Preconference Sessions
A Way Home: Working Together to End Youth Homelessness in Canada
- A Way Home / Vers un chez-sois – Melanie Redman and Stephen Gaetz
Youth homelessness prevention framework and change management
- Boys & Girls Club of Calgary – A good place to be – Kim Wirth and Katie Davies
Preventing, Reducing and Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness Across Canada
- Curate Convene Catalyze – Leslie McMillan
- Preventing, Reducing and Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness – Dr. Alex Abramovich
Day 1 – November 02, 2015
LPP1: What role do emergency shelters play in ending homelessness?
- What Role Can Emergency Shelters Play in Ending Homelessness? The Salvation Army’s 7 Operating Principles – Alison Kooistra
- Housing First: Policy and Practice: Considerations for Shelters in Toronto – Gordon Tanner
- What Role do Emergency Shelters Plan in Ending Homelessness? – Bradley Harris
- The Role of Shelters in Ending Homelessness – Stacey Carmichael
LPP2: Homelessness policy in Montreal and Quebec: history, news and perspectives
LPP3: Quebec Showcase
- Using Data to Reduce Homelessness – Annie Duchesne and Georges Ohana
- Approche des situations critiques de rupture sociale. L’expérience d’équipes interorganisationnelles – Michelle Simard
- PRISM et SII – Dr. Olivier Farmer and Patrick Girard
- Principes et concepts en santé urbaine appliquée
Youth 1: Mental Health and Addiction
- Reaching out to vulnerable youth – MONTREAL HOMELESS YOUTH NETWORK – Amal Abdel-Baki
- The Inner City Youth Program: Evolving Service to Meet Needs – Dr. Steve Mathias
20k1: 20,000 Homes Campaign overview and learnings from early pilots
- Hamilton – 20,000 Homes Campaign Update – Amanda DiFalco
- 20K Homes Campaign – Waterloo Region – Marie Morrison
- 20,000 Homes Campaign: Ottawa’s Action – Mike Bulthuis
HF2: Engaging Challenging Clients
- A Participant Focused & Driven Perspective & Theory – Working With Difficult Participants – Wally Czech
RP2: Mental Health
- The Meaning of Poverty for Individuals with Mental Illness – Cheryl Forchuk
- A knowledge exchange strategy to reduce criminal justice involvement among homeless individuals living with mental illness – Laurence Roy, Anne Crocker, Eric Latimer, Roch Hurtubise, Michelle Côté, Isabelle Billette, France Desjardins, Jason Champagne
Day 2 – November 03, 2015
LPP5: Nothing about us, without us: principles and practices for lived experience leadership in services, advocacy and policy
- Nothing About Us Without Us – Terrie Meehan
- My Experience with the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home / Chez Soi Toronto Site Demonstration Project – Alexander Zsager
Youth 2: Employment
- Youth Opportunities Unlimited Overview – Steve Cordes
- Hire Up – Paul Klein
- Youth Employment and Ending Youth Homelessness – Sheldon Pollett
20K2: Registry week 101
- Registry Week 101 – Paul Howard and Andi Broffman
HF3: Guidelines for adapting Housing First to different populations and local
- Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre – Sharon Redsky
RP3: Facilitating screening and prioritization for Housing First services
- Housing First Assessment Tools Task Force: Objectives and Methods – Tim Aubry
- The Vulnerability Assessment Tool (VAT) – John Ecker
- Screening for Housing First for Communities – Stephen Gaetz
RP4: Understanding and facilitating the implementation of effective models of housing and supports
- Facilitating Effective Models of Supportive Housing – Bruk Melles
- Promoting Integrative Health and Social Care in Ontario: A Case Study of the Housing and Homelessness Framework Steering Group – Kristy Buccieri and Jeanne Thomas
- Fostering Security for Newcomers with Housing Insecurity in Calgary – Christine Walsh
LPP6: Achieving functional zero: lessons from the field
- A Functional End To Homelessness – Jamie Rogers
- Reaching “Functional Zero” in Fredericton – Mike O’Brien
- Discerning ‘Functional Zero’: Considerations for Defining and Measuring an End to Homelessness – Alina Turner
Youth 3: Gaps in caring: models for supporting youth exiting care, youth experiencing sexual exploitation, and newcomer youth
- Aunt Leah’s Place – Building a Brighter Future for Foster Kids – Drew Stewart
- What’s the Map? Newcomer Youth Leading the Call to Action – Cheyanne Ratnam
- Housing Model – Transition to Independence. Key Program Elements – Bruce Rivers and Carol Howes
- Supporting Sexually Exploited Young Women to Independence – Bruce Rivers
H3: Models of harm reduction in permanent housing
- Harm Reduction in Housing First – Ben Mead and Christine McKay
20K3: Data collection, reporting and analysis
- 20,000 Homes Campaign Data Collection Reporting and Analysis – Paul Howard and Andi Broffman
HF5: Models of Housing First service teams
- Approche logement d’abord: Modèles de suivis cliniques – Nancy Keays and Benoit St-Pierre
- Journey Home – A Housing First Program – Andrea Cowie
HF6: Housing retention strategies: incorporating community building and eviction prevention
- Housing Retention Strategies; Incorporation Community Building and Eviction Prevention – Lisa Ker, Brigitte Witkowski and Brian Davis
RP5: Exploring effective systems responses to homelessness
- Population Specific Service Integration and its Relationship to Systems Integration – Naomi Nichols
- Systems Planning and Governance – Carey Doberstein
- A Framework for Systems Integration – Stephen Gaetz
RP6: Homelessness Round-up
- Home Less Mess – HAP Kamploops – Tangie Genshorek and Robin Nichol
- Homelessness in an Aging Society: A Research-based Response for Policy and Programming – Amanda Grenier
LPP8: Family Homelessness
- Beyond Housing First: A Holistic Approach to Family Homelessness in Canada – Carolann Barr
- Ending Family Homelessness in Waterloo Region – Angela Pye
LPP9: Homelessness Prevention
- Homeless Prevention Program – An Example of Service Delivery Innovation – Lori Dennis
- BC Housing – Dominic Flanagan
- Developing a Prevention Approach in England – Rick Henderson
- The Reintegration Centre – Providing Reintegration Support and Services for TSDC Releasees in South Etobicoke – Amber Kellen
Youth 4: Housing Options for Youth
- Youth Homelessness Toolkits – Allyson Marsolais
- Rights of Passage Program – Chelsea Minhas
20K4: Using the campaign for engagement and advocacy
- Using the Campaign for Engagement and Advocacy – Tim Richter
- Engagement and Advocacy in the Campaign Context – Jake Maguire
HF7: Integrating recovery guidelines and practice when delivering Housing First
- Using Recovery Oriented Practice in Housing First – Brian Dean Williams and Aimee LeBlanc
HF8: Housing support and landlord retention
- Housing Support and Landlord Retention – Rochelle Lalonde
RP7: Identifying effective responses to youth homelessness
- Does a Specialized Outreach Mental Health Team for Homeless Youth with Addiction and Psychotic Disorders Contribute to End Homelessness? – Amal Abdel-Baki
- Retaining a Sample of Youth Homelessness – Cheryl Forchuk
- An Ethnographic Study of Homeless Youth Transitions to Independent Housing – Naomi Thulien
RP8: Addressing Aboriginal homelessness in Canada
Day 3 – November 04, 2015
LPP1: What role do emergency shelters play in ending homelessness?
- What Role Can Emergency Shelters Play in Ending Homelessness? The Salvation Army’s 7 Operating Principles – Alison Kooistra
- Housing First: Policy and Practice: Considerations for Shelters in Toronto – Gordon Tanner
- What Role do Emergency Shelters Plan in Ending Homelessness? – Bradley Harris
- The Role of Shelters in Ending Homelessness – Stacey Carmichael