MEDIA ADVISORY
The Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa will release its annual Progress Report assessing movement towards the City of Ottawa's commitment to ending chronic homelessness by 2024. This year's report takes a different approach. It tracks outcomes from the adoption of the City's 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan, to 2017. The report puts forward a concrete Roadmap for Change and call to action to deliver prevention based solutions that will make a significant impact towards ending chronic homelessness in our city.
What: Release and presentation of ‘Homelessness in Ottawa: A Roadmap for Change – Progress Report Review (2014-2017)’
When: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 7:45 – 8:45 am (presentations beginning by 8:00am)
Where: Councillor’s Lounge (2nd floor), Ottawa City Hall (110 Laurier Ave West)
Speakers: Deputy Mayor Mark Taylor, Special Liaison on Housing and Homelessness, Dr. Jeff Turnbull, Medical Director, Ottawa Inner City Health; Christine MacIntosh, Chair, Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa & Associate Executive Director, John Howard Society of Ottawa; Deirdre Freiheit, Vice-Chair, Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa & President & CEO, Shepherds of Good Hope; Kristen Holinsky, Executive Director, Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa
By: Karen Umurerwa, Expert Steering Team Member
Housing and Mental Health in Black Communities
In 2012, my family made the hard decision to move from Rwanda to Canada. The transition from my homeland to Canada was the toughest process I could have gone through. Canada was a land of opportunities, but it was one that was completely foreign to us as we had no friends or family that could ease our integration.
By: Yetunde Amanda Ona
Embracing Identity: The Bonds of the African Diaspora
The following piece was written by Yetunde Amanda Ona who arrived in Canada 6 years ago with her young children as a refugee claimant. She navigated the homelessness system, and is now an Alliance staff member working to create a more effective and dignified housing and homelessness system. These are her reflections on identity and the African Diaspora.
By: Gail Gallagher
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Dec. 6th)
On this day, we remember the innocent lives lost and of the murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal on December 6, 1989. As a result of this tragic event, December 6 was designated as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
In addition, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence begins on November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) and ends on December 10 with International Human Rights Day. The 16 Days of Activism are an opportunity to come together to speak out and renew our commitment to end gender-based violence.
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