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❗All levels of govt in Canada must do things differently when addressing encampments.

💡Lorraine Lam says it's time to think outside the box & engage w/ those who actually understand the crisis to create meaningful change.

Watch the full recording: loom.ly/0sEesAU

❗The fed govt has 120 days to respond to the Federal Housing Advocate's (@housinglogement) call for a National Encampments Response Plan.

💡 Anna Cooper says the govt must focus on safety & long-term housing solutions.

✅Watch full recording: loom.ly/3gpP-hs

Delilah Gregg, President of Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction, joined our webinar last week & spoke about the importance of having govt engage meaningfully w/ encampment residents to craft appropriate solutions.

➡️Watch the full webinar recording here: loom.ly/3gpP-hs

👋In case you missed it: The recording of our sold-out webinar (we had 530+ RSVPs!) on what a National Encampments Responses Plan should look like is now live!

➡️ Watch the recording here: loom.ly/3gpP-hs

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🙏Thank you to everyone who joined our webinar on what a National Encampments Response Plan should look like this week!

➡️The recording & advocacy toolkit is now available on our website here!: housingrights.ca/encampments-in…

As we celebrate #TDoV , we are also highlighting the unique identities of #TwoSpirit people in Indigenous cultures. Chevi Rabbit (she/they), one of our advisory partners, explains what Two-Spirit identity means to them.

Ahead of #TransVisibilityDay : Trans people are over-represented in almost all aspects of poverty, housing insecurity, and homelessness. Canada must do better to uphold the #HumanRights of trans people. Statement with Human Rights Canada ➡️: bit.ly/3xeYAej #TDoV

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The latest #PreventionMatters session recording on Black youth homelessness is online!

Check out this powerful discussion w/ 360°kids & R.E.S.T Centres on the understudied crisis of Black youth #homelessness & what solutions are needed: bit.ly/3VA96XR

I am concerned by news of the “cleanup” of the #CrabPark encampment in #Vancouver . I urge the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation to pause and work in good faith with encampment residents on an approach that upholds their dignity, protects their belongings, and respects their security & human rights. –MJ

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🙌 We just opened up 30 more tickets to our webinar on encampments due to popular demand! Get yours today before we sell out again!

➡️RSVP here: eventbrite.ca/e/human-rights…

Livestream link for 'Architecture and the Right to Housing,' Thursday, March 21, 6:30pm ET

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The Daniels Faculty presents 'Architecture & the Right to Housing' featuring Leilani Farha 🍉 & Paul Karakusevic w/ Karen Kubey on Thurs March 21

Doors at 6:00 pm
Lecture at 6:30 pm

This event is supported by the Irving Grossman Fund in Affordable Housing
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Addressing the fire safety concerns of encampments, Lorraine Lam (Lorraine Lam) says we need to 'stop weaponizing safety as a way of displacing ppl' & instead focus on solutions to get ppl housed.

Hear more from Lorraine at our panel on Mar 26! RSVP: loom.ly/_1iDwbw

Congratulations to Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART) for winning the CMHC Gold Roof Award for Housing Research Excellence at #NHC24 ! Well-deserved recognition for an impactful & transformative project working to improve housing outcomes across Canada.

🔔 Don't miss out on March 26! Federal Housing Advocate, National Right to Housing Network, and experts discuss recent encampments report and call for human rights-based National Encampments Response Plan! Get tools for community implementation. eventbrite.ca/e/human-rights…

'A human rights approach [to encampments] is to stop the harm & to properly engage w/ residents in solutions.' - Federal Housing Advocate (Office of the Federal Housing Advocate)

➡️Join the Advocate in an online panel on Mar 26 to learn more about this rights-based approach: loom.ly/moJ0EW4

📣We already have over 250 registrants!

Join us on Mar 26 to hear directly from the Federal Housing Advocate (Office of the Federal Housing Advocate) & experts like Lorraine Lam & Anna Cooper on what a National Encampments Response Plan should look like!

✅RSVP today: loom.ly/_1iDwbw