Aging in Community: Housing Justice for Seniors

Join us on National Housing Day for a panel, resource sharing, and guided conversation on how collective action, coalition-building, knowledge-sharing and alternative housing models can help seniors in Toronto age where and how they want to.

Everyone is invited! Intergenerational connections make movements more powerful. Refreshments will be provided.

Panel speakers:

• Anna Larsen is a resident of the Stanley Knowles Housing Co-operative (SKHC) located above the Northern District Library, whose 120+ residents are two-thirds seniors. SKHC is active in the advocacy efforts of the Co-op Housing Federation of Toronto, and of Canada.
• Jo-anne Kennedy has been a resident at City Park Co-operative for 20 years. City Park Co-op has over 800 members, 60% of which are 65+. This inspired Kennedy to start an Aging in Place Commitee in 2014 that is still going strong. Four years ago, the Aging in Place Committee started working with the NORC Innovation Centre (NIC) and this partnership has proved to be invaluable. Kennedy currently sits on the Seniors Advisory Committee for the NIC.
• Mary Jean Hande is a sociology professor at Trent University. She is the academic lead on the Towards Just Care, a community-engaged research project seeking socially just alternatives to residential long-term care through grassroots coalition-building, systems mapping, and collective visioning.
• Brad Evoy is a multiply Disabled member of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation and Executive Director of Disability Justice Network of Ontario (DJNO). DJNO works to build a world where disabled people are free to be - on issues from housing & home care to education & prisoner justice.

Drop-ins are welcome, but registration is encouraged to receive reminders.

Accessibility: ND is accessible via a ramp on Orchard View Blvd. Room 200 is upstairs, accessible by elevator, and near accessible bathrooms. There's no parking at the branch, but free afternoon parking is available at North Toronto Memorial Community Centre a few blocks away. There are several Green P lots nearby. Call the branch for more info: 416-393-7610.

If you identify as a person with a disability and require an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email, accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.