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Housing, health, human rights forum webcast live Jan 21 and 22

Two of the four sessions of the two-day forum “Housing, Health and Human Rights: Exploring the connections in Canada and globally” will be webcast live on Jan 21 and 22. Watch them here. Keynote speaker for the forum is Miloon Kothari, former United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing. Other experts include Audrey Chapman, Professor of Community Medicine and Healthcare at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine; and Michael Shapcott, Director of Affordable Housing and Social Innovation at the Wellesley Institute. Details of the two-day forum are here. Here are more details about the sessions that will be webcast:

WEBCAST WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE as live broadcast & archive.
Community forum: “The right to housing, health and the reality of Canada’s affordable housing crisis”
Thursday, January 21, 5 pm-6:30 pm, 6th Floor Auditorium, Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street
A public forum with Miloon Kothari and Canadian and international speakers and discussants to review Canada’s progress in meeting its international housing rights obligations.

WEBCAST WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE as live broadcast & archive.
Public presentation: “Making rights matter – reflections on a decade as special rapporteur”
Friday, January 22, 1 pm-2:30 pm, 6th Floor Auditorium, Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street
Mr. Kothari will deliver reflections on his decade as the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, including his experiences conducting fact-finding missions, and observations on the impact of his work.

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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.

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