Engagement Report – June 2022

Participants

The Federal Housing Advocate met with:

• Federal/Provincial/Territorial Deputy Ministers Housing Forum
• Mayor Lisa Helps, City of Victoria
• Departmental staff of Indigenous Services Canada
• Departmental staff of Infrastructure Canada
• Tim Richter, Co-Chair of the National Housing Council
• Departmental staff of HRSDC
• Lynne Groulx, Chief Executive Officer of the Native Women's Association of Canada
• Departmental staff of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
• Participants of the “Joining Forces to Monitor Disability Rights and Housing Rights in Canada” conference
• Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services Canada
• The National Housing Council
• Minister's staff, Northern Affairs Canada

Summary

These sessions took place in the form of small to large virtual meetings and conferences in an introductory capacity, as well as bilateral meetings with key partners, rights holders, and duty bearers.

The Advocate had the opportunity to: establish relationships with several key partners, including federal Ministers and global housing rights advocates who are developing the right to housing as core mandate items; to solicit the engagement preferences of several National Indigenous Organizations and begin working relationships; to present her mandate and responsibilities at a conference aiming to monitor the intersection of housing rights with disability rights; to establish relationships with a municipal partner; and spoke on a panel at the ACORN National Convention about housing as a human right.

Key themes

Advocate introduction of mandate and duties:

• Met with key partners to present mandate and duties, and to establish working relationships.