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VIDEOS of the 2010 forum speakers

• Presentations in 5 YouTube segments
• Below are links to the related PowerPoint Presentations (PPT)

OPENING

A Call to Action

Marion Wright, Chair of The Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)

Wright PPT and  Text of speech Word file

MORNING PRESENTATIONS

Housing Vulnerability and

Health:  Canada’s Hidden Emergency

Full Report in PDF: English  French

Dr. Stephen Hwang, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Toronto & Research Scientist, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto.

Hwang PPT

PERSPECTIVES ON THE REPORT

THREE COMMENTATORS

1. Aaron Burry, General Manager, Community and Social Services, City of Ottawa - Burry PPT
2. Louise Grenier, Lead, Mental Health and Addictions, Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) - Grenier PPT
3. Dr. Isra Levy, Ottawa Medical Officer of Health - Dr. Levy PPT
   

AFTERNOON PANEL

Research Alliance for Canadian Homelessness, Housing, and Health (REACH3):
Linking Research and Knowledge with Action and Policy

REACH3 is a collaborative interdisciplinary network of academic investigators & community partners in Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal.

Suicide and Drug Overdose among Street Youth in Montreal

Isabelle Richer, Universite de Sherbrooke Richer PPT

INSITE Update

Liz Evans, PHS Community Services Society, Vancouver
(Note: a PPT is not available)

Identifying Patterns of Emergency Shelter Stays in Three Ontario Cities

Tim Aubry & Melissa Calhoun, University of Ottawa, and Susan Farrell, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group

Aubry, Calhoun, Farrell PPT

Preventing Homelessness: Developing the Homelessness Asset and Risk Tool (HART)

Bruce MacLaurin, University of Calgary

MacLaurin PPT  (Note: this presentation is not available in the YouTube video )

CLOSING KEYNOTE

Calgary Homeless Foundation:

the Future is Now!

Lessons from the Calgary Homeless Foundation: History, Significance,
10-Year Plan

Alina Tanasescu, Vice President, Research & Public Policy Calgary Homeless Foundation

Tanasescu PPT

ATEH Community Forum on Homelessness 2010 Program Handout

The Alliance to End Homelessness gratefully acknowledges support for the

2010 Community Forum on Homelessness from:

Organizational Members of the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa;
the Homelessness Partnering Strategy, Government of Canada and the City of Ottawa;
the Research Alliance for Canadian Homelessness, Housing, and Health;

United Way/Centraide Ottawa; and
the Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services, University of Ottawa.