CAEH 2016
Keynote Speeches & Plenaries
Concurrent Sessions
Thank you to all the fantastic presenters without whom the National Conference on Ending Homelessness would not be possible.
Please click on the stream names below to view the session video recordings and PDF presentations available for each stream.
Day 1 – November 02, 2016
LPP1: Homelessness prevention
- Homelessness Prevention – A. Dalton
- Homelessness Prevention: SSVF Targeting Approach – Tom Albanese, Abt Associates
LPP2: Tools to support lived experience and inclusion and leadership
AWH1: Leaving Home: A National Study on Youth Homelessness in Canada
- National Youth Survey – S. Gaetz and B. O’Grady
AOS1: Local, regional and national collaboration to improve outcomes for women
- Not Soon Enough – DPike and KKalinowski
- Solving Homelessness for Women and Girls – B. Woldemarian
20K1: Registry Weeks 101
HF1: Introducing the CAEH Training & Technical Assistance Program
HF2: Adapting Housing First to local context
- Capacity Building for Housing First Launch – S. Peddle
- Stellas Circle – GThornhill
IH1: Creating and sustaining collaborative relationships between Aboriginal and mainstream partners
- Collaborative Relationships between Aboriginal and Mainstream Partners – M. Semonovitch and D. Passmore
RPP1: Understanding supportive housing through research and evaluation
- Evaluation of VAT – J. Ecker
- Supportive Housing Outcomes – T. Bennett and D. Scott
- The Access Point – G. Suttor and F. Sirotich
RPP2: Understanding Homelessness in Canada: The National Shelter Study and the 2016 Coordinated PiT Count
- HPS PiT Count Results and Highlights – P. Hunter
- National Shelter Study 2005-2014 – A. Segaert
LPP3: The art and science of prioritization for housing
LPP4: The role emergency shelters play in ending homelessness
- Role of ES in Ending Homelessness – T. Albanese
- Shelters as a Gateway into Housing – B. Melles
- TSS & Housing First – M. Kim
AWH2: Using a Human Rights approach to end youth homelessness
AOS2: Innovative models of supportive housing for women
- Low Barrier Services for Women – H. Keirstead and L. Windhager
- YWCA Moncton A Home for All – C. Nadeau
20K2: Using the campaign for engagement and advocacy
HF3: Implementing Housing First with diverse populations
HF4 Trauma informed care in Housing First delivery
- The Alex – Trauma informed care – S. Shoemaker and J. Corfe
IH2 :Developing and delivering culturally safe services in mainstream organizations
- Creating Cultural Safety in a Mainstream Organization – B. Fisher
- Culturally Safe Services – A. Wiebe, B. Fisher, K. Christianson, L. Lafontaine, C. Vandelinde
RPP3: Sustaining and Scaling Up Housing First
- Sustaining and Scaling Up Housing First – G. Nelson, E. Macnaughton, R. Caplan, K. Worton
RPP4: Defining homelessness
- Canadian Definition of Youth Homelessness – S. Gaetz
- Discerning Functional Zero – A. Turner
- The Homeless Hub – J. Thistle
Day 2 – November 03, 2016
LPP5: Ending homelessness through performance measurement
- Beyond bean counting TSA – A. Hutchinson
- Ending homelessness through performance measurement – A. DiFalco
- Performance Evaluation – J. Chan and A. Jadidzahdeh
LPP6: Mobilizing faith communities to end homelessness
- Mobilizing Faith Communities to End Homelessness – S. Garvey & L. Kaufman
AWH3: Communities leading change: case studies in community planning and implementation
- Case Studies Kamloops – V. Janz and K. McParland
- Communities Leading Change – M. McKitterick
- Edmonton’s Homeless Youth Strategy – G. Puligandla
- Youth Toolkit – A. Turner
AOS3: Voices of women: mothers and children
- Homeless Research – Mothers and Children – C. Walsh
- Understanding Families with Complex Needs – K. Milaney
- Voices of Women – E. Kratchovil
20K3: Developing and implementing By-Name Lists
- By Name Lists – M. Morrison
HF5: Housing First: the basics
HF6: Clinical practices in Housing First for diverse populations
IH3: Housing First for Indigenous Peoples
RPP5: Measuring Homelessness: alternative strategies
- Housing and Homelessness in Moosonee, ON – C. Kauppi and E. Faries
- Measuring_Homelessness Sudbury – H. Pallard, C. Kauppi, E. Faries
- Measuring Homelessness Alternative Strategies Cape Breton – F. Deveaux, P. Vassallo, C. Leviten-Reid
RPP6: Populations experiencing homelessness
- Family Homelessness in Ottawa – J. Sylvestre
- LGBTQ Adult Homelessness – J. Ecker
- Mothers experiencing homelessness – S. Benbow
LPP7: Lived Experience Advisory Council: Activist and ally networking session
LPP8: The evolution of plans to end homelessness
- All Chicago – N. Brennan
- The Evolution of Plans to End Homelessness in NL – B. Pearce
AWH4: Real Talk: Lived Experience informing the dialogue on youth homelessness
- Engaging Youth through Technology – A. Gunraj
AOS4: Roundtable: continuing conversations & connections from coast to coast to coast
20K4: Community Self-Assessment
- Community Self-Assessment – A. Broffman and P. Howard
HF7: Housing procurement and strengthening participant tenancy
- Housing First – No Subsidy, No problem – D. Small
- St. Clare’s – K. Hinton
HF8: Linking to mainstream services
- Housing First – The Neighbourhood Model – C. O’Handley
- Linking to Mainstream Services – R. Witzke, M.McIntosh, T. Fodey
IH4: London’s Urban Aboriginal Homeward Bound Program
- Urban Indigenous Homeward Bound Continuum – Poster
- London Urban Aboriginal Homeward Bound – A. Day, L. Arias, S. Blum
RPP7: State of Homelessness in Canada: 2016
RPP8: Homelessness Partnering Strategy Roundtable
LPP9: Ending homelessness for Canadian veterans
- Preventing and Ending Veteran Homelessness – T. Kerr
- Solving Homelessness for Women and Girls – J. Richardson
LPP10: Solving homelessness in London
AWH5: Stopping the revolving door: prevention in action
- The Toronto Housing Outreach Program Collaborative – T. Frederick et al
- The Upstream Project – E. Traficante
AOS5: Reducing homelessness for women through trauma-informed inclusive services
- Not Soon Enough – K. Kalinowski and D. Pike
- Open Doors Project – A. Decter
- Reducing Homelessness for Women – A. Jellema and A. Veira
- Whats in a Name – K. Kalinowski
20K5: Developing a coordinated homelessness system of care
- 20000 Homes Campaign – R. Nielsen-Stewart and B. Pearce
HF9: Harm reduction in Housing First
- Harm Reduction and SOC – K. Johnston
HF10: Tools and strategies of strong Housing First teams
IH5: Models of supportive housing for Indigenous Peoples
- Ambrose Place – C. Cunningham
RPP9: Research roundup
- Health Concerns of Homeless People – J. Waegemakers Schiff
- Managed Alcohol Programs – B. Pauly and T. Stockwell
- Perspectives of frontline practitioners – L. Roy et al
RPP10: Innovative use of datasets
Day 3 – November 04, 2016
LPP11: INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP – Moving the Needle Through Messaging and Media
- Moving the Needle through Messaging and Media – Community Solutions
LPP12: Models of collaboration with health care systems that improve care and reduce homelessness
- Making a Square Peg fit in a Round Hole – S. Kuropatwa
- Models of collaboration with health care systems – Inner City Health Associates
- Transitional Emergency Shelter Program – M. Zinn and L. Beaudoin
AWH6: Staying connected: Housing options for urban and rural youth
- Rural Youth Homelessness – T. Kelford
- Havens Way – H. Walter
- Housing Panel – T. Kelford, A. Parker, K. Johnston
AOS6: Research infl uencing and impacting system change
- Best Practice Guideline – A. VanBerkum and A. Oudshoorn
- Food Insecurity Poverty and Homelessness – A. Al-Hamad
- Framework for Ending Womens and Girls Homelessness – A. Oudshoorn et al
20K6: Identifying and disseminating bright spots and addressing common challenges
HF11: Housing First in supportive housing environments
HF12: Housing First expert roundtable
IH6: Innovative responses to Inuit homelessness in Ottawa and Montreal
- Inuit Culture Liaison – P. Nowotny
- Inuit Homeless in Montreal – D. Savoie
RPP11: ‘If I had a million dollars…and could do Housing First…’
RPP12: Prevention of family homelessness
- People First Community Always – V. Maldonado and M. Pearcy
- Prevention of Family Homelessness – M. Pearcy and V. Maldonado
Other – Evening or non-session presentations