Shelby Challis A report released last month on Canada’s National Housing Strategy details the findings of nearly four months of public consultations with housing experts, stakeholders, and Canadians from across the country. The report identifies priority areas, and highlights ideas on how to redefine solutions to our housing crisis. Some of the priority areas included…
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Fintech: Offering Financial Inclusion in an Increasingly Decentralized World?
Shelby Challis Last month, I had the opportunity to attend MoneyConf 2016, a two-day global conference that focused on technological innovations within the financial sector, otherwise known as the Fintech industry. This year’s conference was hosted in Madrid, and brought together disruptive startups, entrepreneurs, investors, and some of the world’s leading financial institutions. The event drew…
Summer Camps: Helping Children and Youth Cope with Neurological Disorders
Shelby Challis As summer approaches, many of us might be beginning to look forward to vacations abroad, or even just some free time that we can finally spend at our leisure. However, for many families and caregivers of children with mental health disorders, the summer months mark an extremely stressful period. Not only is their child’s…
Precarious Housing and Psychiatric Disability: How to Ensure Development over Displacement
Shelby Challis Individuals who experience psychiatric disability are too often forced to navigate their way through precarious housing situations and manage these situations with little support. The social conditions of our housing economy are deteriorating to a point where they not only provide little alleviation for those suffering from adverse mental health conditions, but they…
Renewal and Redevelopment Reloaded: How Do We Up Toronto’s Housing Game
Shelby Challis Toronto is becoming unlivable. With a growing segment of its population suffering from precarious and inadequate housing, some would consider the city to be in the midst of crisis of housing affordability, however, this is fundamentally a city in crisis. The cost of living in Toronto, even for those who obtain access to…
Web Summit Interview: The Future of Providing Mental Health Services to the Bottom Billion
Shelby Challis One of the greatest societal issues facing the world today is the delivery of affordable and accessible mental health services to the majority of the world’s population. Oren Frank, the CEO and CO-Founder of Talkspace, an online platform that connects users to licensed therapists from around the world, has been leading the fight…
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