The NHRC Distinct Needs Working Group meeting was held on Monday aftenoon, November 7th, 2011 at the Albert at Bay Suite Hotel, 435 Albert Street in Ottawa.

Co‐chairs Karla Skoutajan of the Co‐operative Housing Federation of Canada and Jim Zamprelli of CMHC opened the meeting. The first presenters were Dr. Cheryl Forchuk of the University of Western Ontario and Betty Edwards of Can-Voice who examined the role of mental health consumer-survivors in the process of a community-based research project. This was followed by a presentation on research findings on housing preferences of psychiatric survivors by Dr. Geoffrey Nelson of Wilfrid Laurier University. Then, Walter Osoka and Betty Edwards of Can-Voice; Chandell Kelly of London Health Sciences Centre; and, Dr. Forchuk presented the "tornado effect" of upheaval, loss and destruction of psychiatric survivor's housing. The meeting concluded with a presentation by Ruth Schofield of McMaster University who examined research that focuses on families' health while caring for members with mental illness.

Working Group Webcasts

All NHRC Working Group sessions were broadcast live over the internet. You can watch the Fall 2011 video webcast through the following link http://www1.webcastcanada.ca/nhrc-cnrl/archives-eng.php.

Working Group Webcasts

All NHRC Working Group sessions were broadcast live over the internet. You can watch the Spring 2011 video webcast through the following link http://www1.webcastcanada.ca/nhrc-cnrl/archives/may3-11-eng/index.php.

Working Group Webcasts

All NHRC Working Group sessions were broadcast live over the internet. You can watch the Fall 2010 video webcast through the following link http://www1.webcastcanada.ca/nhrc-cnrl/archives/nov15-10-eng/index.php.

Working Group Webcasts

All NHRC Working Group sessions were broadcast live over the internet. You can watch the Spring 2010 video webcast through the following link http://www1.webcastcanada.ca/nhrc-cnrl/archives/apr27-10-eng/index.php.

Working Group Webcasts

All NHRC Working Group sessions were broadcast live over the internet. You can watch the Fall 2009 video webcast through the following link http://www2.webcastcanada.ca/nhrc-cnrl/archives/nov3-09-eng/index.php.

Open the links to view the webcast of presenters:
Access to Housing Finance Among Recent Immigrants by Greg Mason, PRA Inc
Women’s Perspectives on Suburbs and Sociability by Kate Thompson, Masters Student, Dalhousie University
The City of Lethbridge’s New Framework for Social Policy by Deputy Mayor Barbara Lacey, City of Lethbridge, Alberta