Hope Dialogue welcomes Don Shafer

Hope Dialogue welcomes Margaret Pfoh

Margaret Pfoh, Chief Executive Officer of Aboriginal Housing Management Association, joins us to talk about the importance of improving the availability and quality of culturally-appropriate Indigenous housing.

Hope Dialogue welcomes Don Shafer

This week Jennifer Johnstone, President and CEO of Central City Foundation (Hope Dialogue's title sponsor) joins us to turn the tables on our usual host and interview Canadian broadcasting legend Don Shafer, who was recently awarded a PhD from the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice department at UBC.

Hope Dialogue welcomes Kathleen Leahy

Kathleen Leahy, Director of UBC Learning Exchange, joins us to talk about why low-income neighbourhoods are heavily researched, what impact this can have on community members and what ethical research practices look like in practice.

Hope Dialogue welcomes Irwin Oostindie

Irwin Oostindie, Director of Voor Urban Labs, joins us to talk about the lessons learned from the 2010 Olympics and the impacts that large events like the FIFA World Cup have on the host cities and the different communities within them.

Hope Dialogue welcomes Mary Clare Zak

Mary Clare Zak, Executive Director of SoleFoods Street Farms, joins us to talk about they create low-barrier employment opportunites by turning vacant urban land into street farms, as well as reflect on her decades working to help shape social change in our city.