On this week’s podcast, we are joined by Jen Taylor of Blue Sea Philanthropy and Dr.Darlene Sparks Washington from Portsmouth Volunteers for the Homeless to talk about the Coldest Night of the Year Event that is happening across North America on February 24th, 2024. We talk about the origins of the event, it’s growth over the years and now into the U.S, how it’s impacted Dr. Washington’s charity, and the hopes for the future of CNOY

To create clarity, transparency and efficiency in the work of social service agencies and the police do together through their interactions in the community, the York Regional Police and social service organizations in York Region came together to create a memorandum of understanding that is shared with both staff and officers, ultimately resulting in better serving their most vulnerable across the Region. This week, we are joined by Detective, Tom Muir from the YRP and Alex Cheng, a Director...

Frequent On The Way Home guest John Fox, the Managing Partner at Robins Appleby joins us to discuss four new bills related to housing in Ontario that have passed in the last year and a half. We talk about the bills, both the positive and the challenges, and what suggestions John has moved forward that might create a larger impact around ending our housing crisis. As always, John is brilliant, fun and creative in his approach, and it’s a conversation that you won’t want to miss!

This week we are joined by Annie Hodgins, the Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR). In this episode, we learn about Annie’s journey into the work, what CCHR's focus and challenges are, and all about a new campaign called “Secure Homes for Renters” that looks to create change and impact in keeping people across the country in affordable rental housing for the foreseeable future.

Do Good Better. That’s the title of Sam Watts book, which looks at taking the best intentions and turning them into the greatest impact. He’s done exactly that in his work as CEO at Welcome Hall Mission, and we chat all about that as well as his work on the National Housing council and so much more. A great listen!

Imagine if you could reduce the costs of building affordable housing while reducing the carbon footprint of it at the same time. This week I’m joined by Gil Yaron, who is the Managing Director of Circular Innovation of Light House, an organization based in Vancouver working on advancing regenerative and circular practices in the built environment. Gil and I talk about how we can reuse buildings through relocation instead of demolition, and as well reuse building materials to increase the...

Robert Pradolin from Housing All Australians joins us this week on the pod to share his very successful model of engaging the private sector in repurposing vacant buildings for short-term affordable housing.

This week I’m joined by 3 inspiring leaders from Humane Canada, Sue, Andrea and Claire to talk about their impactful ACT Project that seeks to address systemic barriers for women with animals (companion, farmed, and service) experiencing gender-based violence, including affordable housing and shelter.

This week we are thrilled to have 3 guests on the podcast to talk about an amazing new opportunity from CMHC. Leah Cogan from CMHC’s Innovation and Partnership division joins us to talk about a new funding opportunity to scale housing innovation across Canada. She is joined by Oren Singer the CEO and co-founder of Sparrow, and Jessica Long, the Manager of Education at the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights, two leaders from the sector who share the work they are doing in the sector that is...

For over 40 years Steve Pomeroy has been teaching, advising and consulting on Housing and Homelessness across Canada. He joins us on the pod this week dropping incredible insights on how we got into this crisis and paths forward out of it. It’s a must listen.

This week on the pod we welcome Gracen Johnson from CMHC as we talk about "Level Up" the fifth round of the Housing Supply Challenge. We discuss the two streams, what a successful application could look like and what the hopes are for this round of the challenge. A great chance to learn about a exciting opportunity for new funding from CMHC!, take a listen!

What would happen if we provided youth experiencing homelessness with a monthly cash transfer to support them with housing and other costs of living? Executive Director of Point Source Youth, Larry Cohen joins us on this week’s podcast to discuss his incredible work with agencies across the U.S. providing youth with cash transfers as a way to prevent homelessness.

This week are joined by the brilliant Carolyn Whitzman who talks about the impactful policy work she is doing, her new book titled “Clara at the Door with a Revolver: The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That Shocked Toronto” and her incredible journey into this field of work which has taken her across the world!

Can a blanket change someone’s life? Gregory Ould from Blanket BC thinks so! Ould joins us on this week’s podcast to talk about how a random encounter with a person experiencing homelessness changed his life and his sons life and inspired him to start Blanket BC, an organization that has provided hundreds of thousands of blankets over the last 18 years to those most in need.

Front line hero, musician, politician, academic, and live expert. Housing Advocate Leigh Bursey has worn all of those hats over the years and continues to be a strong voice and supporter to Canadians experiencing poverty and homelessness. He joins us on this week’s pod to share his journey and wisdom in a podcast you don’t want to miss!

The week on the pod we have special guests Nik Schruder and Charlie Aucoin to talk about CMHC's commitment to Climate change, and how organizations can apply to be part of the solution through the new Canada Greener Affordable Housing program

This week we are joined by Modupe, Nemoy and Cecile, three amazing team members from the Hogan’s Alley Society in BC, to talk about their incredible research that they’ll be presenting at the CAEH conference, around “Mitigating barriers to safe and affordable housing for Black Communities.”. We chat about how the project came together, what the key learnings were and what their hopes are for the research moving forward.

What part does design play in the acceptance of affordable housing in communities? Find out that and much more on this week's podcast as we are joined by Rebecca Siggner, Manager of Research at BC Housing.

This week on the pod we are joined by Alan Mulawshyn, the Deputy Executive Director of Veteran’s House Canada, about the impactful work he and his team are doing so support veterans in need of housing and wrap around supports in the Ottawa area. He shares his journey into this work, insights into veteran’s experiencing homelessness, and how Veteran’s House Canada has continued to grow to meet the growing needs of Canada’s veterans.

Libraries play an important role in community development, including supporting people experiencing homelessness. This week we are joined by Sarah Tarcea from the North Vancouver Library, to talk about the work they are doing to create access and support for Vancouver’s most vulnerable

This week we talk to Tyler Meredith, a policy expert who helped to craft the 2019 and 2021 election platforms for the Liberal party. We talk about his journey into policy work, some of the work he is most proud of in his time in government, what needs to be done to move us forward out of this housing crisis, and a unique policy solution both he and Alan Broadbent put together that would be both cost effective and impactful in creating new deeply affordable housing

Listen in this week on the podcast, as we are joined by the brilliant Keir MacDonald, CEO of Coast Mental Health. He helps us to debunk some of the stigmas around mental health, why it’s so important to have supportive and affordable housing options for people exiting healthcare or treatment, and what has to change in order for us to make serious progress in ending homelessness moving forward

Housing veteran Keith Gowans, CEO of Aloft Housing joins us on the pod to chat about the innovative housing solutions him and his team at Aloft have come up with, that provide an affordable, convenient and speedy way to create the housing Canadians desperately need.

In May 2023, researcher Nick Flavo and General Manager of the Canadian Chartered Institute of Housing, Mary Clarke organized a study tour of Housing professionals and individuals from policing in New York City, to explore programs and work being done around housing and preventing and ending homelessness. They join us to talk about the tour and the learnings from their time in NYC, as well as where future study tours might take place.