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This week Tim Coldwell, the Co-Founder and CEO of Énska Advisors joins us on the podcast to chat about his incredible journey at the helm of one of Canada’s largest and most innovative general contractors, how he recently chose to re-invent himself by starting Enska Advisors, and finally about his Fifty by 50 challenge to address the well documented skilled trades shortage. You won’t want to miss this inspiring conversation!
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This week we are joined by Lara, Alesia, Jill and Denise, four experts from slightly different areas involving Seniors and Homelessness. A doctor specializing in harm reduction and supporting those experiencing homelessness, a social worker specializing in seniors, a geriatrician, and PhD in Health geography. We chat about a recent research paper Jill led with Alesia about how Toronto’s Homeless Shelters are failing our seniors, what Dr. Lara is seeing in her senior patients in Calgary, and what the research is showing Denise around seniors and homelessness in British Columbia. We talk about the challenges, the solutions and our hopes for the future when it comes to supporting seniors experiencing homelessness.
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This week, podcast regular Nick Falvo joins us along with Mel and Julie from CHRA and Emily from A Way Home Canada, to talk about a recent study tour that took a group of Canadians to London, England to learn about some of the amazing work they are doing to create affordable housing and end homelessness. We talk about what they learned, surprises along the way, what we can bring back to Canada and what we might be able to share with the good folks in the UK. This podcast was a ton of fun and really eye opening! As well we talk about next year’s plan for a study tour in Finland! You won’t want to miss it!
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This week on the pod we are joined by the brilliant Khulud Baig, Director of Policy and Community Engagement at the Women’s National Housing and Homeless Network, and Michele Biss, the National Director at the National Right to Housing Network to chat about their new Solutions Lab project they’ve been working on with a focus on creating Shelter Standards for Women and Gender Diverse people. We chat about how it came about, what the feedback has been so far, and what next steps in the process are. You don’t want to miss it!
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Today on the 'On The Way Home' we welcome the senior housing panel to discuss aging.
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This week we are joined by Elle, Ebony and Jessica from CMHC to chat about a new tool, “Capital Connect” that helps to connect non profits in need of capital to build housing, and investors who are looking to invest. We talk about how it came about, who it’s for, how it works, and how our listeners can access it. That and much, much more on this week’s On The Way Home podcast.
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On this week’s pod, we talk with film maker Alex Sheremet about the documentary he made along with Joel Parrish, looking at the brilliant life of poet and novelist Bruce Parrish. We talk about Bruce’s experiences with homelessness, mental health and addiction, and how he pushed forward to share his art with the world, and why they decided to document his life and work after his passing.
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This week on the pod we are joined by researcher Negar Shahryari to talk about what homelessness looks like in the Middle East and South Africa (MESA). She walks us through the research she and her colleagues published, and the challenges they faced in putting it together, as well as what her hopes are moving forward in the future.
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This week on the pod, I speak with CEO of Social Innovation Canada, on the role social innovation plays in solving the housing crisis. We talk about Social Innovation Canada’s beginnings, how they’ve pivoted in the last few years, some great examples of social innovation in housing, who some of their partners are, and finally on her hopes for the future. It’s one you won’t want to miss!
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This week on the pod, we are joined by lived expert Kenn Bell who shares his life and housing journey with us from childhood to the present. He talks about how a family health challenge pushed the family out of their home, the challenges they faced, and how he’s always found a way to give back now matter where he was in his cross country travels. Its an inspiring, hopeful and beautiful conversation, and one you won’t want to miss
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Indwell- 50 years of building and providing affordable housing that transforms lives” – “This week on the pod we are joined by Indwell CEO Jeff Neven to talk about the inspiring and incredible work Indwell continues to lead in the affordable housing space. We touch on the history of Indwell, what makes Indwell unique in the space, some of the projects they’ve done, the partnerships they’ve made, what they are working on now, and what has to happen in the future in order to create the affordable housing our country desperately needs
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Innovative ways to develop capital for the development of affordable housing” – “This week on the pod we speak with Suzanne Fazia, the Knowledge Lead at Tapestry Community Capital, on role of community bonds to help raise capital to build and acquire affordable housing. She shares some examples of Tapestry’s past work, what they are working on now, and breaks down how the purchase of community bonds truly can work to support non-profits and charities in raising the capital they need to move their mission forward.”
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A conversation with CEO of Spotlight Development, Sherry Larjani” – “This week on the pod we are joined by Sherry Larjani, the inspirational CEO of Spotlight Development. We talk about how in 2019 she developed “Reina”, a project with Canada's first all-female development team to raise awareness of gender inequality in the industry and the many roles women can play, how Spotlight came to be, and her hopes for the future of Spotlight and it’s role in developing affordable housing.”
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On a special podcast this week, we are joined by experts Tim Richter(CAEH), Courtney Lockhart (CHFC), Carolyn Whitzman, Nick Gefucia (EllisDon Community Builders) and Andrew McKenzie (ONPHA) to talk about the recent budget dropped by the Federal Government with the biggest investment in housing since the 2nd World War. We talk about what they got right, what might have been missed, what has to happen next, and much, much more
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We might not often think of Appraisers as an important part of keeping housing affordable, but they absolutely play a large part. Eric Tworo, President of the Ontario Association of the Appraisal Institute of Canada joins us on the pod to talk about the role appraisers play in housing, how they help to keep it affordable, what skills are involved and how there are unique pieces to appraising affordable housing, and lastly how the non-profit sector is a growth area for the profession moving forward.
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Ian Arthur, President and COO of Nidus3D, a 3D builder home construction, joins us to talk about the technology, how it can help address our housing crisis, the challenges it might bring, the projects they have completed or are working on, and his hopes for the future with 3D printing technology in building affordable homes faster.
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Ashley Travis, from the PEI Humane Society joins us to talk about the challenges in her province around housing vulnerable individuals whose families include pets. Current policy allows landlords to choose to not rent to individuals with pets, and this has resulted in more pets needing sheltering with the Humane society, and a traumatic separating of people from their pets. Ashley talks about what needs to happen to change this trend, and some of the pieces her organization is doing to support individuals going through this experience.
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This week we are joined by Ray Sullivan the Executive Director of the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, and Katie Maslechko, the CEO of Rental Protection Fund in BC. They along with two other partners, have come together to form a coalition called the “Canadian Housing Acquisition Fund”, or “Canadian Housing AF”. We talk about the need for acquiring affordable housing and not just building new, how in BC they’ve done a provincial version of this already with great success, and how the ask of $2.5 billion hopes to create 10,000 new affordable housing units over the next 2 years. It’s one pod you don’t want to miss!
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Over the last 6 years, BC Housing has built more housing than any other government agency in Canada. Sara Goldvine, the Vice President of Equity and Corporate Affairs at BC Housing joins us to talk about this work, the challenges they face and how they overcome them (ie. NIMBYISM), and what the future looks like for the organization.
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This week we are joined by housing experts Steffan Jones and Jolene Livingston, two of the leads in the newly formed Partners for Affordable Housing a long-term framework that works with non-profit providers, private, public and philanthropic partners seeking solutions to one of Canada’s most pressing social crises to secure more funding, innovate and ideate, increase awareness, offer expertise, and help to share the risk in developing affordable housing.
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