Episode 8: Politics and Homelessness

Michelle Bilek, National Field Organizer for the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, an organization set to prevent and end homelessness in Canada, discusses the current difficulties Canada, Ontario, and Peel are dealing with in terms of homelessness and youth homelessness, as well as any current plans of action proposed by Ontario and various paths forward that we would expect from our next elected office.

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Further Reading:

Budget 2022 (Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness)

Budget 2022: Affordable Housing (Government of Canada)

Michelle’s Resources:

Canadian Alliance Conference 2022

Vote4Housing (Twitter) (Facebook) (Instagram)

Members of Provincial Parliament Contact List

Ontario’s Political Parties

Green Party of Ontario

Ontario Liberal Party

Ontario New Democratic Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

New Blue Ontario

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Follow up with the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness:

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

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About the Guest:

Michelle Bilek

National Field Organizer | Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness | She/Her

Michelle advocates in her daily life for social responsibility, poverty reduction, homelessness, equity and inclusion, violence against woman, and food insecuity.

Learn more about Michelle.

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About the Host:

Mya Moniz

Peer Support Leader | REST Centres She/Her

Mya is an independent youth and Former Crown Ward of the Peel Children’s Aid Society. She’s achieved an Honours Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction from the University of Toronto in English, Professional Writing and Communications, and Sociology. She also sits at the Senior Leadership Table for the Peel Alliance to End Homelessness as a youth with lived experience.

Mya believes there is great power in healing, growth, and catharsis through writing and storytelling, and she strives to help others tell their stories the way she tells hers.