Executive Director The RAFT I'm interested in leadership, innovation, living a good life, and whatever catches my interest...can change daily
Niagara Region
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The Foggy Dew. This tune first appeared in Edward Bunting's The Ancient Music of Ireland (1840) but it's best known for the lyrics given to it by Charles O’Neill that tell of the events that began this day, 24th of April, in 1916 🇮🇪
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Mike is focused on providing individualized supports before families and individuals enter the shelter system. Also stop using the term ‘continuum of care’. Just house people. youtu.be/sfMcsIFY26o?si=4DCj… (2/2)
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Diverting people from having to use our shelter system is one of the best ways we can prevent homelessness. Please listen to this important interview with Mike Lethby from The Raft theraft.ca/ (1/2)
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”Shelters and temporary accomodation only manage homelessness”
#endhomelessness #housigfirst @ysaatio – at Helsinki, Finland
Juha Kahila of The Y-Foundation says part of the country's strategy towards ending homelessness involved a deliberate shift away from temporary accommodations.
Listen to the full interview: vancouverislandmentalhealths…
@VIMentalHealth
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A Niagara example: Youth homelessness agency offers a model of success for others wellandtribune.ca/news/niaga… via @WellandTribune @MichaelLethby @NiagaraRaft
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Shelter diversion program aims to help unhoused youth thespec.com/news/hamilton-re… via @thespec
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Ave Maria by Franz Schubert, remembering the great Austrian composer this week on the anniversary of his death (1797 – 1828)
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Let’s stop calling it a housing crisis: policyoptions.irpp.org/magaz…
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CFY held our Annual General Meeting on November 1. We celebrated and reflected on a year of high-impact program delivery, community partnership, and advocacy efforts ✨🧵(1/5)
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We have some really exciting news to share! #HomeDepotCanadaFoundation and #Changethatbuilds @homedepotcanda @HomeDepotCanada
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St. Catharines groups collaborate to help create trauma-informed care for newcomers
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So happy for my friend @MichaelLethby as he and his team are doing incredible work on homelessness prevention at the @NiagaraRaft !!!
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Trellis is doing some systems-shattering work that is leading to incredible outcomes for youth in Calgary. Groundbreaking. They are truly national leaders in innovative practice. We are so grateful that they opened their doors us. So much learning. @TrellisYYC @THSVic #Besties
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Best night of my life….. so far 🇨🇦 #UFC289 – at Greater Vancouver, British Columbia
Great morning and packed room at the New Brunswick CAB conference. Greg and Chris from the Human Development Council leading us through the data and impact over the last year #endinghomlessness
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‘The moment that changed everything’: St. Catharines couple raising awareness about brain tumours
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Why read a self-help book published in 2023 when you could read one that was a best seller for 1,500 years?
This is the Consolation of Philosophy, written by a man called Boethius while he was in prison, awaiting execution, in 523 AD.
Here are its 8 most powerful ideas:
Michael Lethby retweeted
Spoke @AMOPolicy Symposium on Homelessness this week. Almost 250 present. I asked folks to raise their hands if from rural community or urban centre with rural parts. Almost every hand in the crowd was raised. No table should be talking Homelessness without rural representation.
