Community Conversation on Homelessness

Housing Affordability | February 3, 2026

OTTAWA, ON — On February 5, community members, service providers and elected officials are invited to come together for a follow up Community Conversation on Homelessness in Ottawa. The event will take place in-person, providing a platform for open dialogue, sharing ideas and creating solutions to address the ongoing homelessness crisis.

We have 2 featured speakers to outline their model in Toronto and Ottawa.  They will then be joined in a panel discussion by 3 elected officials: 

• Keith Hambly, CEO of Fred Victor in Toronto (operates Dunn House)
• Rob Boyd, CEO of Ottawa Inner City Health   
• MP Yasir Naqvi
• MPP Catherine McKenney
• Somerset Councillor Ariel Troster

The Centretown Community Conversation on Homelessness in January 2025 was covered by CTV and an article in the Ottawa Citizen.

WHO Centretown Community Association, Glebe Community Association, Lowertown Community Association, Action Sandy Hill, Dalhousie Community Association and support from Centretown Community Health Centre and a number of sponsors
WHAT Community Conversation on Homelessless
WHEN February 5, 2026 6-8pm
WHERE Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar St. Ottawa 

RSVP for a ticket at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1980101411625?aff=Press

For more information, please contact Mary Huang from the Centretown Community Association at maryhuanggd@gmail.com.

About the Centretown Community Association

The Centretown Community Association (CCA) is a volunteer, non-profit, membership-based community association founded in 1969 to represent those who live and work within the Centretown neighbourhood in Ottawa. Our neighbourhood is bounded by Bronson Avenue on the west, the Rideau Canal on the east, the Queensway on the south, and the Ottawa River on the north. For more information, visit www.centretowncitizens.ca.