2005 Horaire du Marathon Schedule
:: 5pm / 17h
- Introduction to homelessness / Introduction à l’itinérance
Guests:
“Nobody” founder of US-based Homelessness Marathon starting it’s 8th edition in two hours at Columbus House a shelter in New Haven Connecticut, Dr. Nancy Haley (opened a free clinque for street youth in Mtl), Audrey Cote (Editor of L’Itinéraire), & Sara Vance of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, plus Joe Fontana Minister of Labour and Homelessness within the Department of Human Resources and Development (a Member of Parliment from Ontario and this is his first Minister position within the Martin government).
:: 6pm / 18h
- Hows and whys of homelessness? / Les comment et pourquoi de l’itinérance
Guests:
Zowie
Brown Patricia Mackenzie Pavillion, Amnon Jaboc Swissa (CRI research iniative on poverty & law – Université du Québec en Outaouais – sur place), Pierre Maheux (Regroupement d’aide …), & Yves Casgrain Maison Échelon, santé mentale
:: 7pm / 19h
- Street workers / Travailleurs de rue
Guests:
Sonia
Carcello – Sero-Zero, Ka’wahse street Patrol (folks include: sebastin, peter and pamela – serving 467 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people in the downtown Montreal area since its beginning, and )Street workers from Stella (Sex Workers Union)
:: 8pm / 20h
- Mental & physical health on the street / Santé mentale et physique dans la rue
Guests:
Donald
Boucher – URHESS (street worker & social worker specializing on hiv/aids and mental health) St. Luc Hospital,
Chad Diabo – NFC Hep-C Team, Liz James (Vancouver Street Nurses Union),
James Farquhar from the Douglas in Montreal,
Debbie Warren (from SIDA Moncton, and member of the Moncton Homelessness Committee),
and Dr. Stephen Hwang – University of Toronto, St. Michael’s hospital (research on death in the homeless population).
:: 9pm / 21h
- Families and homelessness / Famille et itinérance
Guests:
Geo Hayes – She-way BC (a comphrensive health and social service organization for pregnant and parenting women who have substance use issues, located in the nation’s poorest neighborhood – vancouver’s downtown eastside. housing is their clients’ number one issue),
Josephine – LIFT (Low Income Families Together),
and Andy former squatter and still a poor father surviving in the Condo-real (mtl) area.
:: 10pm / 22h
- Street art and homeless artists / Art de rue et artistes sans-abri
Guests:
Roadsworth,
the street artist charged with 85 counts of public mischief,
Maude Thuot from Dans LA Rue art room,
and Cirque du monde – Catherine Diagle
and others.
:: 11pm / 23h
- … open mic :: micro ouvert …
Guests:
Andy McAllan (irish musician),
Vincent Tinguely (poet), jimmy – squeegee from mtl
:: Midnight / Minuit
- Youth and homelessness / Jeunes et itinérance
Guests:
Mannon
Barbo (street worker for youth prostitutes – PIaMP),
Student from vet school that offers free vet clinique at Dans la rue (by phone),
and Sara Reid youth from Ottawa formerly homeless
:: 1am / 1h
- Gambling & addiction (inc’ld drugs) / Jeu et dépendance (incluant les drogues)
Guests:
Marie-Claude – Spectar de la rue,
Etienne from CATCUS,
Marie-Claude Alain,
Spectre de rue,
Marie-Claire,
Équipe Jeunesse du Centre Dollars-Cormier,
Mainline needle exchange Halifax,
and Vandu Vancouver
:: 2am / 2h
– People at home in the streets / Être chez soi dans la rue
Guests:
Jean-Baptiste
Eyroaud (No-VOX an international network of those fighting for homes) and Bill Ryan – a Director with Yonge Street Mission for some 20 years, Toronto
:: 3am / 3h
– Criminalizing those without homes / Criminalisation des sans-abri
Guests:
Cory
Verbane from equity Access McGill – legal students body (working with community groups and the cops),
Rodney Graham (a writer and social activist living in Winnipeg Manitoba. he is the editor of street sheet canada a street news magazine),
and Anna from Cactus (needle exchange and user advocacy in mtl),
& Francois (COBP – the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality).
:: 4am / 4h
- Link with us marathon: green spaces as safe spaces / Connexion avec le marathon américain : les espaces verts comme espaces sûrs
Guests:
“Nobody” founder of US Marathon,
Russell Mace – Tent City III in Seattle,
and Mike D. (OCAP) Nathan Phillips resistance in Toronto.
:: 5am / 5h
- Empowerment and homelessness / S’organiser comme sans-abri
Guests:
Karen
Birch (working with homeless in the Suburbs at Second base shelter)
:: 6am / 6h
- SPEAKOUT ending homelessness in Canada – does that mean redefining having a home? / PRENEZ LA PAROLE en finir avec l’itinérance au Canada – est-ce que ça signifie redéfinir “être chez soi”?