Neha Review Panel - Oral Hearing (Dialogue) Record
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Virtual Oral Dialogues
Virtual Oral Dialogue Record- The oral dialogue record includes videos and transcripts of the virtual oral dialogue sessions in both official languages, and with ASL and LSQ. All participants included in the virtual oral dialogue sessions provided consent to publish the oral dialogue record.
Session 1 - Federal Housing Advocate, National Indigenous Women's Housing Network, Women's National Housing and Homelessness Network
Date: June 16, 2025
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Session 2 - Safe, permanent housing for survivors of gender-based violence
Date: June 20, 2025
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Session 3 - Gender-inclusive housing for Two Spirit, Trans, and gender-diverse people
Date: June 20, 2025
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Session 4 - Adequate housing for families, preventing child apprehension
Date: June 23, 2025
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Session 5 - Safe, adequate and accessible housing to meet the diverse needs of all people with disabilities
Date: June 23, 2025
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Session 6 - Housing to address the MMIWG2S+ crisis, decolonizing housing policy
Date: June 30, 2025
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Session 7 - Quebec Focused Session : The inclusive implementation of the right to adequate housing so no one is left behind
Date: August 6, 2025
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Other Oral Dialogues
In-Person Dialogues
The Neha review panel conducted oral dialogues in-person at events hosted by partner organizations. See the links below for a summary of each dialogue.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit (MMIWG2S+) Urban Indigenous Action Group National Summit
Date: February 3-5, 2025
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Pan-Canadian Voice for Women's Housing (PCVWH) Symposium
Date: February 20-21, 2025
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Dialogues With Women, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender-Diverse People who Are Incarcerated in Provincial and Federal Institutions in Nova Scotia
Date: June 3-4, 2025
Click here for Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility dialogue summary
Click here for the Nova Institution for Women dialogue summary (TO COME)
Local Dialogues
Neha members also joined a limited number of community-led dialogues, hosted by local partner organizations. These dialogues were convened to amplify the voices of people with lived experience of homelessness and inadequate housing, particularly groups and regions under-represented in the other written and oral dialogues. By creating accessible, culturally appropriate, and trauma-informed spaces, the dialogues were prioritized to ensure that the lived expertise of underrepresented and marginalized communities directly informs the panel's report and recommendations. See the links below for a summary from each dialogue.
Waskaa'igan Neegan Safe Warm Space. Dauphin, MB
Date: August 21, 2025
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519 Toronto. Toronto, ON
Date: August 25, 2025
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West Central Women's Resource Centre. Winnipeg, MB
Date: August 29, 2025
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