This conference was co-hosted by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) and the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR). The purpose of the conference was to help community workers build knowledge, skills, and networks to assist their clients facing housing-related legal problems.
Access a PDF version of the Resource Handout.
Click on the hyperlinks in the agenda to view the session recordings or slide presentations. You can view the recordings without slides and a larger ASL interpreter in the ASL video showcase on Vimeo.
Wednesday June 17 – Day 1
| Time | Session recording | Speaker presentation |
| 9:00-9:15 | Day 1 Opening remarks | CLEO and CCHR |
| 9:15-10:30 | Tenant rights & Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) | Joel Yinger, Waterloo Region Community Legal Services |
| 10:45-12:00 | Eviction process and prevention | Sheila Warner, Aboriginal Legal Services
Charlotte Munro, person with lived experience |
| 1:00-2:00 | Repairs and maintenance | Caycie Soke, Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic |
| 2:00-3:00 | Human rights in housing – Discrimination and harassment | Raianna Wedemire-Peart, Black Legal Action Centre
Tye Anthony, Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres |
| 3:15-4:15 | The Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) process | Audrey Huntley, Aboriginal Legal Services
Ademofe Oye-Adeniran, Canadian Centre for Housing Rights |
Thursday June 18 – Day 2
Morning sessions
| Time | Session recording | Speaker presentation |
| 9:15-10:30 | Compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma | Kirsten Gardner, Perspective Paralegal
Lorraine Lam, Community Consultant |
| 10:45-12:00 | Mental health and addictions in housing | Amy Slotek, Legal Aid Ontario |
| 10:45-12:00 | Renovictions | Rosalea Thompson, Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario |
Afternoon sessions
| Time | Session recording | Speaker presentation |
| 1:00-2:00 | 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 | Tenant organizing | Euridice Baumgarten, Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations
Ricardo Tranjan, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives |
| 2:00-3:00 | Finding affordable housing | S. Gopikrishna, The Housing Help Centre
Naomi Martel, Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services |
| 2:00-3:00 | Above guideline rent increases | Kelly Bentley, Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations |
| 3:15-4:15 | Remedies at the LTB and beyond | Ayesha Adamjee and Bright Okenwa, Canadian Centre for Housing Rights |
| 3:15-4:15 | Supporting the unhoused | Laura Galloro, Youth Without Shelter
Joseph Edwards, John Howard Society of Peel-Halton-Dufferin |
| 4:15-4:30 | Day 2 Closing remarks | CLEO and CCHR |