Research & Creative
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The housed鈥un]housed...[re]housed鈥� symposium will shine its academic light on our affordable housing and unhoused crisis in Toronto, Ontario. Given our recent pressing issues and experiences with affordability issues, refugee settlements, the COVID-19 pandemic, addiction, mental health, and the climate crisis, the symposium will probe and discuss precedents with a critical and multi-disciplinary lens. Hence, there is a need to revisit, question, and expand on the Fair Housing Act discourse, which prohibits discrimination and the Ontario Human Rights Commission that housing is a human right.
The symposium captures a range of topics and inquiries. It will examine the following Housing and Homelessness unifying themes: Local and Global Housing: Policies, Rights and Law, Rental Scams, Renovations and Evictions; Healthcare and Accessible Housing; Pedagogy and Practice: Civic Engagement and Pro Bono Work, Social Work, Social Medicine, and Social Suffering.
We invite you to listen to presenters and see exhibitions and films from Ontario, Quebec, United Kingdom, and the United States.
This event is supported in part by funding the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and The Office of the President, 91看片网, The Creative School: New Collaborations Grant, Interior Design at The Creative School, 91看片网 Libraries, Lincoln Alexander School of Law, The Office of Social Innovation, Department of Architecture, and The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic.
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Speakers
Dr. Andrew Boozary, Executive Director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine at UHN
Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing and Global Director of The Shift
Dr. Carl E. Gershenson, Princeton University, Director of the Eviction Lab
Dr. Jill B. Pable, Professor Emeritus, Florida State University, Department of Interior Architecture and Design
Dr. Carolyne Grimard, Professeure, Facult茅 des arts et des sciences - 脡cole de travail social, Universit茅 de Montr茅al, Qu茅bec
Catherine Murphy, Parsons School of Design, Director of Education, Parsons Healthy Materials Lab
Sonia Blank, Architecte, Charg茅e de recherche 鈥� Solidarit茅 urbaine, Architecture sans fronti猫res Qu茅bec
Olivia Daigneault Desch锚nes, Architecte, Charg茅e de projets 鈥� Solidarit茅 urbaine, Architecture sans fronti猫res Qu茅bec
Aaron Budd, Principal at SvN Architects + Planners
Robert Raynor, Director of Design & Development, BetterStreet
Sandra Wheeler, Matter Practice, Architect and Exhibit Designer
Schedule
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Research Team
Co-Investigators:
Dr. Eliza Chandler, 91看片网, Associate Professor, School of Disability Studies, and Executive Director Office of Social Innovation
Dr. Carl E. Gershenson, Princeton University, Director of the Eviction Lab
Dr. Carolyne Grimard, Universit茅 de Montr茅al, Qu茅bec, Professeure, Facult茅 des arts et des sciences - 脡cole de travail social
Dr. Roberta Iannacito-Provenzano, 91看片网, Professor and Provost & Vice-President, Academic
Dr. Jill B. Pable, Florida State University, Professor Emeritus, Department of Interior Architecture and Design
Dr. Colin S. Ripley, 91看片网, Professor and Chair, School of Interior Design
Collaborators:
Sanjoy Banerjee, Academic Librarian, 91看片网 Libraries
Dr. Lisa Landrum, 91看片网, Professor and Chair, Department of Architectural Science
Theodore A. Landrum, 91看片网, Contract Lecturer, Department of Architectural Science
Jonsara Ruth, Parsons School of Design, Co-founder, and Design Director Healthy Materials Lab
Donna E. Young, 91看片网, Dean, Lincoln Alexander School of Law
Symposium Research Lead:
Dr. Lorella Di Cintio, 91看片网, Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, School of Interior Design
For additional access requests, please contact ldicintio@torontomu.ca by April 10, 2025.