We are thrilled to announce our next Speaker Series with Street Nurse, Cathy Crowe on Wednesday, April 21 @ 7PM on an issue that’s near and dear to us: housing and homelessness.

Cathy Crowe is a long-time Street Nurse who works in the area of social justice nursing. She is a frequent guest lecturer and commentator on subjects related to homelessness, housing, advocacy, activism and social justice.

Cathy has been the recipient of numerous awards including six honourary Doctorates in Law, Science and Nursing, an international Human Rights Award and the prestigious Atkinson Economic Justice Award. Cathy is also a ground-breaking author (Dying for a Home: Homeless Activists Speak Out, A Knapsack Full of Dreams. Memoirs of a Street Nurse) and documentary filmmaker (Home Safe Calgary, Home Safe Toronto). Her work is the subject of a moving documentary Street Nurse by filmmaker Shelley Saywell.

Today she is a Public Affiliate in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University. She received the Order of Canada in 2018. She is a co-founder of the Shelter and Housing Justice Network in Toronto.

Cathy’s website is www.cathycrowe.ca

We hope you’ll join us to discuss one of the most significant issues affecting residents of Spadina-Fort York today. Please RSVP on Facebook.

Please find the link to join below:

 https://zoom.us/j/97095298517?pwd=cnlpU2Y3eHA2WVN4WWhvam9OalgxQT09

Meeting ID: 970 9529 8517

Passcode: 252212