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A podcast that brings together the voices and issues involved in ending homelessness across Canada

11/12/2025

🎙️ In this episode of On the Way Home, Emmy Kelly chats with Heather McDonald, President and CEO of United Way Greater Toronto.

We explore her first 6 months in the role, United Way Greater Toronto's ambitious 10-year strategy, and insights from the new Built for Good report. Together, they unpack barriers slowing down affordable housing, where urgent action is needed, and how community organizations, governments, and non-profits can work "first and fast" together to build stronger, more connected communities across the GTA.

A powerful conversation about leadership, collaboration, and the path forward. Watch the full episode at linktr.ee/OTWH 🔗

04/12/2025

🎙️ This week with On the Way Home, we’re joined by Ray Sullivan, Executive Director of the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association (CHRA), one of the country’s leading voices for non-market and community housing.

With over 25 years in the field, Ray shares how the sector has evolved, what opportunities lie ahead and why research and collaboration are key to shaping a truly affordable housing system. 🏠

Tune in as we explore the future of community housing in Canada and how, together, we can build a country where everyone has a safe, affordable place to call home.

Watch the full episode at linktr.ee/OTWH 🔗

02/12/2025

📣 Meet our guest... Ray Sullivan

Ray has been working on non-market community housing for 25 years and is currently the Executive Director of the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association. With deep sector experience and a strong commitment to strengthening the community housing system, Ray brings insight, passion, and a national perspective to this week’s conversation on the pod.

Tune in this Thursday for the full episode. 🎧

27/11/2025

🎙️ On this episode of On the Way Home, we’re joined by Juha Kahila, Head of International Affairs at the Y-Foundation, to explore how Finland moved from emergency shelters to permanent housing as a national standard.

Juha shares the story behind this systems-level shift, the role of collaboration across sectors, and the key lessons other countries, particularly Canada, can take from Finland’s experience. Together, we reflect on what must be true for a “society that works” one where no one is left without a home.

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26/11/2025

📣 Meet our guest... Juha Kahila, the Head of International Affairs at the Y-Foundation!

The Y-Foundation is Finland’s largest NGO providing housing for people experiencing homelessness and affordable homes for low-income households — with a housing stock of more than 19,000 apartments across the country.

Juha leads international collaboration through his roles as Coordinator of the Nordic Homelessness Alliance and facilitator within the Housing First Europe Hub, connecting practitioners, policymakers, and researchers across Europe to advance Housing First and prevention-based solutions.

Tune into the full episode this Thursday! 🎧

20/11/2025

🎙️ In this episode, we explore how the IESO - Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator is helping make homes more affordable and sustainable across Ontario.

Featuring Arwa Sayyadi, Program Advisor for Community Program Performance, we look at how initiatives like the Energy Affordability Program and Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Program are reaching low-income households and non-profit housing providers. 🏡

From lowering utility bills to supporting climate goals, listeners can understand programs that can support both energy efficiency and housing affordability to make a difference in our communities.

Watch the full episode at linktr.ee/OTWH 🔗

18/11/2025

📣 Meet our guest... Arwa Sayyadi, Program Advisor at the IESO - Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator.

Arwa's work is mainly with the Community Support Programs, including the low-income and community housing programs. Tune in this Thursday to learn how Arwa is helping make homes more affordable and sustainable across Ontario at the IESO.

Don't miss out on this insightful conversation, coming this Thursday! 👀

15/11/2025

Each week we ask our guests, "What does home mean to you?" 🏡

This week we sat down with Leilani Farha, Global Director of The Shift and former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, to explore how housing has become one of the defining human rights issues of our time.

Here's what Leilani said home means to her!

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14/11/2025

📣 “Everyone is entitled to adequate, affordable, decent housing under international law."

In case you missed it, this week on On the Way Home, we were joined by Leilani Farha, Global Director of The Shift, for an important conversation on housing as a human right and why ending homelessness starts with holding governments accountable to that standard.

🎧 Tune in to the full episode at linktr.ee/OTWH 🔗

13/11/2025

🎙️ Today we sit down with Leilani Farha, Global Director of The Shift and former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, to explore how housing has become one of the defining human rights issues of our time.

Leilani unpacks the global forces driving financialization, the connections between housing and the climate crisis, and what it will take to reclaim homes as places of dignity and security - not investment assets. From her UN advocacy to her film PUSH and podcast PUSHBACK Talks, Leilani shares a bold and hopeful vision for shifting housing systems toward justice.

Tune in to the full episode at linktr.ee/OTWH 🔗

11/11/2025

📣 Meet our guest... Leilani Farha, Global Director of The Shift, an international human rights organization focused on the right to housing.

Leilani served as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing between 2014 and 2020. She is recognized by governments and grassroots movements alike for her human rights expertise and is a leading voice globally on international human rights law. She is the author of the first UN Guidelines for the implementation of the right to housing.

🎧 Tune in this Thursday to explore how housing has become one of the defining human rights issues of our time.

07/11/2025

📣 “We built Homeward on a simple belief. And it's really that everybody deserves the opportunity to build a great life for themselves.”

This week on On the Way Home, we sat down with Jacob Gorenkoff and Kimberley Meijer from Homeward Public Affairs to talk about the power of advocacy, storytelling, and strategy in driving real change in Canada’s housing landscape.

🎧 Catch the full episode at linktr.ee/OTWH 🔗

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