This conference took place June 10 and 11 in Niagara Falls. A web site has been set up with videos, photos, audio and slide presentations from the conference. Billed as a dynamic, action-oriented conference that will challenge the barriers that keep so many people from enjoying good health or accessing the services they need, many […]
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HIV/AIDS, human rights and housing: Presentation notes
On Saturday, June 12, I delivered the closing plenary address at the Second Annual Symposium on HIV/AIDS Law and Human Rights in Toronto. The links between housing and health are complex and dynamic, and there is a growing body of research that documents the connections. The role of Canada’s federal government in affordable and supportive housing has been eroding over […]
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Wellesley Institute’s Participation in the St. James Town Festival (With Pictures!)
The St. James Town Festival (Saturday, June 5th) was a huge hit, with hundreds of visitors and great representation from community groups and politicians alike. Wellesley Institute’s very own St. James Town Initiative held a booth at the festival alongside the St. James Town Resident Action Group. The day was hot and sunny and filled […]
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Shrinking CMHC housing support for lower-income households: Presentation notes
The latest five-year projection from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation – Canada’s national housing agency – shows that federal housing support for lower-income households will continue to decline up to 2014. Slides for a presentation to the City of Toronto’s Housing and Homeless Services Network meeting on June 9, 2010.
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Finding Security in an Insecure World
“We need to come together as a community, Black Creek community, come together and do something for ourselves…” These were the words of a Canadian-born woman from the Black Creek community, a composite of four neighbourhoods located in the northwest inner suburb of Toronto, on a research project seeking to explore the relationship between systemic […]
Translating Good Research Into Policy Impact
Despite all the talk about “evidence-based policy”, the sad truth is that even the best research doesn’t sell itself. Solid research and effective policy analysis is the foundation for policy impact, but effective action also requires a sound knowledge of the policy landscape. Here are my slides for a presentation to the North American HIV AIDS […]
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Inclusionary Housing Bill Passes Second Reading in Ontario Legislature
On Thursday, June 3, Bill 58, Planning Amendment Act (Enabling Municipalities to Require Inclusionary Housing), 2010 passed second reading in the Ontario legislature and referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills. This bill was the same as one that was introduced in the Legislature last fall and needed to come forward again after the […]
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Tracking The Dollars, Programs And Opportunities: Presentation Notes On Canadian Housing/Homelessness Policies
The patchwork of federal housing and homelessness funding and programs has been eroding over the past two decades—with Canada’s municipalities set to overtake the national government in terms of affordable housing spending. Some significant promises have been made, but it’s hard to track the dollars and measure accountability for results. Meanwhile, on the policy horizon, […]
SEXPRESS Forum: Intricacies of Newcomer Youth Sexual Health Care Preferences
The Toronto Teen Survey’s new release, Newcomer and Longer-Term Immigrant Youth Bulletin, reports on how immigrant youth access sexual health information and offers recommendations to help service providers enhance the quality of sexual health services to this population.
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Countdown to mid-September: Senate unanimously adopts call for national housing / poverty plans
Canada’s Senate has unanimously adopted a comprehensive, 283-page report that calls on the federal government to implement a national housing plan, poverty reduction strategy and other measures on income, health, education and training. Under the rules of Parliament, the federal government has until September 20 to formally respond. In From the Margins sets out 74 practical recommendations from housing and homelessness to […]