Tag: Health and Housing Symposium

GUELPH POLITICAST #425 – Understanding Homelessness (feat. Dr. Erin Dej)

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Our daily news is overflowing with stories about the breadth of the housing crisis, and governments are responding with new measures and funding, but these actions are based in a system that wasn’t designed to handle a problem this massive, or this complicated. This partially explains why nothing we’ve tried so far has had the impact we’ve wanted, so do we truly understand homelessness on a systemic level? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #425 – Understanding Homelessness (feat. Dr. Erin Dej)” →

RECAP: County Staff Will Report Back to City Council About Tiny Homes Next Month

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There was a special meeting of Guelph city council last month that was essentially about a mayoral directive to explore a temporary structured encampment. Council then decided to focus on a project already in progress, the Guelph Tiny Home Coalition, and the matter was referred to a meeting of the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee. This meeting. To learn about what happened next, you need to consult this meeting recap… Continue reading “RECAP: County Staff Will Report Back to City Council About Tiny Homes Next Month” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for June 12, 2024

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There were already thoughts about the June meeting of the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee in May when a housing matter came to Guelph City Council for discussion. Now in the realm of the County of Wellington, Temporary Structured Encampments will get further discussion, but will it get any further direction? Also, it’s just one of several housing related items on this last agenda before summer vacation. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee Meeting for June 12, 2024” →

Organizers Say There’s Forward Momentum After Health Housing Symposium Day #3

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“We either succeed together or we fail together,”Luisa Artuso said to kick off day #3 of the combined Guelph and Wellington County Health and Housing Symposium. Two days were held at the end of January with an invite-only crowd of local service providers, government staff and election officials, but this third day was open for the media to observe, and while a lot of ground was covered, this remains, if anything, only the beginning. Continue reading “Organizers Say There’s Forward Momentum After Health Housing Symposium Day #3” →

RECAP: Social Services Committee Feels Good About Direction Post-Symposium

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This month’s Social Services Committee meeting was a special occasion, not only was there a change in venue to a Wellington County building on Wyndham Street, but this was the last committee meeting in its present iteration. But before a new committee takes over, there was a lot for this group to tackle on the March agenda from ongoing construction projects to the aftermath of the Health and Housing Symposium. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Social Services Committee Feels Good About Direction Post-Symposium” →

MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for March 13, 2024

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After taking February off, the Social Services Committee of Wellington County is getting together again… for the last time. Sort of. Next month, a new joint committee between the City of Guelph and the County of Wellington takes over, but for this month *this* committee will tackle reports about construction projects, resolutions from the Guelph council, and the findings from a symposium held just a few weeks ago (and will be held again in a few weeks time). Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: County Social Services Meeting for March 13, 2024” →