Building Partnerships Conference 2024

Join us at the Keystone Centre in Brandon for two days of panels, presentations and discussions from all sides of the non-profit housing sector. This will be MNPHA’s second conference in Brandon, and will highlight the housing solutions in Manitoba’s smaller and rural communities. Many of the speakers will also be sharing how we protect, renew, and expand non-profit housing across our province.

Register now to upgrade your skills, learn better ways of working and collaborating, hear about the latest research, share your challenges and successes with friends and colleagues, and get inspired by new ideas.

With over one dozen unique sessions, the conference program is packed with a range of presenters.

Sponsored Tickets: For organizations without the budget to attend. Sponsored tickets are available, contact Idorenyin for details [email protected]

Keynote Speaker

Action for Housing: Lessons from Nova Scotia in Growing and Sustaining Community Housing

DR. REN THOMAS

Associate Professor, School of Planning, Dalhousie University
Principal, Ren Thomas Research & Planning

Nova Scotia is experiencing unprecedented housing challenges, with strong population growth, demand for employment, and the price of housing escalating rapidly. More and more Nova Scotians are struggling to afford a home. In this context, the Province launched an Affordable Housing Commission, co-chaired by Dr. Ren Thomas. The Commission engaged over 2,000 Nova Scotians, and developed recommendations to the government and partners that will change the affordable housing sector with a major focus on non-profit housing empowerment and growth.

Dr. Thomas will speak about the research, engagement and recommendations that have led to Nova Scotia’s housing action strategy. She and Stephan Richard, who was Director of housing solutions and development or the Government of Nova Scotia at the time, now Director of Development with the Community Housing Transformation Centre, will speak about the solutions currently being implemented. The session will include discussion with attendees about how some of the solutions can be applied to a Manitoba context, and how we can work to achieve them here.

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