What Works in Ending Homelessness? Innovative Practices From the U.K.

Name: What Works in Ending Homelessness? Innovative Practices From the U.K.
Start: 2026-06-10T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-10T17:30:00-04:00
Location: Social Sciences Building, University of Ottawa

Schedule

Wed Jun 10 2026 at 03:00 pm to 05:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Social Sciences Building, University of Ottawa | Ottawa, ON

This forum will highlight the role of evidence in supporting transformative public policies on housing and homelessness.
About this Event

The forum will include:

a keynote address by Dr. Lígia Teixeira, who founded the Centre for Homelessness Impact in 2018 to strengthen the use of evidence, data and lessons learned across systems addressing homelessness in the U.K. and beyond

a fireside chat with Dr. Teixeira and Dr. Tim Aubry, emeritus professor and co-chair of the uOttawa Pop-Up Lab on Housing and Homelessness, moderated by Dr. Susan Farrell, CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa.

Dr. Lígia Teixeira, founding CEO of the Centre for Homelessness Impact in the U.K., will share case studies and solutions that have enabled people working in and around homelessness to achieve breakthrough results. This forum will highlight the role of evidence in supporting transformative public policies on housing and homelessness.

This inaugural public forum is presented by the and is supported by the Office of Public Policy Research and Outreach and the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue.

The helps uOttawa develop effective solutions to complex policy challenges and shape public policy in Canada and around the world.

This inaugural public forum is part of the Collaborative International Series on Innovation in Housing and Homelessness, which provides decision-makers, community organizations, researchers and the public with evidence-based program and policy solutions to housing issues and homelessness in Ottawa. It welcomes internationally recognized researchers in the field for a series of visits.
The event will be followed by a reception.
Simultaneous Interpretation and Captioning

Please note that presentations at this event will be offered in both French and English. A simultaneous interpretation and captioning system will be available. Participants wishing to use the live interpretation system will need to connect via their smartphones equipped with headphones. Please bring your own headphones.