2018 Conference Presentations

LPP2: Family Homelessness

• Building an Effective Response to Family Homelessness – Grace Baldwin, Good Shepherd Family Centre

COH1: Building a Portrait of Homelessness in Canada: Identifying and Addressing Data Gaps

• National Homelessness Data – Annie Duchesne, Employment and Social Development Canada

COH2: Housing & Homelessness in the Canadian North

• Responding to Homelessness in Yellowknife – Nick Falvo, Carleton University
• It’s a Tough Game: Navigating Housing Monopolies in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories – Julia Christensen, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Lisa Freeman, Kwantlen University
• Making Housing Home: Inuit Contests with Place, Space and Time in Settlement Living – Presenter Name

LPP3: Exploring Peer Involvement

• Safe at Home Through Voices Influencing Change – Kerry Nolan and Kate Mechan, Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition

IH3: Tsi iakwanakere (Our Community): Indigenous Culturally Relevant Service Models for a Safe Place to Call Home

• Using a Community Driven Research Approach to Address Issues of Urban Indigenous Homelessness – Julian Robbins, Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres
• Indigenous Homelessness Issues Ottawa: Identifying Solutions Through Respectful Dialogue with Community Members That Have Lived Experience – Elena Abel, Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition

WH3: Women’s Homelessness in Europe: Lessons for Canada?

• Women’s Homelessness in Europe; Recognition and Response – Joanne Bretherton, University of York

HF3: The Practicalities, Challenges and Successes of Housing First in Europe

• How can we Scale up Housing First? The Challenges and Successes of the Housing First Europe Hub – Raymond Landry, The Homelessness Network
• Housing First in Britain and Europe: Practicalities, Challenges and Successes – Nicholas Pleace, University of York

HF4: Lessons and Successes in Housing First Collaborations

• The Homelessness Network – A Successful, Diversified, Community Services Based Partnership – Raymond Landry, The Homelessness Network
• Creating a Housing First Collaborative Within the Region of Peel – Cory O’Handley and Kathryn Gibb, Services and Housing in the Province, Kelly-Anne Salerno, Region of Peel

AWH2: Youth Homelessness Prevention

• A Road map for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness in Canada – Stephen Gaetz, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, Melanie Redman, A Way Home Canada, Kaitlin Schwan, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
• Toronto Family &amp Natural Support Project – Justin Sage-Passant, Covenant House Toronto

COH3: Lessons in Homelessness Prevention

• Emergency Response vs. Prevention: Shelter Staff Perspectives on Shelter Effectiveness – Jenny Lam, Raising the Roof

COH4: Exploring Health Interventions and Outcomes Among People Experiencing Homelessness

• Assessing the Needs of Vulnerable Sub-populations: A Review of Best Practices in Response to the Opioid Crisis – Nicole Williams, University of Calgary
• Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve Health and Social Outcomes: Building Health Networks for Canada’s Homeless and Vulnerably Housed Populations – Nicole Pinto, Bruyere Research Institute and Tim Aubry, University of Ottawa

WORKSHOPS

• Homelessness in Europe: Rising Levels, Falling Levels and the Pursuit of a Functional Zero – Nicholas Pleace, University of York
• How to End Homelessness? Housing First as a National Strategy in Finland – Juha Kaakinen, Y-Foundation
• Mobilizing the Faith Community in Ending Homelessness – Michael Shapcott, Church of the Holy Trinity – Trinity Square
• Innovative Police Responses to Homelessness – Cst. Devon Ouellette, Calgary Police Service
• What Veterans Affairs Canada is Doing to Support Homeless Veterans – Kerri Kightly, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
• From Streets to Prison and Back Again – Kassandra Churcher
• Solving Homelessness in London, Ontario – Laura Cornish, City of London

Opening Plenary

• Slides

LPP5: An Introduction to By-Name Lists

• Lessons Learned in Developing a By-Name List – Kelly Goz, City of Windsor
• System Overhaul: Lessons from the Ending and Veteran Homelessness Initiative – Nonie Brennan, All Chicago

IH6: Lessons on Housing First for First Nations and Inuit Peoples from Montreal

• Housing Needs and Preferences of First Nations and Inuit Men and Women Experiencing Housing Instability in Montreal – Eric Latimer, McGill University

WH4: Weaving Gender into the National Housing Strategy

• Weaving Gender in a National Strategy for Housing – Colette Prevost, YWCA Toronto

WH5: Facing Homelessness: An Arts-Based Exploration of Homelessness for Women

• The Homeless Woman – Who is She? – Eva Kratochvil, Hiatus House

HF5: Challenges, Learnings and Successes: Housing First Implementation in Small, Rural Communities

• Housing First in Small Communities: Successes and Challenges from the Yellowknife Housing First Program – Lauren Gostick and Janine Olifie, Yellowknife Women’s Society – Yellowknife Housing First Program

HF6: Programs and Services to Support People Discharged, Exiting Care, and Released from Corrections

• Bridge to Work and Home – Mark Stephen and Rachelle Van Dijk, The Bridge Prison Ministry

COH5: Research Roundup

• Student Homelessness in Post Secondary Schools: An Introductory Case Study – Eric Weissman, University of New Brunswick

COH6: Knowledge to Action: Mobilizing Research to Impact on Policy

• Making Research Matter – Stephen Gaetz, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
• Knowledge to Action: Mobilizing Research to Impact on Policy – David MacKenzie, Swinburne University of Technology

LPP8: Lessons from the Implementation of HIFIS 4

• Moving Towards a Coordinated Community Data System Using HIFIS 4: The Whys and the Hows – Adam Anderson, CDHPD/HPS
• HIFIS 4.0 in London: Sharing Information to Solve Homelessness – It Can be Done – Jonathon Rivard, City of London

WH7: Exploring Research on Women’s Homelessness

• Strengths of Older Women Living in Hidden Homelessness – Annie Boucher, Laurentian University

HF7: Evaluating Housing First: Process and Results from Four Collaborations

• Beyond a Demonstration Project: Evaluating and Supporting Housing First in a Real-World Context – Jim Dunn, McMaster University; Amanda DiFalco and Yolisa de Jager, City of Hamilton

HF8: A Focus on Housing: Transforming Shelters to Housing First Providers

• Lessons Learned: Applications of Housing First Programming in an Emergency Shelter Environment – Brent Retzlaff and Vanessa Gamblin, Siloam Mission
• Back to the Basics – Practical Application of Housing First Fundamentals – Natalie Noble and Kevin Webb, Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre
• Housing Chronic Shelter Stayers Through Collective Impact: Data Driving Innovative Collaboration to Effectively Target and Triage into Housing First Programs – Steven Richardson and Candice Giammarino, Calgary Homeless Foundation, Candise Knobbe, The
  Calgary Drop In & Rehab Centre Society

AWH4: School Based and Early Interventions

• Presentation – Elisa Traficante, Raising the Roof
• Youth Reconnect in Hamilton – Jessica Ward, Good Shepherd Youth Services
• School Based and Early Interventions – David Mackenzie, Swinburne University of Technology

LPP9: Systems Integration and Community Planning

• 16 Things I Wish I Knew About System Planning and Performance Management When I Started This Job – Jennifer Tipple, End Homelessness St. John’s (EHSJ)
• Systems Integration: An Ecosystem Approach – Alina Turner, Turner Strategies, Diana Kreczy, Calgary Homeless Foundation
• Addressing Youth Homelessness through Integration – Melanie Redman, A Way Home Canada

LPP10: Homelessness in Later Life: Insights and Experiences from Across Canada

• The Social Determinants of Health in Life and Death – Naheed Dosani, Inner City Health Associates
• Homelessness in Late Life: Unequal Aging on the Streets, in Shelters, and Long-Term Care – Amanda Grenier, McMaster University, Alex Zsager and Nick Falvo, Calgary Homeless Foundation
• Perspectives on Health and Housing in the Canadian North – Carol Kauppi, Centre for Research in Social Justice and Policy
• Beyond Housing: Creating a Sense of Place after Later Life Homelessness – Christine Walsh, University of Calgary and Hilary Chapple

IH10: Exploring models of Housing First for Indigenous Peoples

• Beyond Housing: Creating a Sense of Place after Later Life Homelessness Christine A. Walsh; Victoria Burns, Jennifer Hewson; Natalie St-Denis & Hillary Chapple

WH8: Building a Peer Support Program to Fit Your Organization

• Building a Peer Support Program to Suit Your Organization – Leigh Stratton, Shepherds of Good Hope

HF9: Assessing the Fidelity of Your Housing First Program: An Interactive Workshop

• Housing First Program Fidelity: Is It Housing First? – Sam Tsemberis, Pathways to Housing
• HF Program Fidelity Methods, Measures, Domains, and Item Examples – Tim Aubry, University of Ottawa

COH9: Building Effective Partnerships

• Making the Shift: Lessons Learned and Innovative Practices for Supporting People with Lived Experience Working in Research Capacities – Lauren Kimura and Cora MacDonald, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
• Forging Partnerships and Meaningful Collaboration: Multiple Perspectives on the Development of Toronto’s Youth Homelessness Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness – Cheyanne Ratnam, A Way Home Toronto

COH10: Bridging Research and Practice: A Case Study of Two Housing First for Youth Demonstrations from Ottawa and Toronto

• Bridging Research and Practice: A Case Study of Two Housing First for Youth Demonstrations from Ottawa and Toronto – Canadian Observatory on Homelessness

HF10: Innovative Housing First Supports and Programs

• Diffi cult Equals Success: The Housing First Hoarding Specialist – Cory O’Handley and Agnes Mocko, Services and Housing in the Province

LPP11: Using Early Intervention and Shelter Diversion to Prevent Chronic Homelessness

• Diversion Practice in Edmonton – Andrea Ness, Homeward Trust Edmonton

WH10: Examining Homelessness for Newcomer and Racialized Women

• The Colour of Poverty – Diane Walter and Anna Stranges, Margaret Fazier House
• Examining Gaps in Services for Immigrant and Refugee Women and Children who are Trapped in Canada’s Emergency Shelters – Meagan Bristowe, University of Calgary

HF11: Projet Logement Montreal: Results of a Four Agency Housing First Consortium in Montreal

• Projet Logement Montreal: Results of a Four Agency Housing First Consortium in Montreal – Catherine Giroux and Charlotte De Ernsted, Projet Logement Montréal

HF12: Models for Embedding People with Lived Experience of Homelessness as a Housing First Best Practice

• Embedding Peer Support into Housing First – Catharine Vandelinde and Claude Lurette, Options Bytown Non-Profit Housing Corporation
• I’m Right Here with You: Peer Support as a Housing First Best Practice – Shannon Whissell and Lisa Crossman, Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness

AWH6: Changing Organizational Culture to Better Support Young People

• Change Management – Creating a Culture Shift – Carol Howes, Covenant House Toronto
• Enhancing Natural Supports for Vulnerable Youth – Kim Ledene, Boys and Girls Clubs of Calgary

COH12: Realizing the Right to Housing in Canada Through the National Housing Strategy

• Presentation – Cheyenne Ratnam, A Way Home Toronto
• Realizing the Right to Housing in Canada Through the National Housing Strategy 
  Emily Paradis, University of Toronto
  Stephen Gaetz, Observatoire Canadien sur l’itinérance
  Helen Luu, Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario
  Debbie McGraw and Al Wiebe, Canadian Lived Experience Advisory Council
  Kim A. Hines and Suzi Gursoy, Lived Experience Advisory Council
  Cheyenne Ratnam, A Way Home Toronto

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• Spotlight on Rural and Remote Youth Homelessness – A Way Home
• Developing By-Name Priority List: Lessons Learned – City of Hamilton
• Starting with the Foundation: Opportunities Under the National Housing Strategy – Presenter Name
• By-Names List Cohort: Learning Session Day 1 – 20 000 Homes Campaign (CAEH)
• Reduce Cohort: Learning Session Day 1 – 20 000 Homes Campaign (CAEH)
• Nothing About Us Without Us
• Early Intervention in Edmonton – Homeward Trust Edmonton