[homeles_ot-l] FORUM DETAILS Nov 18 & registration form

[Lynne Browne]

Please circulate widely             Deadline to register is Nov. 12, 2008.

 

Registration Form and Detailed Program are attached. 

 

The Alliance to End Homelessness


2008 Community Forum on Homelessness


Linking Research with Action and Policy


in honour of NATIONAL HOUSING DAY 


Tuesday, November 18, 2008


University of Ottawa, Tabaret Hall Chapel,   75 Laurier E., 1st Floor,
9:00 am–2:30 pm

Program                Registration Free, Lunch Provided

9:00 a.m.

Welcome       Marion Wright, Vice Chair, Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)

Forum Chair Fran Klodawsky, Chair of ATEH’s Research and Evaluation Working
Group and Professor, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton
University

National Housing Day


(TBC) Mayor’s Proclamation,ousing Day City of Ottawa

(To be invited) Minister, Human Resources and Development Canada

Break with coffee, tea, juice and baked goods   

Morning Panels to Hear and Discuss Different Perspectives

In Plenary Session: presentations then audience questions and comments

10:00 a.m.

Homelessness and the Criminal Justice System

moderator Tim Aubry,   School of Psychology, Centre for Research on
Educational and Community Services, University of Ottawa

panel members

Video of community members with experience of homelessness provide real-life
context 

Marie-Eve Sylvestre, Faculty of Law - Civil Law Section, University of
Ottawa 

Samantha McGavin, The Ticket Defense Fund in Ottawa: successes and
challenges

11:00 a.m.

Getting the Word Out 

moderator Marion Wright, ATEH Vice Chair and Executive Director, Canadian
Mental Health Association, Ottawa Branch

panel members

Josh Greenberg, School of Journalism and Communication and Centre for
Voluntary Sector Research and Development, Carleton University, 5 year print
media scan for ATEH

Kate Heartfield, Ottawa Citizen Columnist and Editorial Board member, a
local media perspective 

TBA, a national media perspective on “why homelessness isn’t an election
issue?” 

Community person, treatment by and in the media as a person with experience
of homelessness

 

12:00 to 1:30 p.m.

Networking Caucuses with Lunch

Lunch will be provided for all participants to enjoy while sharing ideas
with each other. 

When registering please indicate your top three choices.

1.           Harm Reduction: What next in Ottawa? 
Moving ahead: from the past year’s issues and the hot issues of the day to
emerging issues.

2.           Inclusive Decision-Making
Discussion of strategies to improve communications between people with
experiences of homelessness and the individuals who design and administer
programs that serve them. 

3.           It’s Not Rocket Science
Solving homelessness: the need for a national, provincial, and local
strategy for increasing actual affordable housing units alongside a ‘housing
first’ strategy.

4.           Family Homelessness 

‘Wanted: a house and a home’ – ways of restoring families to stable and
suitable housing 

5.           Homelessness and the Criminal Justice System
Discussion focusing on research presented by the panelists and on promising
approaches to assisting people who are homeless and who experience legal
difficulties. (A follow-up to first panel presentation.)

6.           Getting the Word Out
Identifying recommendations and next steps in gaining media attention for
homelessness and housing. (A follow-up to second panel presentation.)

1:30 -2:30 p.m.

Afternoon Plenary Keynote Speaker

Michael Shapcott

Building a new housing strategy in troubled times

One-quarter of Canadians are precariously housed, and that’s before the
global economic crisis washed over Canada.  “Market fundamentals” won’t save
us – it’s time for innovative solutions and inspired advocacy.

Keynote Address by Canada’s leading expert and long-time advocate on
affordable housing, now the Director of Community Engagement at The
Wellesley Institute in Toronto

 

 

 

Forum Proceedings will be available at HYPERLINK
"http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/"www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca, the
Alliance to End Homelessness Website. 

 

We gratefully acknowledge support from our Alliance to End Homelessness
Members, United Way/Centraide Ottawa, the University of Ottawa and the
Homelessness Partnering Strategy, Government of Canada.

 

Lynne Browne

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

www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca  

 


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