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Out of the Blue is a weekly podcast that invites guests and experts in the field of housing and homelessness to educate and create awareness around some of gaps and challenges across Canada, as well an some of the amazing innovations and programs that are moving forward. Your host Michael presents a new perspective and interesting guest each week.
This week hosts Michael Braithwaite from Blue Door and Mike Wixson look back and talk about their favourite podcasts of the over 90 Out of the Blue episodes recorded, as they make a very special announcement about what is next for the podcast- #Top5
Since 1978 Sister Mary Scullion has been working with Philadelphia’s most vulnerable as the Co-Founder of Project Hope, an organization focused on supportive housing, employment, health and education. She joins us this week on the Out of The Blue podcast, along with Project Home resident and employee Yishya Byard. Did we mention one of her supporters is none other than Jon Bonjovi? Don’t miss this amazing podcast!
President and CEO of the Building Industry and Land Development Association(BILD), Dave Wilkes joins us on the Out of the Blue podcast by Blue Door where we discuss government’s role in getting more new housing built, how process effects the cost of housing, the keys to getting more rental housing built, and how the pandemic has effected the industry. You don’t want to miss this one!
Instead of retiring, Dr.Karl Stobbe decided to work with people experiencing homelessness. Join us on Out of The Blue as he shares the story of starting medical clinics across Niagara for those most in need
Her story of homelessness & addiction, inspired many when it was published in Toronto Life a few years back. The incredible Emily Wright, Teacher, Advocate and Lived Expert, joins us to share her amazing and inspirational story
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This week we are joined on the Out of The Blue podcast by Elisa Birnbaum, Journalist, Podcaster & author, talking about some of the most amazing changemakers in the social sector.
She created a lot of attention with her use of the “Mr Men” format for a book called “Little Miss Homelessness” to help bring the challenges and issues surrounding women facing homelessness to the forefront. Join us this week as academic and author, Harriet Earle-Brown joins us from the UK to talk about her book, her research and what she has planned for the future
Join us on Out of the Blue as we are joined by Leilani Farha and Kaitlin Schwan from The Shift to talk about the Global Homelessness Action on December 10th, where people experiencing homelessness around the world are collectively claiming their right to housing and demanding urgent action from governments.
On Vancouver’s East side, some of the province’s most vulnerable, are struggling to find affordable housing and meaningful, fair paying employment. Join us on Out of the Blue by Blue Door this week as we welcome Johanna Li, Program Manager at Embers in Vancouver, where she leads Embers Eastside works, a unique program that looks at leveraging the expertise of the community, developing partnerships and identifying key opportunities through one-on-one conversations, in developing a successful model for employment services that targets the most barriered individuals.
Join us on the Out of The Blue Podcast as we our guest Claire Elizabeth Williams, CEO of Foundations for Social Change, shares the incredible impact of the “New Leaf Project”, North America’s first direct giving project for people experiencing homelessness. The results will surprise & inspire you!
Forced out of the USA as a student, and not able to safely return home to the middle east, Hashim Al Hebshi, made the decision to walk across the boarder into Canada. While he felt safe in his new adopted home , he found himself facing homelessness for the first time, alone without his family at 21 years of age. Now an established Personal trainer, Hash shares his incredible journey this week on our Out of Blue Podcast.
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Charlene April, the Founder and Leader of Creating Roots Canada, an organization that supports youth leaving foster care with financial and emotional support to move forward in life, joins us on Out of the Blue this week to courageously share her journey through foster care and what inspired her to start this amazing organization making a real impact in the lives of youthCharlene April, the Founder and Leader of Creating Roots Canada, an organization that supports youth leaving foster care with financial and emotional support to move forward in life, joins us on Out of the Blue this week to courageously share her journey through foster care and what inspired her to start this amazing organization making a real impact in the lives of youth
Tune in to hear this incredible and personal story of how Alina Turner, the CEO and Co-Founder of Help Seeker is working with her team to revolutionize Systems Planning across the globe as a way to help prevent and end homelessness. Today's episode is sponsored by Shiftlink.
One of the most innovative and affordable ways to create new affordable housing is through building modular housing. Allison Dunnet, the Senior Planner for the City of Vancouver joins us on Out of the Blue to talk about the progress they’ve made using modular housing as well as other ways the City is working hard to prevent and end homelessness.
This week on OTB, the incredible John Fox, a partner at Robins Appleby with a long history in the development of social and affordable housing, joins us to talk about the successes, opportunities and challenges in working with the public and private sectors in creating affordable housing.
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Joining is in OTB is the incredible Rosanne Hagerty, CEO of Community Solutions, who is leading her team in taking a unique and effective approach to ending homelessness in America
His motto is “Go to the People”, and that is exactly what Dr. Jim Withers has been doing for over 28 years with the Street Medicine Institute, bringing health care to the most vulnerable. Join us on this very special episode of Out of the Blue to hear about Dr. Withers, who in 2015 was named by CNN as one of America’s top 10 heroes, incredible work and about the panel he’ll join on October 13th at 1pm, for the Odette Family Lecture series through St. Michaels Hospital, talking about tackling homelessness in the GTA. You can register to participate at https://zoom.us/j/92893125428?pwd=cGROT0dBWkFEa1lRaGRhZFl3SDhjQT09
When it comes to leading edge work in preventing and ending youth homelessness in Canada, Choices for Youth in St. John’s, Newfoundland is at the top of it’s game. Join us as their amazing Executive Director, Sheldon Pollett comes on the podcast to talk about the innovative and effective work him and his team are doing in Eastern Canada
Patrick Duce, From World Habitat joins us this week to talk about homelessness in Europe, and how the Covid 19 pandemic is effecting people experiencing homelessness across EU countries
Doctors can choose to practice in all sorts of different areas, but Dr. Kate Hayman’s heart has always resided with our community’s most vulnerable . She joins us on the OTB podcast to talk about her incredible work delivering clinical services to people experiencing homelessness in Toronto as the Co-Medical Director of the Covid recovery sites.
While many people are familiar with CMHC’s mortgage work, they don’t know about the transformation it’s taken on over the last 3 years to support some amazing innovative affordable housing projects. Steff Jones, Vice President of Innovation for CMHC, joins us on the Out of the Blue podcast to talk about this work and his hopes for the future of innovation in affordable housing across Canada
Amongst the need and pressure for more affordable and innovative projects to build affordable housing in Canada, Ene Underwood and her team at Habitat for Humanity GTA are continually growing, changing and progressing at a rapid rate. Ene joins us on the Out of the Blue Podcast to talk about the amazing work Habitat has underway and what projects they have planned for the future.
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There are so many people working so hard across the country to prevent human trafficking and support survivors. Casandra Diamond the Founding Director of BridgeNorth is a leader and well known advocate, working hard with her team to restore the inherent dignity and value of those who have experienced sexual exploitation through prevention and exit strategies, safety planning and advocacy. It’s an episode of Out of the Blue you won’t want to miss!
Join us this week on OTB as we welcome our guest Sam Dodge, the former Czar of homelessness in San Francisco who shares his experiences of preventing and ending homelessness in both New York City and San Francisco. It’s one episode you dare not miss!
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Join us on a very special episode of Out of the Blue as we discuss some hot of the press research around student homelessness in Canada with academics, Eric Weissman, Lisa Mader and Sarah Wogemuth
The Old Brewery Mission in Montreal has become a leader in innovative and successful practices to end homelessness in Canada. CEO Matthew Pearce joins us on the Out of the Blue Podcast by Blue Door, to talk about the strategic and effective partnerships he’s built with healthcare and academic professionals to move his organization’s mission forward, and as well around his laser focus on rapid rehousing vs sheltering people experiencing homelessness
The solution to ending homelessness is housing. Join us on the Out of the Blue Podcast by Blue Door, as David Nugent the Director of Canopy Housing in Leeds, England, talks about the amazing work Canopy Housing has done in repurposing existing vacant homes to create affordable, sustainable and long term housing for people experiencing homelessness.
Join us on this very special episode of Out of the Blue, as we speak with the brilliant and passionate, Meg Inwood, a lived expert who courageously shares her experience of homelessness, safe supply, and how all of us can better channel our efforts to help those experiencing homelessness
After a long battle with poor mental health and domestic violence, Sara found herself cross-addicted and homeless. Join us on the Out of the Blue Podcast by Blue Door, as she courageously shares her story of how she overcame these trauma’s and more to successfully complete schooling and move forward with a new life
Marie Morrison, the Director of Built for Zero Canada joins us on the Out of the Blue Podcast to talk about Built for Zero, an ambitious national change effort helping a core group of leading communities end chronic homelessness and veteran homelessness. Over 30 communities across 7 provinces have jumped on board in this amazing campaign that is leading the way in eliminating homelessness across the country.
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Ontario MPP and former Minister of Children and Youth Services, as well as Minister Responsible for Anti-Racism, Michael Coteau joins us for a great conversation on our Out of the Blue podcast around Basic Income, poverty, affordable housing and homelessness, and as well his hopes for the future of his party, Ontario and the rest of the country coming out of Covid-19
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There are so many smaller charities that are doing innovative work to end homelessness but who are cash limited in moving forward. Join us on a very special Out of the Blue Podcast, as President, Lou Odette of the P&L Odette Charitable Foundation, talks about his unique approach to ending homelessness through supporting longer term relationships with smaller charities doing this life changing work.
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To prevent the potential risk of homelessness we’ll need systemic change. Join us as CEO of Toronto CAS, Paul Rosebush and Child Advocate and First Voice Advocate in child welfare, homelessness, and gender-based violence sectors, Cheyanne Ratnam, join us on the Out of the Blue podcast to talk about the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto’s new and innovative program “Journey to Zero” which looks to shift their child welfare model to build better outcomes for children and families.
While homelessness across Canada is always a challenge, even more so in Canada’s biggest city, the City of Toronto. This week we are joined by Mary-Anne Bedard the city’s General Manager of Shelter, Support and Housing Administration on the OTB podcast where we discuss the challenges, both pre and post Covid19, and the some of the amazing innovations she and her team at the City are driving forward in the battle to prevent end homelessness in the next 10 years
In housing 331 people since March, the Region of Peel embraced the mindset of progress over perfection. Join us on a special OTB as Leslie Moreau, Manager of Client Services walks us through how they managed this extraordinary feat
In order for real change to occur, we need strong systemic solutions. Join us on Out of the Blue this week as our very special guest, Elizabeth McIsaac, President of Maytree, talks about the Right to Housing in Canada, and the incredible work Maytree is doing to reduce poverty and strengthen civic communities.
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While the Covid19 pandemic was felt by all, for the thousands of youth experiencing homelessness across Canada, their struggle became even tougher. Join us on a special Out of the Blue podcast, as David French, the Director of Policy and Director of Policy and Planning at Away Home Canada, talks about the devastating effect the pandemic had, how the sector has responded and what we’ll need to do moving forward. Visit www.bluedoor.ca
For over 30 years, Sam Tsemberis has been leading the charge to end homelessness and is widely seen as one of the leading experts in the field globally. The father of Housing First joins us on this very special episode of Out of the Blue, one you don’t want to miss!
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Some of the most impactful and innovative work that has been done to prevent and end youth homelessness has been done by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Calgary. Join us as inspirational CEO, Jeff Dyer talks to us about the work of the BGCC, his journey and some of the exciting work that is on it’s way in the near future
For years, Executive Director of Youth Opportunities Unlimited, Steve Cordes and his team have been quietly leading the way in preventing & ending homelessness in London, Ontario. Check it out as he drops some knowledge on this episode of OTB
Dr. Sandy Buchman, President of the Canadian Medical Association joins us on Out of the Blue to discuss the social determinants of health and how they relate to people experiencing homelessness and what he hopes we can learn from these challenging times of Covid19
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Australia has leading the way on homelessness prevention for years with the introduction of the Upstream project. Dr. David Mackenzie joins on the Out of Blue podcast to talk about his ground breaking work that is being duplicated across the world
While the pandemic has hit everyone hard, it has hit our nation’s most vulnerable the hardest. The talented, hard working and respected CEO of the Fred Victor Centre, Keith Hambly joins us on Out of the Blue to talk about how his team and the sector in the City of Toronto have rallied hard to make sure people experiencing homelessness are not left behind.
If we are to truly to prevent and end homelessness in Canada, we need to tell the stories of the people living through it. Journalist and former Toronto Star reporter, Emily Mathieu joins us on Out of the Blue to talk about her years writing about homelessness and housing policy, and the stories that have stuck with her to this day”
While there are many people doing wonderful things to help our country’s most vulnerable during this pandemic, 20 year old Leah Denbok is using her gifts as a very talented photographer to make sure people experiencing homelessness are not forgotten. Join us on this very special episode of Out of the Blue to hear her inspirational story
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Finland might be the first country in the world to actually end homelessness. Join us on Out of the Blue by Blue Door as our special guest Juha Kaakinen the Chief Executive of Y-Foundation in Finland joins us to talk about how they have made this incredible feat possible, and how in doing so has protected Finland’s most vulnerable during the Covid-19 crisis
Join us for this very special podcast with Dr. Peter Mackie from Wales as he talks us through how they are using the “Duty to Assist” to rapidly house individuals in need to help prevent homelessness
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Everyday in Canada, 1 in 4 women will experience violence in their household. Join us for this very special episode of Out of the Blue, as Lorris Herenda, Executive Director of Yellow Brick House helps us understand the magnitude of VAW, the services available to women, some of the work that is being done across Canada, and on the challenges Covid-19 has had on the sector
The Calgary Drop In Centre is the largest emergency housing program in Canada. In the past year, they’ve made remarkable new strides in rapidly rehousing their clients. Join us on Out of the Blue with our guest, CEO Sandra Clarkson as she talks about this amazing transformation, the challenges, the process and ultimately, the great success
What started as a few people wanting to help during this pandemic, had turned into a massive wave of good. Join us for this special episode of OTB as Yusuf Amhed from ConquerCovid19 talks about how over 100 volunteers are delivering much needed PPE, tablets, baby monitors and much more, to our country’s most vulnerable.
Join us on OTB as Tom Walker, a Clinical Traumatologist talks about trauma, it's relationship to homelessness & how the Covid19 crisis is greatly effecting those with addiction & mental health challenges
Ask most Canadians who is leading the way in ending youth homelessness, and one organization continually is mentioned. Covenant House supports and houses hundreds of youth each year and is continually implementing new programs to meet the ever changing needs of the youth they serve. Join us as their Executive Director, Mark Aston, one of the most innovative thinkers in this space, speaks with us on Blue Door's Out of the Blue podcast
While Covid19 is effecting us all, our most vulnerable are feeling it even more so. Listen to this very special episode of our Out of the Blue podcast by Blue Door as we make the voices of people experiencing homelessness heard as they share their fears & anxieties in these times of great challenge.
We can learn so much from the success of others internationally and Tamsin Sterling is no exception. Tune into Out of the Blue this week to hear about some of the innovative and ingenious work they are doing in Wales to prevent and end homelessness.
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Now more than ever every Canadian needs a safe place to call home. While this pandemic is challenging for all of us, even more so for the 235,000 Canadians who are experiencing homelessness. Join us for a conversation with Tim Richter, CEO of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, as we discuss how our country and communities are responding to Covid19, both the challenges and the successes, in supporting Canada’s most vulnerable. Donate to www.BlueDoor.ca
While the business community has always been keen to give back to help non profit charities, a way forward that would streamline their efforts into a measurable impact has been missing. Award winning entrepreneur and business owner Jody Steinhauer and Chief Kits Officer Lauren Ott, join us on the Out of the Blue podcast to discuss their incredible initiative Kits for a Cause that is providing a win/win for companies to give back and for non profits to see a truly meaningful impact.
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Micheal Braithwaite takes a few minutes to update us on what the current situation is in finding solutions for the potential of homeless people in York Region contracting the Coronavirus Covid19 and what measures are in place already to assist the region in caring for these people in isolation if it is needed.
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This amazing survivor of the streets where he grew up with his street family, courageously shares his story and how he grew into the person he is today working to help kids exiting care find a safe place to call home. Join us on out of the blue for an incredible chat with Erik Wexler.
In order to prevent and end youth homelessness, we have to think beyond adding more shelter beds. CEO, Clovis Grant from 360kids joins us on Out of the Blue to talk about their unique program Night Stop which pairs low risk youth experiencing homelessness with volunteer hosts in the community.
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Beyond emergency housing, Libraries and other social gathering spots provide people experiencing homelessness a safe place to go during the day. Ryan Dowd, who runs an Emergency Shelter in Chicago, IL, joins us on Out of the Blue to talk about his work training Librarians and others in retail around having positive interactions with people experiencing homelessness across North America
He's done some of the most important research in the country involving 2SLGBTQ youth, which has led to new programs, services and initiatives across Canada. Dr. Alex Abramovich joins us on Out of the Blue, sharing both his personal journey as well to talk about his amazing body of work, it's importance and what's needed next.
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He was still in his twenties when he decided to run for town council and won. Leigh Bursey is a seasoned town councilor, a musician and a crusader for affordable housing. When he speaks to the issue he doesn't just share what he's heard from those in need, but from his own personal lived experience. Listen to this incredibly passionate podcast from a truly unique and gifted individual on Blue Door's Out of the Blue
Indigenous peoples are greatly over represented among people experiencing homelessness in Canada and we must do a much better job of providing greater supports and programming to prevent and end it. We were honoured to have Steve Teekens, the Executive Director of Na-ma-res join us on Out of the Blue to talk about indigenous homelessness and some of the incredible work him and his team are doing to provide new solutions in ending it
Michael Braithwaite and Mike Wixson take a few moments to talk about how the CoronaVirus is affecting the homeless. Braithwaite gives an inside perspective on what is happening in the the sector helping the homeless. How this sector is dealing with self-isolation, the spread of the virus and staffing on the front lines.
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A big part of preventing homelessness resides in stopping unnecessary evictions. Join us on Out of the Blue as the passionate and wonderful Jonathan Robarts joins us to talk about eviction prevention and it's part in ending homelessness
While most communities are in need of some type of emergency housing, many don't have traditional emergency programs. Listen to Jon Braithwaite the CEO of the Hope Centre in Welland on the Out of the Blue podcast by Blue Door talk about some of their innovative programming that is working well to prevent and end homelessness in small town Ontario
While he's widely known across Canada for being an amazing professional broadcaster, Michael Landsberg has become one of the leading voices challenging the stigma around mental health. Through his non profit Sick not Weak, Michael continues to support thousands of people across the country as they battle mental health challenges. Listen to his honest, humble and passionate chat with us on this Out of the Blue podcast.
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Instead of complaining about the lack of resources to support people experiencing homelessness in his rural community of Peace River Alberta, Marc Boychuk took it upon himself to do something about it. Listen to his incredible story of how one person with passion and drive is saving lives and ending homelessness in small town Canada.
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Ryan Baillie, the Executive Director of Hockey Helps the Homeless, has worked with his team to raise millions across Canada to end homelessness. Join us to hear more about this incredible organization and how Canada’s greatest pastime is helping to give so many a safe place to call home
One of the clear paths forward to creating more affordable housing is through the development of more Co-operative Housing. Tim Ross, Executive Director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada joins us this week on Out of the Blue by Blue Door as we talk about this amazing and well tested solution to preventing and ending homelessness
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Youth have so much hope when it comes to escaping homelessness. Join us this week on OTB as Executive Director Steve Doherty tells us about the wonderful work him & his amazing team at Youth Without Shelter are doing to prevent & end homelessness in Toronto
Mayor of Oshawa, Dan Carter joins us on Out of the Bluep to share his inspiring & incredible story of addiction, homelessness & recovery on his way to becoming a community champion & politician
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He played a vital role in the creation of our National Housing Strategy, and continues to push forward to bring the Strategy to fruition in the battle to prevent and end homelessness. Listen to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Adam Vaughan share his incredible personal journey as well as his insight around the challenge of affordable housing and homelessness this week on Out of the Blue podcast by Blue Door
Homelessness prevention saves lives & saves costs. Listen to Mike Lethby from the Raft in Niagara talk about his game changing work he’s doing to prevent & end homelessness on this week’s episode of Out Of The Blue Subscribe to this podcast and visit BlueDoor.ca for more information
The road to success is a tricky and winding one. Before he developed the amazing national event "Coldest Night of the Year" raising millions to end homelessness, CEO of Blue Sea Philanthropy had an amazing personal journey of ups and downs. As we approach this year's event on February 22nd, listen to him this week on the Out of the Blue podcast by Blue Door
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We need to understand that paths into homelessness are complex. The incredible Dr. Sylvain Roy joins us on OTB to talk about his research and work on the Connecting the Dots project. You don’t want to miss this!
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There might not be a more powerful message than youth helping youth to end homelessness. These Grade 7 students at Kingsway College stepped up to do just that. Listen to their amazing podcast today
Housing is a Human Right but what does that mean exactly? Alyssa Brierly the Executive Director of the Centre for Equality Rights(CERA) joins us for a discussion around the great work they are doing around promoting human rights and housing stability in Canada.
Part of ending & preventing homelessness is providing people with meaningful and well paying employment. Marc Soberano joins us to talk about his amazing program “BuildingUp “ which launches people into careers in the trades.
Growing up with a hardworking single Mom, food was scarce for Chef Jagger Gordon. Knowing that feeling of an empty stomach and not wanting anyone to ever feel it, Chef Jagger leads his team of volunteers at Feed it Forward in rescuing millions of pounds of food to feed thousands each day.
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Leah Denbok is humanizing those experiencing homelessness through her mesmerizing photos. Join us on Out of the Blue as we hear the remarkable story of this 19 year old who is truly “being the change”.
He led the charge to build the first rental housing in over 25 years in Newmarket, and continues to be a strong advocate in the battle to end homelessness. Mayor John Taylor joins us to talk about the role of Municipal politicians in creating affordable housing and ending homelessness.
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He’s spent years in municipal and provincial politics, including being Ontario’s Minister of Housing. Listen to Chris Ballard talk about the ups and downs of his times in office and his hopes for the future of affordable housing and an end to homelessness.
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She is a survivor of the streets from an early age and has made it her mission to create awareness around youth homelessness and runaways. Listen to Marnie Grundman’s story of surviving to thriving on today’s episode Out of the Blue.
Sitting on a park bench in the late 90’s, addicted and homeless, Joe Roberts made a promise. Years later, clean and a successful CEO he made good on that promise pushing a shopping cart across Canada while raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in the battle to end homelessness. Listen to his fascinating journey on Out of the Blue!
Housing isn’t just a need, it’s a human right. UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, Leilani Farha joins us on Out of the Blue to talk about how the financialization of housing is leading to increased homelessness, and as well as to what housing as a human right means in the battle to end homelessness.
For so many animal lovers, their pets are their family. It’s not different for those experiencing homelessness. The inspirational Sylvia Braithwaite from Fred Victor joins us to talk about how Fred Victor led the way in making emergency housing pet friendly and how they continue to be innovative in ending homelessness in Toronto.
When they finally get the courage to leave being trafficked, they’ve got no safe place to go. Bonnie Harkness talks about 360kids and their innovative HOPE program helping youth escape human trafficking in York Region.
He's a master story teller and the CEO of United Way, Greater Toronto Area. This week's episode features Daniele Zanotti. LIsten in to hear the hard work they are doing to make homelessness impossible to ignore.
Game changers. That’s exactly what the Home Depot Foundation is, as they have been working tirelessly to prevent and end homelessness in Canada through the collective efforts from their team over the years in raising millions of dollars and providing hundreds of hours of volunteer time to their community partners. Join us this week to hear from Paulette Minard from the Home Depot Foundation to hear about this amazing foundation, why they do what they do and what they have planned for the future.
When we talk about ending homelessness in Canada, the name you most often hear people say is "Cathy Crowe". For years, this Street Nurse, advocate and recipient of the Order of Canada has been pushing hard to make sure no Canadian has to spend a life threatening night on the street. Hear her amazing story on this week's podcast
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Jim Lowther, VETS Canada A veteran himself, Jim was saddened by the number of veterans he was running into that were experiencing homelessness. Together with his wife Deb, he decided to take action to end veterans homelessness in Canada by forming VETS Canada, an organization dedicated to providing housing and supports to veterans in need. Visit BlueDoor.ca to find out more.
Juanita Kemp, Assistant Executive Director, The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command They put their lives on the line to keep our country safe and then many return to experience homelessness and poverty. Juanita Kemp from The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command joins us to talk about the amazing supports and work they are doing to support veterans who are experiencing homelessness in Canada.
Technology plays a part in ending homelessness. Join us this week as our guest CG Chen from Ample Labs talks about the new app that her company has developed to help people experiencing homelessness navigate the system to receive help quicker. This is a young person who saw a problem and set out to use their skills to help solve it.
Join us this week on Out of the Blue, as we speak with Terrilee Kelford an expert on Rural homelessness as well as being an innovator and driver in the Tiny Homes movement as another tool in ending homelessness in Canada
He's the CEO of Daily Bread Food Bank and former Executive Director of Dixon Hall, Habitat for Humanity in both Toronto and New York, but most of all he's a risk taker and a game changer. Neil Hetherington talks to us about food insecurity, homelessness and affordable housing on this week's episode of Out of the Blue by Blue Door
Founder and CEO of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, Tim Richter shares his thoughts on the path to ending homelessness in Canada”
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Dr Eric Weissman shares his amazing & heart breaking journey through addiction & homelessness to that of author, researcher & professor
Good policy can change everything. Jeff Morrison the Executive Director of the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association joins us this week to talk about the importance of good policy & questions for your candidates around housing & homelessness this election.
Two of Canada’s leading experts on homelessness ,Order of Canada recipient and President of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, Dr. Stephen Gaetz along with Co-Founder and CEO of Away Home Canada, join us on “Out of the Blue” this week to discuss why we need to make the shift from reacting to homelessness to a focus on preventing it.