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Building the City We Want: Housing Justice in a Gentrified Toronto
Toronto has never been wealthier, yet at the same time, it has never been more unaffordable than it is now.
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Toronto has never been wealthier, yet at the same time, it has never been more unaffordable than it is now. This is most evident in the rising cost of housing.
In this event, we bring together researchers and activists from three leading housing justice organizations in Toronto to discuss the current state of homelessness, particularly amongst youth in Canada; how we might push the City of Toronto to advance the right to housing; and how experienced and newer activists can learn from one another to build an effective housing justice campaign.
As OPIRG York prepares to launch its own campaign on housing justice, we hope that participants will not only learn from the speakers, but also, apply the knowledge in organizing with us! We invite all York University students, staff and faculty as well as the wider North York community to join us and other organizations working to build the city we want!
Speakers
Ahmad Bonakdar
Ahmad Bonakdar holds a Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Public Policy and is currently the Managing Director of Research, Making the Shift (MtS) Youth Homelessness Demonstration Lab at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (COH), York University. Prior to this role, Ahmad was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the COH working on Housing First for Youth demonstration project in Toronto and Ottawa. His research interests focus broadly on social equity, environmental justice, and community-based studies, in particular at the intersection of homelessness and housing. His recent research studies have been published in peer-reviewed journals including International Journal of Cultural Policy, Cities, Public Works Management & Policy, and Journal of Planning Literature.
More information on The Homeless Hub here: https://www.homelesshub.ca/.
Ambalika Roy
Ambalika Roy works as a Senior Community Engagement Advisor at the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR) and she coordinates the Right to Housing Toronto Network, a coalition of housing rights organizations and housing activists monitoring the 10 year rights based housing plan in Toronto. Prior to joining CCHR Ambalika worked for over a decade in the national legal aid clinics providing legal support to various marginalized communities in India and facilitated public legal education on issues of access to justice and inclusion.
More information on Right to Housing here: https://right2housingto.ca/.
Samantha Ponting
Samantha works as a tenant organizer for the Oakwood Vaughan Community Organization and is also a hotline counsellor with the Federation of Metro Tenants' Association's (FMTA) Tenant Hotline. She has experience organizing with the Vancouver Tenants' Union and is currently working on building a tenant union for Oakwood Vaughan through the Oakwood Vaughan Tenant Network.
More information on FMTA's Tenants' Hotline: https://www.torontotenants.org/hotline.
Moderator
Lauren Champagne
Lauren is a third-year student at York University, in the Mathematics for Education program. They have been involved for years in various social justice groups, especially around food and housing justice, and are now a volunteer with OPIRG York.
For more information, visit www.opirgyork.org.
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Topic: Building the City We Want: Housing Justice in a Gentrified Toronto
Time: Nov 28, 2022 18:30
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