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Speaker Presentations

Below are a few of the presentations, in pdf format, given at Congress 2011 in Regina.


Speakers who have provided us with copies of their presentations will be marked.
Click the speaker's name to download their presentation. 

Monday, June 20, 2011


9:00am - 9:30am 
Keynote Address:
My home is making me (and my neighbours) sick! Exploring the links between housing, healtha nd homelessness in neighbourhoods
Speaker:
Michael Shapcott

9:30am - 10:00am
What do we know that we know? Exploring the current state of knowledge of the relationship between housing, health and homelessness
Speaker:
Dr. Anita Palepu

10:00am - 10:30am 
Can stable housing help prevent HIV and improve HIV care? How Canada's first longitudinal community-based study on housing, health and HIV is driving change
Speakers:
Sean Rourke
Jay Koornstra

 

11:00am - 12:00pm
On Data, Neighbourhoods and Program Responses: What Integration Looks Like On the Ground
Speakers:
Catherine Ford
Jason Jarotski

1:30pm - 4:30pm
Making the Connections and Making it Work: A Panel and Interactive Discussion
Speaker:
Marc Trotz

 

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

 

11:00am - 12:30am 
Whose bottom line? Getting the private sector and financial institutions into affordable housing
Speakers:
Jeremy Jackson
Sandra Hennigar

11:00am - 11:45am
Innovative housing solutions for small and medium municipalities
Speaker:
Leanne Blackwood

11:00am - 11:45am
Sustainability and the real world
Speaker:
Tim Gross

11:45am - 12:30pm
Mobilizing knowledge towards homelessness solutions
Speaker:
Paula Goering

 

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

 

8:00am - 8:30am
A Presentation by Rooftops Canada: Improving Housing Conditions in Developing Countries: How Housing Microfinance Makes it Possible
Speaker:
Pam Ralston

 

10:00am - 11:30am
Affordable and Sustainable Urban Design
Speakers: 
Laurie Socha
Steve Cohimeyer

The Expiry of Social Housing Operating Agreements 
Speakers:
Keith Ward 
Bob Nicklin

Making the Case for Rental Housing: A public, private, non-profit advocacy effort
Speakers:
Harriet Parmut 
Mayor Wayne Wright 

 

1:30pm - 2:45pm
Affordable Homeownership Initiatives
Speakers: 
Allan Wallace 
Tyler Mathies 
Don McBain 
 

Giving Voice and Building Neighbourhoods Through the Arts
Speakers:
Jeremy Morgan 
 

Changing Times, Changing Environments: Different Approaches to the Revitalization of Public Housing
Speakers:
Danielle Juteau 
John Fox