, Forum participants (for example, those registering with their organization's support) will again be encouraged to make a $40 or $20 contribution upon registration. Of course, all are welcome at the Community Forum! Those unable to make a financial contribution will be welcome to register via the no-cost ticket option.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i><b>Sponsorship opportunities are available</b>. Contact Mike if your business or organization may be interested, or if you know of another business or organization that may be. <br></i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4">Call for Submissions: </font></b><b><div style="display:inline!important"><b><font size="4">Table Talks</font></b></div></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><i>As an Alliance tradition, we are calling all community agencies, organizations, and local researchers (including students)!</i> The Annual Community Forum on Ending Homelessness, presented by the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa, is looking for participants to lead a noon-hour Table Talk on issues related to homelessness and affordable housing in our community. <br><br>Interested table talk hosts are asked to contact Ofelia Levoir by email to inquire about presenting. Ofelia is the Families First Coordinator at PQCHC, and is a member of the Alliance Research Committee. Ofelia can be reached at the following email address: </font><a href="mailto:ofelialevoir@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">ofelialevoir@gmail.com</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span></div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The deadline for submissions is Friday, November 4, 2015.</b></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div style="text-align:center"><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">Program Highlights</font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We’re building a program that continues the tradition of facilitating dialogue among front-line service and leading research to improve Ottawa’s response to homelessness. Components include: </font></div><div><ul><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A <i><b>keynote address</b></i> by Mary Beth Shinn (Vanderbilt Univerity): </font><i style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Ending Family Homelessness: Insights from <span class="gmail-il">the</span> US Family Options Study</span></i></li><li><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">A <i><b>morning plenary panel</b></i> discussion recognizing that Home is more than a House - building community</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><i><b>Lunchtime Table Talks</b></i></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Afternoon concurrent <i><b>research workshops</b></i> on </span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:start;font-size:12.8px;display:inline"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Housing, Safety and Sex Work; </span></p></span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:start;font-size:12.8px;display:inline"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">A Way Home Ottawa (youth homelessness); </span></p></span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:start;font-size:12.8px;display:inline"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Pathways to Homelessness among Veterans in Ottawa; </span></p></span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:start;font-size:12.8px;display:inline"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Housing and support needs of LGBTQ adults; </span></p></span></span>Family homelessness in Ottawa; Towards an Inclusionary Zoning framework for Ottawa; Improving Ottawa's rooming houses; and others</li><li>A <i><b>closing plenary panel</b></i>, reflecting on the federal government's directions for a National Housing Strategy: are Ottawa's needs being addressed? </li></ul></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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