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June 26, 2023
​City of Kitchener Council Meeting - 7PM


​View Full Agenda​​  (Addendum)
Includes:
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6.2 Lived Expertise Working Group - First Year Review, DSD-2023-295, listed as item 12.1.a
  •  6.2.a David Alton and Char Lee, Lived Expertise Working Group
 
Connecting with our WR Municipalities & Local Democracy

If anyone doesn't immediately see the value of spending these dollars on extending this partnership, I recommend watching this delegation to learn more about the importance of this work.

— Melissa Bowman (@m2bowman) June 27, 2023


“Rather than imposing a solution on people, people should be included in a discussion,’ Leilani Farha says”
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​-Above quote pulled from
"Human rights of homeless ignored by cities fighting encampments, says former U.N. special rapporteur" by CBC News

  • Make The Shift
    • ​Push: The Film
    • #PUSHBACK Talks (podcast series)
  • Fact sheet 21: The Human Right to Adequate Housing - United Nations and the Rule of Law
  • A National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada​
  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights - United Nations​
  • MtS Scholars with Lived Experience Network
"There’s a real disconnect in terms of understanding the complexities of the problems that we face and the realities that are told to all levels of government and the public,” said Burt. “These are things that we wrestle with all the time.”

​-Above quote pulled from 
"We've never been here before," say Waterloo Region outreach workers -The Record
Above: Preview video of Char Lee, from her participation as a recent speaker in Regional Councillor Rob Deutschmann's virtual town hall series. 
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  • Laurier research collaboration spotlights lived experiences of homelessness through photography - The Record News
  • Kitchener’s homelessness Lived Expertise Working Group questioned by council about public statements criticizing city following April Roos Island rally - The Record News
  • The Kitchener Lived Expertise Working Group is offering insight to the Region of Waterloo as they develop their Interim Housing Solutions -CBC.ca
  • ​Region seeks input on homelessness from those with lived experience  -CityNews Kitchener​
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Another great way to support LEWG, if (like me) you've not been able to make it out to KPL tonight.

Sponsor Lived Experts to attend Conference https://t.co/xES0reffTC

— Regan Sunshine Brusse (@ReganBrusse) August 16, 2023
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More around here...

  • Housing: A Human Right​
  • Candidate Responses on Housing and Homelessness
  • Unsheltered Campaign: 2022 Municipal Election Unsheltered Pledge & Town Hall
  • ​​The Criminalization of Homelessness
  • The Housing First Approach
  • Substance Use and Homelessness​
  • Regional Council Meeting August 18, 2022​​

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