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Michael Shapcott

HIV/AIDS, human rights and housing: Presentation notes

On Saturday, June 12, I delivered the closing plenary address at the Second Annual Symposium on HIV/AIDS Law and Human Rights in Toronto. The links between housing and health are complex and dynamic, and there is a growing body of research that documents the connections. The role of Canada’s federal government in affordable and supportive housing has been eroding over the past two decades.  Here is some background material, including links to detailed research and the latest facts and figures. Here are my presentation slides.

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Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott is Director, Affordable Housing and Social Innovation at Wellesley Institute. Michael has worked extensively in Toronto, in many parts of Canada, nationally and internationally on social innovation, the non-profit sector, civic engagement, housing and housing rights, poverty, social exclusion, urban health and health equity. He is recognized as one of Canada’s leading community-based housing and homelessness experts. He is currently on secondment to the Princes' Charities Canada.

Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.