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    • About Me
    • Municipal Profiles
    • Advocacy - Nickles and Dimes >
      • When Politics Fail: Chasing Evictions Instead of Solutions >
        • Joining the Conversation - Everyday Politics with Laura Mae Lindo
        • 100 Victoria Encampment (Kitchener) - Litigation - April 2026 Update
        • Continuing to Evict Despite Knowing Better... Why?
      • Dear RoW: Your Bylaw Is Faulty (& Your Politics Kinda Suck) >
        • January 9, 2026 Region of Waterloo Special Council Meeting RE: Proposed amendment to By-law 25-021
        • January 7, 2026 Region of Waterloo Special Council Meeting RE: Proposed amendment to By-law 25-021 >
          • Lesley Crompton - January 7, 2026 RoW Council Presentation
          • Safe Tenting Zones and the Waterloo Encampment Case - By David Alton
        • Region of Waterloo Special Council Meeting - Jan. 9, 2026
        • "A Site Specific Bylaw" : Court
        • April 23, 2025 Regional Council Meeting & 100 Vic. Proposed Bylaw April 23, 2025 >
          • Some initial thoughts as published on April 18, 2025
          • A little bit of background before delving in: April 21, 2025 >
            • Part 2 - A little bit of background before delving in
            • Part 3 - A little bit of background before delving in
      • Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments >
        • Rethinking Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments: Building a Human Rights Approach in Ontario >
          • Introduction - RtR Report 2026
          • Background: What are Neo-Vagrancy Bylaws and Encampment Protocols?
          • Developing a Human Rights Policy Framework for Municipal Encampment Responses >
            • Summary of All Exploratory Questions
          • Research Methods: Identifying Municipal Bylaws and Protocols
          • Findings: Old Bylaws, New Rights Gaps: Municipal Trends Across Ontario >
            • Pillar 1 Findings - Old Bylaws, New Rights Gaps
            • Pillar 3 Findings - Old Bylaws, New Rights Gaps -RtR Jan 2026 Report
            • Pillar 4 Findings - Old Bylaws, New Rights Gaps -RtR Jan 2026 Report
            • Pillar 5 Findings - Old Bylaws, New Rights Gaps
          • Conclusions and Policy Directions: Advancing Human Rights in Municipal Encampment Responses
          • Citations & Additional Resources - RtR Report - Jan. 2026
        • Human Rights and Housing FIghts >
          • Rethinking Municipal Approaches - Human Rights and Housing Fights
          • Human Rights and Housing Fights: Municipal Encampment Responses
        • Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments - Waterloo Region Snapshot
        • CAEH Conference Ottawa 2024
      • CAEH 2025 & More Cambridge Encampment Evictions >
        • CAEH Presenters - Local to WR
        • More Cambridge Encampment Evictions
        • Louder for those of you in the back... There are NO Shelter Options Right Now!
        • A Human Rights Approach to Encampments ​for Cambridge (2.0)​
        • Supplies needed - How to contribute ​
      • On the right to adequate housing - By Peter Elgin (2020)
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        • Dear City of Cambridge RE: Heat Wave Evictions >
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          • Extreme heat and health- Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • September 23, 2025 Cambridge Council Meeting >
              • Breakdown of Council & Staff Discussion of motion - September 23, 2024 Cambridge Council Meeting
          • Eviction Notice Components - Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions
          • Charter Rights and Case Law- Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • I "Rescind" Nothing: Check your facts
            • Legal Briefcase - Advocacy tools
          • Challenges of Navigating a Dual-Tier Municipal System Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • The Political Distractions: Procedural Bylaws & Cambridge Council Meeting September 2, 2025
          • $$ Crunching the Numbers $$ - Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions
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OCTOBER 12, 2022
​Region of Waterloo council meeting

Agenda (PDF) includes:
  • Delegations
    • 6.1. Maedith Radlein and Donna Dubie, Co-Convenors, Anti-Racist Advisory Working Group re: Recommendations to Regional Council​   *Recommendation now available on agenda (Page 4) 
  • ​Other Matters Under Committee Of The Whole
    • 11.1. Verbal Report: Site Review for Hybrid Shelter/Outdoor Model

Unsheltered Campaign
puts forth the
2022 Municipal Candidate
Unsheltered Pledge
​&
2022 Election Town Hall
October 17th @6:30PM

Today, Unsheltered Campaign sent a letter to all Municipal and Regional candidates in WR inviting them to sign our #UnshelteredPledge. pic.twitter.com/XN9kmX5Bf8

— unsheltered.campaign (@UnshelteredC) October 11, 2022
Engage Waterloo Region: Interim Housing Solutions: 
​From above link:
"Interim Housing Solutions Strategy

We are moving forward with an Interim Housing Solutions strategy to address this challenging situation, using four key tools:
  • Expanding the Transitional Housing Program;
  • Expanding the Home-Based Support Program;
  • Expanding the Emergency Shelter Program; and
  • Permitting a temporary managed Hybrid Shelter/Outdoor Model.
In addition, we will create a Homelessness Master Plan, which will guide the Region’s work to prevent and end homelessness." 


Kitchener Lived Expertese Working Group  
(Featured in video from
LISPOP 2022 Housing Forum below)
​​
  • Housing - Social Development Center Waterloo Region
    • Life Stories of Displacement
  • Housing Now: How New Census Data Will Shape the Canadian Housing Landscape - University of British Columbia​
  • A National Housing Strategy By And For Whom? Documented Experiences of People With Living Knowledge of Housing Need
  • ​​Displacement in Kitchener's Inner Suburbs: Experiences and perspectives from low-income tenants

  • Waterloo Region Community Legal Services
  • ​Waterloo Region Yes In My Back Yard 
  • Advocacy Center for Tenants Ontario (ACTO)

In The News...

  • Waterloo Region's list for supportive housing gives glimpse into vulnerable population - The Record
  • Efforts to rebuild after fire at encampment - CTV
  • Cause of fire at homeless encampment in downtown Kitchener undetermined, officials say - CBC
  • No injuries reported after Kitchener encampment fire - The Record
  • ​​Fire extinguished at homeless encampment in downtown Kitchener, investigation begins - CBC
  • Emergency services respond to fire at Kitchener homeless encampment - Global News
  • Crews respond to fire at encampment on Victoria St. - City News

Region of Waterloo Council heard the results of a survey on Wednesday night, which asked those experiencing homelessness what they would like to see in an encampment site sanctioned by the region. https://t.co/YLoL7f6acR

— CTV Kitchener (@CTVKitchener) October 13, 2022

More around here...

  • Housing: A Human Right
  • ​​The Criminalization of Homelessness
  • The Housing First Approach
  • Substance Use and Homelessness​
  • Regional Council Meeting August 18, 2022​​

Because there must always be music...


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