Sarah Canham, PhD, FGSA
On The Way Home
Sarah Canham, PhD, FGSA is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah. Dr. Canham uses a social justice lens to approach her community-based research. She works with clinicians, network providers and people who have lived experiences with homelessness, housing security, health, social service delivery and aging. Join us this week as we discuss Dr. Canham’s work about aging well in different types of environments.
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Matthew Barker
On The Way Home
This week, we are joined by Matthew Barker, a reporter whose beat is housing and homelessness. Using his own lived experiences and the issues he reports on, his aim is to open people’s eyes to the massive issues facing so many Canadians, such as homelessness/housing and addictions.
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Matthew Downie, who is the Chief Executive at Crisis in the U.K.
On The Way Home
This week we are joined by Matthew Downie, who is the Chief Executive at Crisis in the U.K. Matthew stopped by the podcast to speak about the homelessness in Scotland, Wales and Liverpool and the National Transformations Plans created to reduce and eliminate homelessness in the U.K. Visit for all previous episodes in the series.
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Kellie Chin, an architect employed at WORKSHOP
On The Way Home
This week we are joined by Kellie Chin, an architect employed at WORKSHOP. We will be discussing the need for affordable housing in the GTA, the shift from congregate-style emergency housing to single room occupancy transitional housing and the connection between design, health, and dignity in affordable housing.
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Ellery Rosin
On The Way Home
Our sector like many have been finding it hard to recruit and keep the talented people we need to continue to make big changes happen in housing, health and homelessness. This week we are joined by Ellery Rosin, who is the People Operations Manager at Foodshare Toronto to talk about some of the truly innovative and inspiring steps they have taken to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive workspace, why paying a living wage is so important, and much, much more! You don’t want to miss it!
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Eric Phillip, the Director of Real Estate and Property Management at Dixon Hall
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This week we talk all about Social Purpose Real estate and it’s role in helping to end the affordable housing crisis we face with our amazing guest, Eric Phillip, the Director of Real Estate and Property Management at Dixon Hall.
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Matti Siemiatycki, the Director of the Infrastructure Institute and Professor of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto
On The Way Home
This week on the On The Way Home podcast, we are joined by the brilliant Matti Siemiatycki, the Director of the Infrastructure Institute and Professor of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto as we discuss the trends and opportunities in creative mixed use buildings that blend public, private and non-profit services, the importance of good policy in developing infrastructure in a city, and what has to happen in a city like Toronto to move forward with affordable housing and to stop or slow the housing crisis.
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Dr. Antoine Lovell
On The Way Home
The amazing and brilliant Dr. Antoine Lovell joins us on this week’s episode of On The Way Home to share his own experience of homelessness on the subways of New York City, the importance of having the voices of lived experience at the table when developing policy, the intersection of race, racism and homelessness, and the incredible new research he is heading up as the recipient of the prestigious William T. Grant Foundation grant.
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Doug Pawson
On The Way Home
Born during the pandemic, End Homelessness St. John’s is doing incredible work on the east coast, including a dramatic reduction in shelter stayers who are chronically homeless. Executive Director, Doug Pawson joins us on the On The Way Home podcast to talk about this incredible work as well as many other initiatives they are doing in the battle to end homelessness
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Danielle Neilson
On The Way Home
How did St. Thomas-Elgin, a Built for Zero community reduce chronic homelessness by 25%? Find out on this week’s On The Way Home podcast as we are joined by Danielle Neilson the Supervisor of Housing Programs and Homelessness Prevention for St. Thomas-Elgin. You don’t want to miss it!
info_outlineBorn during the pandemic, End Homelessness St. John’s is doing incredible work on the east coast, including a dramatic reduction in shelter stayers who are chronically homeless. Executive Director, Doug Pawson joins us on the On The Way Home podcast to talk about this incredible work as well as many other initiatives they are doing in the battle to end homelessness