On The Way Home
On the Way Home is a podcast that brings together the voices and issues involved in ending homelessness in Canada.
Episodes
May 2, 2024 • 33 mins
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 Spotligh...
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April 25, 2024 • 64 mins
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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April 18, 2024 • 26 mins
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 n...
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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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April 4, 2024 • 27 mins
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 tre...
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March 28, 2024 • 60 mins
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 prov...
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March 21, 2024 • 22 mins
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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March 14, 2024 • 40 mins
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 develo...
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This week we are thrilled to be joined by Andrea Reimer and Khulud Baig to talk about the Intersectional Feminist Housing Agenda. We chat about how it came about, why it’s so important to have a gender lens on housing and homelessness, what their hopes are for the agenda, who their partners are and how others can get involved.
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February 29, 2024 • 33 mins
Housing and Homelessness consultant and researcher Nick Falvo joins us once again on the podcast to talk about his incredible open access text book covering all things housing and homelessness. We talk about how his early years in front line work inspired the text book, why it was important for it to be free and accessible to anyone interested, what’s covered in the text, and much, much more. It’s a conversation you won’t want to m...
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February 22, 2024 • 26 mins
This week I’m joined by Dr. Melanie Doucet to talk about her work leading the the Equitable Transitions to Adulthood and a Just Pandemic Recovery for Youth in Care project alongside the National Council of Youth in Care Advocates. We talk about how Dr. Doucet’s lived experience has shaped her work and leadership, what she’s learned so far with the project, and her hopes for policy reform in Child Welfare moving forward.
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February 15, 2024 • 49 mins
This week we talk with Joe Deschanes Smith, one of the founders of Trillium Housing, who has been working for over 10 years on a mortgage model that brings affordability and access to people wanting to own a home. We talk about Joe’s journey through politics into the world of affordable housing, how he started up Trillium, what’s happened so far, and his hopes for the future.
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On this week’s podcast, we are joined by Jen Taylor of Blue Sea Philanthropy and Dr.Darlene Sparks Washington from Portsmouth Volunteers for the Homeless to talk about the Coldest Night of the Year Event that is happening across North America on February 24th, 2024. We talk about the origins of the event, it’s growth over the years and now into the U.S, how it’s impacted Dr. Washington’s charity, and the hopes for the future of CNO...
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To create clarity, transparency and efficiency in the work of social service agencies and the police do together through their interactions in the community, the York Regional Police and social service organizations in York Region came together to create a memorandum of understanding that is shared with both staff and officers, ultimately resulting in better serving their most vulnerable across the Region. This week, we are joined ...
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January 25, 2024 • 49 mins
Frequent On The Way Home guest John Fox, the Managing Partner at Robins Appleby joins us to discuss four new bills related to housing in Ontario that have passed in the last year and a half. We talk about the bills, both the positive and the challenges, and what suggestions John has moved forward that might create a larger impact around ending our housing crisis. As always, John is brilliant, fun and creative in his approach, and i...
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January 18, 2024 • 24 mins
This week we are joined by Annie Hodgins, the Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR). In this episode, we learn about Annie’s journey into the work, what CCHR's focus and challenges are, and all about a new campaign called “Secure Homes for Renters” that looks to create change and impact in keeping people across the country in affordable rental housing for the foreseeable future.
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January 11, 2024 • 36 mins
Do Good Better. That’s the title of Sam Watts book, which looks at taking the best intentions and turning them into the greatest impact. He’s done exactly that in his work as CEO at Welcome Hall Mission, and we chat all about that as well as his work on the National Housing council and so much more. A great listen!
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January 4, 2024 • 34 mins
Imagine if you could reduce the costs of building affordable housing while reducing the carbon footprint of it at the same time. This week I’m joined by Gil Yaron, who is the Managing Director of Circular Innovation of Light House, an organization based in Vancouver working on advancing regenerative and circular practices in the built environment. Gil and I talk about how we can reuse buildings through relocation instead of demolit...
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December 28, 2023 • 33 mins
Robert Pradolin from Housing All Australians joins us this week on the pod to share his very successful model of engaging the private sector in repurposing vacant buildings for short-term affordable housing.
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December 21, 2023 • 39 mins
This week I’m joined by 3 inspiring leaders from Humane Canada, Sue, Andrea and Claire to talk about their impactful ACT Project that seeks to address systemic barriers for women with animals (companion, farmed, and service) experiencing gender-based violence, including affordable housing and shelter.
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