This conference is co-hosted by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) and the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR). The purpose of the conference is to help community workers build knowledge, skills, and networks to assist their clients facing housing-related legal problems.
Access a PDF version of the agenda: Housing Law conference agenda
WEDNESDAY JUNE 17 - Day 1
Zoom link for all Day 1 sessions: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89359877913?pwd=jdb3S54GanK93kOdZQ5AuiNoaCwPnC.1
*Full Zoom access info available after the agendas
| TIME | SESSION | SPEAKERS |
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome and opening | CLEO and CCHR |
| 9:15-10:30 | Tenant rights & Residential Tenancies Act | Joel Yinger, Waterloo Region Community Legal Services |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45-12:00 | Eviction process and prevention | Sheila Warner, Aboriginal Legal Services
Charlotte Munro, person with lived experience |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00-2:00 | Repairs and maintenance | Caycie Soke, Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic |
| 2:00-3:00 | Human rights in housing | Demar Hewitt and Raianna Wedemire-Peart, Black Legal Action Centre
Tye Anthony, Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break | |
| 3:15-4:15 | The Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) process | Audrey Huntley, Aboriginal Legal Services
Ademofe Oye-Adeniran, Canadian Centre for Housing Rights |
| 4:15-4:30 | Day 1 wrap-up | CLEO and CCHR |
THURSDAY JUNE 18 - Day 2
ZOOM link for Zoom Room 1: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83313288647?pwd=YPoYOERxrzwfpaqGmY3Um8ledk6stj.1
ZOOM link for Zoom Room 2: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81939374824?pwd=6TiiY2mnWT9bn9pSFACGtERaSmEeqL.1
Morning Sessions
| TIME | LINK | SESSION | SPEAKERS |
| 9:00-9:15 | Zoom Room 1 | Day 2 Welcome | CCHR and CLEO |
| 9:15-10:30 | Zoom Room 1 | Compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma | Kirsten Gardner, Perspective Paralegal
Lorraine Lam, Community Consultant |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break | ||
| 10:45-12:00 | Zoom Room 1 | Session A1: Mental health and addictions in housing | Amy Slotek, Legal Aid Ontario |
| 10:45-12:00 | Zoom Room 2 | Session A2: Renovictions | Rosalea Thompson, Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
Afternoon Sessions
| TIME | LINK | SESSION | SPEAKERS |
| 1:00-2:00 | Zoom Room 1 | Session B1: Gender-based violence and housing | Marlene Ham, Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses (OAITH)
Julie Matheson, Canadian Centre for Housing Rights |
| 1:00-2:00 | Zoom Room 2 | Session B2: Tenant organizing | Euridice Baumgarten, Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations
Ricardo Tranjan, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives ACORN – speaker TBC |
| 2:00-3:00 | Zoom Room 1 | Session C1: Finding affordable housing | Gopi Krishna and Shahin Fazeli, The Housing Help Centre
Naomi Martel, Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services |
| 2:00-3:00 | Zoom Room 2 | Session C2: Above guideline rent increases | Kelly Bentley, Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break | ||
| 3:15-4:15 | Zoom Room 1 | Session D1: Remedies at the LTB and beyond | Ayesha Adamjee and Bright Okenwa, Canadian Centre for Housing Rights |
| 3:15-4:15 | Zoom Room 2 | Session D2: Supporting the unhoused | Laura Galloro, Youth Without Shelter
Joseph Edwards, John Howard Society of York Region |
| 4:15-4:30 | Zoom Room 1 | Wrap up and evaluation | CLEO and CCHR |
ZOOM information – Day 1, Wednesday June 17
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ZOOM information – Day 2, Thursday June 18, Zoom Room 1
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ZOOM information – Day 2, Thursday June 18, Zoom Room 2
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