Housing Symposium

The Peterborough Drug Strategy (PDS) and the Research for Social Change Lab (RSCL) partnered to put on a symposium on housing and homelessness in Peterborough on February 22 & 23, 2024. This event was a follow-up to the housing forum held in May 2023. It focused on community collaboration and systems planning to help problem-solve the housing and homelessness crisis in Peterborough City and County.

This two-day event involved several interactive presentations and action-oriented activities. The content covered focused on systemic issues and solutions around homelessness in Peterborough City and County. This symposium was intended to support the RSCL’s Priority Roadmap by gaining community consensus and action-planning steps in realizing these goals. In addition, the symposium carved out intentional time for networking, enabling knowledge exchange, partnerships, building connections, and resource sharing.

This event was generously supported by the Government of Canada through Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy, the United Way as the Community Entity, and the Research for Social Change Lab (RSCL), which is partly funded through the Canada Research Chair program. Trent University also kindly contributed their space at Catharine Parr Traill College. It was organized by the Research for Social Change Lab, A Question of Care (QoC), and Peterborough Drug Strategy (PDS) Partners.