[homeles_ot-l] Nov 24 Community Forum: Afternoon Break-out Sessions / Details

[Mike Bulthuis]

*Limited space is still available for the 12th annual Community Forum on
Ending Homelessness in Ottawa, taking place at the RA Centre on Tuesday,
November 24. *



*Registration: *www.universe.com/ateh2015forum



*Note: *If you are experiencing challenges with the online registration,
please contact the Alliance to register, by telephone: 613-241-1573 x 314
or email: info at endhomelessnessottawa.ca


*Afternoon Break-out Sessions: *
*At this year’s Forum, in addition to Lunchtime Table Talks, attendees will
be able to participate in two afternoon break-out sessions – one from
1:00-1:50 pm, and another from 2:00-2:50 pm. Details on the four sessions
being offered during each time period are found below:*

*1:00 – 1:50 pm*

*Engaging youth through Participatory Action Research: Film-making
**(Jacqueline
Kennelly, Sociology, Carleton University; Lynette Schick, Research
Assistant, Carleton University; Valerie Stam, Research Assistant, Carleton
University; with Ben Hoskyn, Film-maker and youth participants) *

   - Join this exciting workshop to hear about the development of three
   films in collaboration with homeless youth, based on the issues most
   important to them. Then help guide the project in a discussion on what next
   to do with the films.

*Access to Justice and Ottawa’s Ticket Defense Program **(Suzanne
Bouclin, **Associate
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa)*

   - Hear about access to justice issues for street-involved individuals,
   and how one Ottawa program – the Ticket Defense Program – is working to
   make a difference.

*Planning for Affordable Housing **(Melissa Estable, Development Officer,
CCOC; Dennis Carr,** Principal, DCarr Community Solutions; Abra Adamo,
Postdoctoral Fellow, Carleton University)*

   - Declining senior government investment in housing across Canada is
   placing severe pressure on housing affordability. In this context,
   municipalities in Canada are increasingly looking to their land-use
   planning systems to generate affordable housing opportunities. Join
   Melissa, Dennis and Abra who will discuss how Canadian cities are utilizing
   existing and new planning policies and tools to advance the development of
   new affordable non-profit and private sector rental housing within their
   jurisdictions.

*Finding homes for refugees arriving in Ottawa* *(Louisa Taylor, Director,
Refugee613)*

   - Refugee613 was founded this Fall (2015) to help coordinate our
   community’s response to an expected jump in the inflow of refugees to
   Ottawa. How can our community — ordinary citizens, settlement agencies,
   housing providers, reception centres and local organizations and
   institutions — work together to ensure that each finds a home here? Join
   Louisa Taylor, Director of Refugee613, for an action-oriented discussion on
   this local and global effort.



*2:00 – 2:50*

*The PROMPT Study**: ”P**articipatory **R**esearch in Ottawa**,**
Management and **P**oint-of-care of **T**obacco” **(Smita Pakhale,
Associate Scientist – Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; with Peer
Researchers and Participants)*

   - Hear about how the Ottawa Hospital is successfully employing a
   peer-led Community-Based Participatory Research project embedded in the
   social-network-based approach to engage the inner city population of Ottawa
   in tobacco dependence management with a holistic approach.

*Day Programs in Ottawa’s Ten-Year Plan **(Shea Kiely, Chair, Day Programs
Coalition of Ottawa, and Jennifer Crawford, Executive Director, Centre 454)
*

   - “Housing alone is sometimes not enough. Ensuring people get the
   support they need is key to securing and retaining housing for many of our
   residents.” City of Ottawa, Ten Year Plan. Please join us for a discussion
   about how the day programs in Ottawa play an essential role in providing
   various levels of support and ensuring that this plan is successful.

*A Way Home Ottawa: Building a community of support to prevent and end
youth homelessness in Ottawa **(Kaite Burkholder Harris, Project
Coordinator; and Edgar Mbaraga, Youth Facilitator)*

   - With support from the United Way Ottawa, local stakeholders and young
   people are coming together to develop a framework to prevent, reduce and
   end youth homelessness in Ottawa – with a focus on transitional-aged youth
   (16-25). Grounded within a housing first approach, the plan requires a
   coordinated, community-wide approach that is responsive to young people.
   Hear the latest on how the plan is coming together.

*Inspirations for catalyzing affordable housing development: Learning from
other communities to broaden the base of support for affordable housing in
Ottawa * *(Steve Pomeroy, Focus Consulting, and Gina Grosenick, Broadening
the Base) *

   - Broadening the Base is an Ottawa initiative focused on identifying and
   creating innovations in five areas to enhance availability of affordable
   housing over the coming five years. Hear about affordable housing
   innovations in other cities and communities and ways that we can connect
   the dots to make change happen in Ottawa.



-- 
*Mike Bulthuis*
Executive Director

*Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa*
171 George Street, Ottawa ON K1N 5W5
Office: 613-241-1573 x 314
Mobile: 613-222-9831
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