On The Way Home

Feb 05 2025 208 ep. 39 mins 32

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On the Way Home is a podcast that brings together the voices and issues involved in ending homelessness in Canada.
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Preventing Youth Homelessness in Wales with Bill Rowlands

Feb 05 2025 48 mins

This week we sit down with Bill Rowlands-, Head of End Youth Homelessness Cymru to chat about the work they are doing to prevent youth homelessness. We talk about some cool peer led research around neurodiversity and youth homelessness, their newly launched podcast and a very interesting new tool they’ve borrowed from the U.S called YEXLS, Youth Justice Simulation. Hosted on

The United Way steps into Social Purpose Real Estate with Stefphon and Ruth

Jan 29 2025 48 mins

This week Michael sits down with Ruth Crammond, VP of Community Infrastructure, and Stefphon Nibs, Director of Community Infrastructure at the United Way of the GTA to talk about their new initiative around Community Real Estate. In the discussion, we talk about how it came about, what it's all about, and the hopes for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/

Food insecurity and the affordability crisis with Sahar and Richard

Jan 22 2025 45 mins

This week Michael sits down with Sahar Raza, Vice President of Research and Advocacy at Daily Bread Food Bank, and Richard Martern, Director of Research at Food Banks Canada, to talk about the massive growth in food insecurity across the country due to the growing decline in affordability. We chat about what the research is showing them, what has to change for the usage of foo

Making home ownership affordable across Canada, a chat with Habitat for Humanity Canada, CEO, Pedro Barata

Jan 15 2025 51 mins

This week on the pod I sit down with Pedro Barata, newly crowned CEO of Habitat for Humanity Canada for a chat. We talk about his journey into this work, the work of Habitat for Humanity Canada, their 3rd Annual Affordable Housing Survey, and the adjustments Habitats across the country are making with the cost of housing continuing to rise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva

Housing as Infrastructure with Martin Joyce

Jan 08 2025 30 mins

This week on the pod we have Martin Joyce, a Partner at Deloitte with a focus on Housing join us to talk about Housing as Infrastructure. We dive into his background in housing in both Australia and Canada and also talk about how seeing housing from a different perspective might be the key to progress in moving forward in our current housing crisis. A conversation yo

Why Government Relations strategy matters in the battle to end homelessness

Jan 01 2025 48 mins

This week on the pod we welcome 3 brilliant experts in the area of Government Relations to talk about the work they do in helping organizations earn the ear of government in their work to end homelessness and create affordable housing. Danya Vered, Jacob Gorenkoff, and Maggie Rodrigues join us to discuss why housing is top of mind for all levels of government and what the

Making Housing Matter as a City Councilor with Ariel Troster

Dec 26 2024 37 mins

This week on the pod we have the dynamic Ariel Troster, a City Council member for Somerset ward in the City of Ottawa. We chat about why she is such a crusader of change for affordable housing, what homelessness looks like in Ottawa, how citizens can be the change they want to see, and much, much more. It’s an inspiring conversation you won’t want to miss Hosted

An ounce of prevention with Melanie & Stephen

Dec 18 2024 59 mins

This week on the pod we have Melanie Redman, CEO of A Way Home Canada, and Stephen Gaetz, President of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and Co-Director with Melanie of Making the Shift- Youth Homelessness Social Innovation Lab, to talk about the importance of prevention programming in ending youth homelessness, and the upcoming International Conference on Youth Ho

How can the Non-profit sector play a bigger role in affordable housing

Dec 11 2024 62 mins

The non-profit sector wants and needs to play a larger part in developing affordable housing. How can that happen? Jeanhy Shim and Mukhtar Latif from Crosswalk Communities are on the pod this week to share their innovative ideas on how they can enable non-profits to build affordable housing through creative and well-researched models of financing. We chat about

Fixing the Housing Crisis with Carolyn Whitzman

Dec 04 2024 51 mins

This week on the pod we welcome back the brilliant Carolyn Whitzman who has just released a new book called “Home Truths- Fixing the Housing Canada’s Housing Crisis”. We chat about how the book came about, how we got into this mess in the first place in regard to the housing crisis, what we need to consider when we are trying to get a pulse on what’s needed in terms of