Women 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s Homelessness – WH
WH1: It Ends with Us – Advancing the Right to Housing for Women and Gender-Diverse People in Canada
Khulud Baig, Women 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s National Housing and Homelessness Network & Keepers of the Circle, Marie McGregor Pitawanakwat, Szhibeegen Training Services, Dr. Kaitlin Schwan, Women 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s National Housing and Homelessness Network, Catherine Lafferty, Keeper of the Circle National Indigenous Women 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s Housing Initiative
WH2: Centering Women 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s Lived Experience to Address Housing Need and Design
Suitability and Culture: Considerations for Women-Centered Housing Design – Victoria Barclay, Graduate Student, The University of British Columbia; Ghazaleh Akbarnejad, Project Coordinator, BCSTH
Centering Women 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s Housing Needs in British Columbia – Kaayla Ashlie, Project Coordinator, BC Society of Transition Houses
WH3: Lessons Learned: Addressing Women and Gender-Diverse People 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s Experiences of Homelessness, Violence or Sex Work through Intuitive Program Design
Street Level Women at Risk Collaborative Program Manual – Cathy Nolan, Street Level Women at Risk;Jaclyn Seeler, Program Manager, Street Level Women at Risk; Melissa Currie, Womens advisory group, Street level women at risk; Tracy Dzavala, Women’s Advisory Group, Street Level Women at Risk
Surfacing Our Strengths: Developing Prototypes to Address Health, Well-Being, and Housing Challenges for Women+ – Michelle Vanchu-Orosco, BEd (Special Education), MA (Measurement, Eval, Research Methods), PhD (Statistics and Research Methods), Grad Certificate Science & Tech Commercialization, Director of Research and Data Analysis, Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness; Janine Theobald, Director of Collaborative Engagement, Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness
The Maple 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s Learning Journey: Incorporating Feedback and Expertise from Women Exiting Homelessness into a New Program Design – Crystal Scott, Program Manager, Trellis Society for Community Impact; Victoria Maldonado, Strategic Lead, Impact & Evaluation, Trellis Society for Community Impact
WH4: The Power of Storytelling for Advocacy, Research and Creating Safe Spaces for Women and Gender-Diverse People
Making Visible: Utilizing Digital Storytelling as a Mechanism to Share Experiences of Homelessness Experienced by Women and Gender-Diverse People – Lobsang Dolkar, Sistering;Ali Serjeant, Resource Development Coordinator & Community Support Worker, Sistering
Re-defining & Re-aligning: How Telling our Story Differently was the Key to Integrating our Service Delivery and Building Safer, Sustainable Spaces for Women – Reave MacLeod, YWCA Banff
WH5: Research into the Gendered Experiences of Homelessness, the Impact of COVID-19 and Violence Against Women
A National Survey of Gender-Based Approaches to Women’s Homelessness – Abe Oudshoorn, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, Western University; Alex Nelson, Community Outreach Coordinator, National Right to Housing Network
Addressing the Intersections Between Violence Against Women and Women 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a mixed-methods study in Canada’s largest city – Alexa Yakubovich, Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University;Priya Shastri, Network and Strategic Manager, Woman Abuse Council of Toronto
Domestic Violence and Women 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s Homelessness: Promising Practices, Lessons Learned, and Sheltering Futures – Miranda Pilipchuk, Research and Evaluation Coordinator, Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters
WH6: Leading with Experience: How Survivors’ Experiences can Drive Research and Identify Barriers
‘Don’t Tell People You’re Homeless’: Experiences of Safety, Violence and Justice among Women 91Ó°ÊÓ â€™s Emergency Shelter Users – Jennifer Gordon, Director of Advocacy`, YW Kitchener-Waterloo; Racheal Walser, Advocacy Coordinator, YW Kitchener-Waterloo
Successful Tenancies: Survivors’ Experiences with Rental Housing and Hidden Homelessness in Toronto – Alissa Klingbaum, Woman Abuse Council of Toronto; Monique Arcenal, Woman Abuse Council of Toronto