<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Greetings supporters,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Board of Directors of the Alliance to End
Homelessness Ottawa (ATEHO) is very pleased to announce that Kaite Burkholder
Harris is our new Executive Director. Kaite has worked for several years
at the national level, most recently for the Federal Government with Reaching
Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy and prior to that as a Community Systems
Planner with the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness. Her work has largely
involved supporting the early implementation of Coordinated Access with
communities across the country and doing community-level systems planning to
prevent, reduce and end homelessness. Kaite spent a number of years working as
the Project Manager for A Way Home Ottawa in preventing and ending youth
homelessness - an initiative of the Alliance. Having served as frontline
worker at a number of Ottawa-based service providers, Kaite has a strong
understanding of the way that policy can impact people living on the street,
and the ways that we can make changes to support people to thrive.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">n particular, Kaite has had the opportunity to learn
from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Service Providers and
stakeholders over the past number of years, and is strongly committed to
listening to and supporting Indigenous-led solutions to ending Indigenous
homelessness in Ottawa as a necessary part of reconciliation. Kaite is
inspired by the ways in which communities are working together to see real
reductions in homelessness across the country and is excited to be joining the
Alliance in this critical work.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Kaite will join the Alliance on March 16 and will send
a communication then with her contact information. You can continue to contact
the Alliance by emailing <a href="mailto:info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca" style="color:blue">info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</a>
until February 28<sup>th</sup>. The Alliance will not be monitoring email
between March 2-13.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please join us in welcoming Kaite to her new
role. We are thrilled to be working with such a capable and accomplished leader
in the area of homelessness and housing and look forward to enhancing the
Alliance’s work in our community. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Deirdre Freiheit</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Chair, Board of Directors</span></p></div>