CCA hosts Centretown Community Conversation on Homelessness

Written By Mia Jensen

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Tuesday January 14, 2025

OTTAWA, ON — On January 6th, a person who is not housed, identified as Roger, froze to death in Centretown.  This makes the event we have organized very timely.  On January 15, members of the Centretown community are invited to join neighbourhood organizations and housing providers for a Conversation on Homelessness in Ottawa Centre. The event will take place both in-person and virtually, providing a platform for open dialogue, sharing ideas and creating solutions to address the ongoing homelessness crisis.

Centretown organizations and members of the public will be joined in this discussion by:

  • MP Yasir Naqvi

  • MPP Joel Harden

  • Somerset Councillor Ariel Troster

Leading housing and homelessness experts panel

  • John Heckbert, Operation Come Home

  • Peter Tilley, Ottawa Mission

  • Mark MacAulay, Salus

  • Angela Davis, Options Housing

The following speakers will be sharing the stories of their lived experiences

  • Ric Allen-Watson, Chef Ric’s and Ottawa Mission

  • Mayor Al, 12 Neighbours, Fredericton, NB (Virtual) on panel 2

  • Ashley Clark, member of the Mohawk Nation and lived experience with homelessness

Mia Jensen
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