<div dir="ltr"><p><img class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" style="height: auto;" src="cid:ii_lr6f6msu0" alt="image.png" width="599" height="424"><span style="font-size:large"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-size:large">Next week marks the 4th anniversary of the City of Ottawa declaring a housing and homelessness emergency - the first city in Canada to do so. Since then, many others have followed suit. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large">Homelessness is not inevitable and we want to spend next week talking about how we can solve it. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large"><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/events" target="_blank">Join us </a>next week <strong>Tuesday, Jan. 16th at 8 pm at Dominion Chalmers</strong> for "Ending Homelessness Is Possible: Lessons from Finland".</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large">We'll hear from housing leaders from Finland's Y - Foundation, Teija Ojankoski, CEO, and Juha Kahila, Head of International Affairs on how the country has virtually eliminated homelessness. They'll be joined by Federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser and Jocelyn Formsma, Board Chair of the National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Inc. (NICHI).  Senior CBC Reporter, Catherine Cullen, host of The House, will facilitate a conversation about how Canada can do this too. </span></p>
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<li><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/in_person_ending_homelessness_is_possible_lessons_from_finland" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:large">RSVP for the In-person Event</span></a></li>
<li><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/virtual_ending_homelessness_is_possible_lessons_from_finland" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:large">RSVP for the Virtual Event</span></a></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:large">Next week, as we see record numbers of people sleeping outside and staying in shelters, come learn about real solutions to ending homelessness, instead of more band-aid solutions. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large">We <em>can </em>end homelessness in Canada, but it takes new approaches and public and political will. Join us and spread the word.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:large">We hope to see you there.</span></p><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><span><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="125"><col width="307"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(3,42,60);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:117px;height:104px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/v8aq4dsuJvD4bSGFNk1ocBbdUw9TsG4sLS9qGxJCtEbEHnZdCOQ7EA27orb9_NRWWdOcSN2oKO7tiQbdeyM8IMlEgoAnvBakDbMHHNbzoAcOqqfzsalhKkZX7IW8vs1PAlKGd1SR" width="117" height="104" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kaite Burkholder Harris  (she/her)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Executive Director</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,147,177);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,147,177);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><a href="https://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;color:rgb(3,42,60);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">endhomelessnessottawa.ca </span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br></span></div></div></div></div>