From Systems Mapping to Systems Change: Insights from National HelpSeeker Pilot
Webinar Host
The Homeless Hub
Overview
In 2018, HelpSeeker received support as part of the Systems Planning Collective from the Government of Canada (Homelessness Partnering Strategy) to pilot its new innovative systems mapping platform in 10 communities. In less than 1 year, the adoption of HelpSeeker has surpassed 100 communities with 30,000 listings and over 100,000 services nation-wide.
In this webinar, we will highlight learnings from this rollout with case-studies from diverse implementations and give you a walk-through of HelpSeeker 2.0, which uses Artificial Intelligence and what’s coming leveraging GIS mapping.
Speakers will share their learnings from a service provider, volunteer engagement, and systems planner perspective in rural, small and large communities.
Take-Aways
In this webinar, you will learn:
Featured Speakers
Dr. Alina Turner
Co-President & Co-Founder of HelpSeeker
Dr. Alina Turner is the Co-President & Co-Founder of HelpSeeker, a social enterprise harnessing tech innovation for the greater social good. She is recognized as a leading researcher and thinker on social issues with proven implementation results.
Alina is a Fellow at The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary and serves on the Board of Directors for A Way Home Canada and the Alberta Rural Development Rural Advisory Board on housing and homelessness. Her work on system planning is recognized as a leading practice and often called upon as a model across communities. Her drive and passion for this work are grounded in her lived experience of the social issues she continues to challenge in her professional work.
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Dena Kae Beno
Housing and Homelessness Coordinator, City of Abbotsford
Dena Kae Beno currently oversees the Hub of the Fraser Valley Community Entity- Service Canada: Reaching Home Secretariat through a tri-partite relationship with Lu’ma Native Housing Society and Vancity Community Foundation. This work includes oversight of the City of Abbotsford’s Social Housing, Homelessness and Community Infrastructure Unit and Abbotsford Homelessness Prevention and Response System.
Dena Kae has 30 years of combined experience in engaging and working with private, government, non-profit and with First Nations and faith communities in Canada, U.S. and South America to foster sustainable cross-sectoral community, built, policy and systems level development to foster healthy and vibrant community outcomes. Dena Kae holds a M.A. in Sociology and Anthropology with a focus on sustainable community development and B.A. in Geography. Both degrees were awarded from Simon Fraser University.
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The Homeless Hub
The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is the largest national research institute devoted to homelessness in Canada. The COH is the curator of the Homeless Hub – a library of over 30,000 resources.
