[homeles_ot-l] Celebrating Success-- exactly what sucess ? 2008 Social Housingand Homelessness Conference.

Thu Aug 28 11:39:22 EDT 2008

Poverty-Housing, umm Ontario, Celebrating Success-- exactly what sucess ?  the Preliminary Program 2008 Social Housing and Homelessness Conference.

hmm? Success ? very odd.

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  From: Lynne Browne<mailto:lbrowne at ysb.on.ca> 
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  Sent: August 27, 2008 5:21 PM
  Subject: [homeles_ot-l] FW: Updated Preliminary Program 2008 Social Housingand Homelessness Conference

  FYI,  Lynne Browne

  Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)
  147 Besserer Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6A7 
  lbrowne at ysb.on.ca<mailto:lbrowne at ysb.on.ca>,  613-241-7913 ext 205

  www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca<http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/>  

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  From: Christie Abramovic [mailto:CAbramovic at omssa.com] 
  Sent: August 27, 2008 2:14 PM
  Subject: Updated Preliminary Program 2008 Social Housing and Homelessness Conference 

  2008 Social Housing and Homelessness Conference 

  September 23-25, 2008

  Renaissance Toronto Airport Hotel

  801 Dixon Road, Toronto

  Program updates include 3 new workshops!!

  Click here<http://www.omssa.com/news/newsinfo.asp?itemType=3256&item=12105> for a full updated preliminary program

  Wednesday September 24, 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

  Celebrating Success

  Across the province affordable housing and homelessness services have utilized federal and provincially-funded programs to improve the quality of life for residents.   This session will showcase four programs that have been successful in meeting the needs of residents in their community.  Community champions will share their stories and the impact that the funding has made on their community success.   This session will also probe the question "what if the funding ends".

  The Honourable Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community and Social Services, and Mr. Tatum Wilson, Senior Policy Advisor, Poverty Reduction to Minister Matthews, will be in attendance and will address delegates as part of presentations by Home Suite Hope, Ottawa Inner City Health, Woollen Mill and The Housing Resource Centre.

  Thursday September 25, 10:50 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

  Closing Plenary:  Judy Rebick

  A well-known social justice activist, writer, broadcaster and speaker, currently the CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy at Ryerson University, and the publisher of rabble.ca, Canada’s most popular independent online news and discussion site.

  As one of Canada's best-known activists and social commentators, Judy Rebick takes a compelling look at how Canada can grow and prosper by tapping into its greatest strength – its people. Ms. Rebick uses the lessons learned in an illustrious life of activism to prove how a democratic society can work.

  During the 1990’s, Judy was the host of two national TV shows on CBC Newsworld and a frequent commentator on CBC radio and television. She also contributes commentaries to a host of newspapers and magazines. Judy is perhaps best known to Canadians as a former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, Canada’s largest women’s group. She is also a Board member of Alternatives, a Quebec based international NGO and on the advisory boards of Fair Vote Canada and the December 6 Coalition.

  New Sessions:

       Tuesday, September 23 – 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Session 1.4 “Right at home:” Focus on Human Rights and Rental Housing

  In July 2008, the Ontario Human Rights Commission launched “Right at home: Report on the consultation on human rights and rental housing in Ontario.” This report, which follows a year of public sessions, meetings and submissions involving hundreds of individuals and organizations across the province, focuses on housing as a human right, and sets out a framework for collective action to identify, remove and prevent discrimination in rental housing. 

  “Right at home” includes 37 recommended actions for various levels of government, decision-makers such as housing tribunals and boards, partners in affordable housing development, social housing providers, private-market housing providers, service providers, tenant organizations and human rights advocates.

  This workshop will feature an overview of what the Commission heard, and the recommendations and commitments arising from this. The session will focus on the experiences and recommendations directed to social housing administrators and providers, and will include a discussion of what steps the social housing sector can take to help all Ontarians truly feel “right at home.”

  Speaker:  Anya Kater, Inquiry Analyst, Policy and Education Branch, Ontario Human Rights Commission

  Tuesday, September 23 – 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Session 2.3 The Affordable Housing Program: What We Have Achieved, What We Have  

    Learned

  The Canada–Ontario Affordable Housing Program (AHP) has produced thousands of affordable homes for singles, families and seniors across Ontario. It has also served to revitalize communities and cities, and is a proven economic catalyst. This interactive session will give you – the housing professional – the opportunity to reflect with colleagues across Ontario on your successes, challenges, best practices and lessons learned, and share your valuable experiences with the AHP. Hosted and facilitated by the AHP Technical Advisory Team, this hands-on workshop will focus on approaches that have worked well in your community, those that could have worked better and ideally what lessons need to be brought forward and incorporated into future housing programs. All ideas from this session will be captured and presented by the Technical Team to various stakeholders and all levels of government, as a basis for future investments in affordable housing. 

  Facilitators: 

  Julie Adam, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, AHP Technical Advisory Team Co-Chair

  Drew Goursky, Region of Peel, AHP Technical Advisory Team Co-Chair

  Thursday. September 25 – 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Session 7.4 Social Housing Administration and Information Technology 

  Note:  this session replaces Best Practices for Prevention and Management of Projects in Difficulty

  The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, City of Ottawa and the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board have established a Provincial-Municipal Working Committee on Social Housing Information Management Systems.

  The committee goal is to expand access for all Service Managers in the Province to a social housing data management system developed by Ottawa and the Nipissing DSSAB.

  The purpose of this session is to:

  1. Provide SM with information on the status and project plan of the committee:
  2. Demonstrate the two systems capabilities:
  3. Receive feedback and answer any questions.

  Speakers:  Representatives from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, City of Ottawa and the District of Nipissing

  If you would like to register for any of these new sessions, please contact Christie Abramovic at cabramovic at omssa.com<mailto:cabramovic at omssa.com> with your new workshop selection.  

  Cancelled Session:  

  Thursday. September 25 – 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Cancelled Best Practices for Prevention and Management of Projects in Difficulty – New Session Social Housing Administration and Information Technology as above

  Accommodation Information

  The Renaissance Toronto Airport Hotel is sold out.  If you require alternate accommodation please contact any of the Marriott properties below.  Each hotel is very close to the Renaissance.

  Toronto Airport Marriott

  901 Dixon Road

  Toronto, Ontario M9W 1J5 Canada

  Phone:   416 674 9400

  Sales:  416 674 9400

  Toll-free:  1 800 905 2811

  Courtyard Toronto Airport

  231 Carlingview Drive

  Toronto, Ontario M9W5E8 Canada

  Phone:  416 675 0411

  Sales:  416 798 5701

  Toll-free:  1 800 791 9442

  Residence Inn Toronto Airport

  17 Reading Court

  Toronto, Ontario M9W7K7 Canada

  Phone:   416 798 2900

  Sales:  416 798 2900

  Toll-free:  1 888 798 2977

  We look forward to seeing you at the conference

  For further information, please contact:

  Christie Abramovic, Events Coordinator

  Ontario Municipal Social Services Association

  Phone: 905-629-3115 ext. 237; Fax: 905-629-1633

  E-mail: cabramovic at omssa.com<mailto:cabramovic at omssa.com>

  Christie Abramovic

  Events Coordinator, OMSSA

  5720 Timberlea Blvd., Suite 100

  Mississauga, ON  L4W 4W2

  (905) 629-3115, Ext. 237 / (905) 629-1633

  www.omssa.com<http://www.omssa.com/>

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