More and more older Canadians are struggling to stay in their homes. Sarah Canham is the project director for the Aging in the right place partnership. She is a CHEC node leader whose primary focus is housing and homelessness among Canada’s rapidly growing aging population.
Jul 31, 2024
31 min
Born and raise in Yellowknife, Julia Christensen is working to help northern residents take back their housing. For communities across the Canadian North, housing insecurity is an undeniable public policy priority and human rights issue.
Jul 24, 2024
42 min
The tables are turned in this episode. Host Jim Dunn is in the hot seat, interviewed by Damian Collins. Jim talks about his journey to housing research, and his focus on data that leads to solutions to our housing crisis.
Jul 17, 2024
47 min
Dr. Damian Collins believes that if we realize the right to housing for all Canadians, we will be a much more successful, inclusive and equitable society. He also believes that goal is within our reach. Damian is a human geographer who is passionate about the issues of housing and homelessness, especially in urban contexts.
Jul 10, 2024
35 min
Dr. Catherine Leviten-Reid focuses on affordable housing and vulnerable populations. She is passionate about rural and smaller communities including her home base of Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Jul 3, 2024
41 min
Alexandra Flynn grew up in isolated northern communities where substandard, overcrowded housing was rampant. She sees housing as a fundamental issue of social justice.
Jun 26, 2024
27 min
Justin Lewis takes a look back at the big thinkers we’ve had as guests this season. As Director of the Housing Secretariat for the City of Hamilton, Justin is a creative thinker finding solutions to the city's homeless crisis. He's also a friend of the pod: CHEC Director Jim Dunn and Executive Advisor Steve Pomeroy were the academic thought leaders and part of the core team who developed the City of Hamilton’s Housing Sustainability and Investment Roadmap.
Dec 13, 2023
46 min
Heather Tremain is the CEO of Options for Homes. The non-profit developer uses an innovative funding model to help people with lower incomes become homeowners. Should this model be used as a tool to solve the housing crisis?
Dec 6, 2023
35 min
Rebekah Young of Scotiabank wrote a report titled "Canadian Housing Affordability Hurts". In it, she says that the government needs to build more non-profit, affordable housing. She talks to Jim Dunn about why non-profit housing is good for business.
Nov 29, 2023
33 min
Alastair Parvin has a bold idea. The CEO of the UK's Open Systems Lab wants to transform land from an individually owned asset to one owned by the community as a whole. He says this will solve the housing crisis and many of our other social challenges.
Nov 22, 2023
36 min
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