​Cutting Through the (Seemingly Bovine) 'Fecal Matter'

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A Rights-Based Approach:
​The Federal Housing Advocate
(Report and Webinar)

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About The Federal Housing Advocate

"The Federal Housing Advocate is an independent, nonpartisan watchdog, empowered to drive meaningful action to address inadequate housing and homelessness in Canada."

​(Source - Canadian Human Rights Commission)

Photo above: September 22, 2025 during the Advocates visit to Waterloo Region. From left to right: Me, Marie-Josée Houle, Sara Escobar, Marjorie Knight

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A Rights-Based Approach to the Next
​National Housing Strategy

Presented by the Canadian Housing Renewal Association and the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate.

• View Presentation Slides Carolyn Whitzman (Via CHRA)
• ​View Presentation Slides Alexandra Flynn ​(Via CHRA)

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How To make a submission to the ​Federal Housing Advocate

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Renew human rights-based approach to Canada’s housing strategy: Federal Housing Advocate’s annual report (News Release)

Investing in human rights: The Federal Housing Advocate's 2025–2026 Annual Report (Report)

other publications from their office:

a few RElated pages: 

• Federal Housing Advocate - Visit September 22, 2025
• A Human Rights Approach to Encampments ​for Cambridge (2.0)​
• Cambridge City Council Meeting September 23, 2025

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Other "Nickels" in this "jar":

• ​Sheltering with Dignity: ​Safe Tenting as a Human Right
• Seeing Beyond the Stigma: Reframing the Narrative
• ​​​“I Think It’s Bullshit”: Encampment Evictions and the Criminalization of Homelessness - Human Rights & Housing Fights
• ​​Understanding the Growing Divide : A Look at Local Data
• ​​A Rights-Based Approach : The Federal Housing Advocate (Report and Webinar)

Dear city of cambridge (CC: Region of waterloo)

Cutting Through the (Seemingly Bovine) 'Fecal Matter'

​​More pages from "around here":

​​because there must always be music...