Season 2 Episode 6

Please be advised that the topics discussed in this series can be challenging to listen to and explore topics of homelessness, abuse, torture, transphobia, racism, and drug use. Please take care while listening.

In the Season 2 finale of She. They. Us., we bring together voices from across the season, advocates - frontline workers, policymakers, and people with lived experience - to share their personal hopes and collective dreams for the future of housing

We will hear from the guests of Season 2, as well as meet Annika and Cheyenne of 100 More Homes Penticton who point the way to what community-driven progress for households led by women and gender-diverse people can look like.

Meet Our Guests in Order of Appearance

• Margaret Wanyoike, Housing Advocate
• Lisa Guerin, Program Manager, Colonial Hotel
• Janice Abbott, Founder of the Pan-Canadian Voice for Women’s Housing
• Ashley, HIV Support Services Coordinator
• Jill Atkey, CEO, BC Non-Profit Housing Association
• Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver 2008-2018 and current Minister of Housing and Infrastructure
• Cheyenne Fath, 100 More Homes Penticton
• Annika Kirk, 100 More Homes Penticton
• Arlene Hache, Community Development Activist and Director, Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network

About your host

Andrea Reimer is a Housing Advocate and former politician. In 2008, Andrea was elected as a City Councillor for the City of Vancouver, and served in that role for ten years. Since 2019, she has been an Adjunct Professor at University of British Columbia’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. In her teen years, Andrea experienced homelessness and has been a public voice within the housing crisis for the last two decades.

Additional Resources from this Episode

We've gathered the resources from this episode into one helpful list:

Season 1 of She. They. Us.: https://pcvwh.ca/she-they-us/she-they-us-podcast/

Pan-Canadian Voice for Women’s Housing: https://pcvwh.ca/

100 More Homes Penticton: https://uwbc.ca/program/100-more-homes-penticton/

Minister of Housing and Infrastructure: https://housing-infrastructure.canada.ca/index-eng.html

Unfortunately, there is not a national crisis line in Canada for survivors of gender based violence. But you can find provincial crisis lines and other resources at this link: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html

#housing #housingcrisis #canada

Season 2 Episode 5

Please be advised that the topics discussed in this series can be challenging to listen to and explore topics of homelessness, abuse, torture, transphobia, racism, and drug use. Please take care while listening.

In this episode of She. They. Us., we explore the urgent need for trans-inclusive housing in Canada through the powerful stories of Jodi Gray and Martha Singh Jennings.

First, we will meet Jodi Gray, who is a trans woman living in Vancouver and the former Program Manager at Aoki Ross House. Jodi details how, as a trans woman, she experiences consistent hostility and violence in her everyday life, including in her housing journey

Next, we will meet Marth Singh Jennings, who works at the 519 in Toronto. The 519 is a 2SLGBTQIA+ shelter in Toronto, Ontario. Martha talks to us about the Trans Access Project, a project dedicated to supporting staff members with training to ensure the shelter is more inclusive of all sexualities and genders. She also shares how queer refugees are particularly vulnerable in the housing sector.

Meet Our Guests in Order of Appearance

• Jodi Gray, Trans Advocate
• Martha Singh Jennigs, The 519, Toronto

About your host

Andrea Reimer is a Housing Advocate and former politician. In 2008, Andrea was elected as a City Councillor for the City of Vancouver, and served in that role for ten years. Since 2019, she has been an Adjunct Professor at University of British Columbia’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. In her teen years, Andrea experienced homelessness and has been a public voice within the housing crisis for the last two decades.

Additional Resources from this Episode

We've gathered the resources from this episode into one helpful list:

Season 1 of She. They. Us.: https://pcvwh.ca/she-they-us/she-they-us-podcast/

Pan-Canadian Voice for Women’s Housing: https://pcvwh.ca/

Aoki Ross House: https://ssl.straight.com/living/bcs-first-supportive-housing-project-for-trans-and-gender-diverse-people-launches-in#

The 519: https://www.the519.org/programs/tpoc/

Pacewood Shelter: https://www.the519.org/programs/housing-services/

Unfortunately, there is not a national crisis line in Canada for survivors of gender based violence. But you can find provincial crisis lines and other resources at this link: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html

#housing #housingcrisis #canada

Season 2 Episode 4

Please be advised that the topics discussed in this series can be challenging to listen to and explore topics of homelessness, abuse, torture, transphobia, racism, and drug use. Please take care while listening.

When women and gender-diverse people don’t have access to safe housing, and they face violence sleeping outside, where do they end up?

In Ontario, non-urgent Emergency Room visits among unhoused individuals during winter rose by 24% across the province since 2018. In Toronto specifically, it rose by 68%. In the same period there was no increase of those who were housed coming to the ER for non-urgent visits.

In this episode of She. They. Us., we talk to researcher Jesse Jenkinson with Toronto’s MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions about the skyrocketing numbers of people accessing health care resources for shelter, the stress it's putting on people and systems, and the shocking results for women and gender-diverse people.

Meet Our Guests in Order of Appearance

• Jesse Jenkinson, Senior Research Associate & Adjunct Scientist, Map Center for Urban Health Solutions

About your host

Andrea Reimer is a Housing Advocate and former politician. In 2008, Andrea was elected as a City Councillor for the City of Vancouver, and served in that role for ten years. Since 2019, she has been an Adjunct Professor at University of British Columbia’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. In her teen years, Andrea experienced homelessness and has been a public voice within the housing crisis for the last two decades.

Additional Resources from this Episode

We've gathered the resources from this episode into one helpful list:

Season 1 of She. They. Us.: https://pcvwh.ca/she-they-us/she-they-us-podcast/

Pan-Canadian Voice for Women’s Housing: https://pcvwh.ca/

Map Center for Urban Health Solutions: https://maphealth.ca/

Unfortunately, there is not a national crisis line in Canada for survivors of gender based violence. But you can find provincial crisis lines and other resources at this link: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/stop-family-violence/services.html

#housing #housingcrisis #canada