Date & time
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
12 p.m. – 2 p.m.
12 p.m. – 2 p.m.
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Frontline perspectives on the housing crisis
Shifting mindsets from scarcity to belonging
Speaker(s)
Sally Richmond, Liane Berry, Amy Darwish & Maria Oliveira
Cost
This event is free.
Organization
Where
J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation
Room LB 145
Accessible location
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Join us for our upcoming SHIFT Lunch & Learn! These are opportunities for relationship-building and co-inquiry as we reflect on social transformation through intentional, co-facilitated learning encounters between our partners, community, and university actors. Bring your own lunch or come and snack on what we have here.
As those in positions of power equivocate over the housing crisis, what patient, marginal labour is being done to move these narratives from scarcity to belonging and dignity? As is common, community efforts are leading the way. Join us for what promises to be an insightful discussion on community-led housing alternatives, tenant defence, and crisis-driven responses through transitional shelters with our partners from Logifem, Comité d'Action Parc-Extension (CAPE), and Li-Ber-T House, as well as Concordia’s Housing & Job Resource Centre (HOJO).
Register here or drop by if you are on campus.
Amy Darwish is a Tiohtià:ke / Montreal-based community organizer, involved in housing, migrant justice and Palestine solidarity struggles. She is currently the coordinator of the Comité d'action de Parc-Extension, which supports Parc-Extension tenants in defending their
housing rights.
Liane Berry is the Executive Director and driving force behind LI-BER-T House. LI-BER-T House in Pointe‑Claire is survivor led and began as a grassroots, peer-led effort and grew into a transitional home for women rebuilding their lives after addiction treatment or incarceration. Drawing on first‑hand lived experience, the founder, Liane Berry, shaped a warm, practical program that pairs safe housing with community re-entry support.
As Executive Director, Sally Richmond brings to Logifem more than twenty years’ experience in not-for-profit management. Originally from the UK, she has worked in the areas of refugees, human trafficking and Fair Trade. “Logifem is a great organisation to work for. We have a terrific staff team who are committed to putting the interests of our residents first. Despite the fact that many of our residents are going through incredibly difficult situations, the atmosphere at Logifem is positive and dynamic. It’s a privilege to be part of this fantastic organization.
Please note - this event is held in person, at the SHIFT space. If, for accessibility reasons, you are not able to join in person but would like to attend the event, please contact shift.calendar@concordia.ca and we can work together to see if an alternative solution is possible. A week’s notice will give us the best chance of making something work.
Community Learning Event Series On the first Tuesday of the month, come meet members of SHIFT’s Learning Community and learn more about the socially transformative work happening in Montreal.