[homeles_ot-l] Nov. 19 - Preliminary Program for COMMUNITY FORUM ON HOMELESSNESS

[Lynne Browne]

Please Circulate Widely

 

The Alliance to End Homelessness Presents

2010 Community Forum on Homelessness

Linking Research and Knowledge with Action and Policy, Honouring
NATIONAL HOUSING DAY

 

Friday, November 19, 2010, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm. Location: Tabaret Hall,
University of Ottawa at 75 Laurier E., 1st Floor   

Registration Free, Lunch Provided

 

Please find attached:

 

1.      Preliminary Program

2.      Registration Form 

3.      'Table Talks' Invitation  (A letter inviting ATEH member
agencies and community partners to host a lunchtime 'Table Talk', an
informal approach to networking at the forum. 

 

Thanks you,

 

Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness

 

Program Highlights

 

Opening Presentation:

 

National Report on the Health of the Homeless and Vulnerably Housed 

Presented by Dr. Stephen Hwang

This groundbreaking report provides a current profile of homeless and
vulnerably housed adults in a number of cities across Canada and
outlines the need for federal leadership and coordination and a
long-term, evidence-based, national housing strategy to address the root
causes of homelessness and housing vulnerability. 

A Panel of Commentators will be announced Nov. 5th: Can policy and
research work together for more affordable housing?

 

Afternoon Panel:

 

Forum special guests: The Research Alliance for Canadian Homelessness,
Housing, and Health - a collaborative interdisciplinary network of
academic investigators & community partners in Ottawa, Vancouver,
Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal.

 

1.      Suicide and Drug Overdose among Street Youth in Montreal

2.      Update on Vancouver's InSite

3.      Identifying Patterns of Emergency Shelter Stays in Three Ontario
Cities

4.      Preventing Homelessness (Calgary):  Developing the Homelessness
Asset and Risk Tool [HART]

 

Closing Presentation:

 

Calgary Homeless Foundation: the Future is Now!

Presented by Alina Tanasescu, Vice President, Research & Public Policy
Calgary Homeless Foundation

 

 

 

Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness 

lbrowne at ysb.on.ca <mailto:lbrowne at ysb.on.ca> 

Office: 613-241-1573, ext. 205 (Temp. # )

Mail to: 147 Besserer St., Ottawa, ON K1N 6A7

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

 

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Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall&ref=ts>  &

on Twitter HERE @endhomelessOTT <https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT> 

 

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