By: Michael Shapcott
On: Jan. 15, 2010
Post-webinar call to action – Build a national housing plan from the community up!

Please join our on-line dialogue to build a national housing plan for Canada

  • Take action.
  • Share your news.
  • Identify your priorities.
  • Learn from others.
  • Discover new resources.

Over 100 community housing and service providers, government officials, academic experts and others participated in a webinar on Jan. 15 with Senator Art Eggleton on the new Senate of Canada report In from the margins: A call to action on poverty, housing and homelessness (also published in French: Pauvreté, logement, itinérance: les trois fronts de la lutte contre l’exclusion).

Here is the presentation, for you to view, or download:

More useful resources:

Now it’s your turn to take action! Here’s what you can do:

  1. Identify the top housing and homelessness priorities in your community and post a comment on our blog
  2. Tell us about actions that you are already taking in your community
  3. Look at the 74 recommendations in the Senate report (you’ll find an annotated list in the resources listed below)
  4. Tell us the top three priorities for your community.

Start the dialogue today.