MEDIA ADVISORY - AS HOMELESSNESS GROWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, CANADIAN COMMUNITIES GATHER IN MONTREAL TO SHARE SOLUTIONS

MONTRÉAL, Oct. 23, 2025 /CNW/ - 

WHAT:

The National Conference on Ending Homelessness takes place in Montréal, from Tuesday, October 28 to Thursday, October 30.

The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness' 12th annual conference, hosted in partnership this year with the Movement to End Homelessness in Montréal, will welcome over 2,200 participants from across Canada to Montréal to share lessons and learn from best practices on how to measurably reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness.

See the online program here

WHEN:

Tuesday, 28 October: 8:30am - 5:30pm

Wednesday, 29 October: 9:00am - 5:30pm 

Thursday, 30 October: 8:30am - 1:30pm

WHERE:

Palais des congrès, 1001 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montréal, QC.

The conference is also being recorded and broadcast via an on-demand viewing platform. Media may request access to view recordings once they are uploaded. 

WHO: 

More than 2,200 community leaders, frontline workers, policy makers, funders, researchers, advocates, politicians, volunteers, and more than 250 national and international expert presenters will be attending in person, with more joining virtually. Over 200 people with lived experience of homelessness will also be attending in person and online.  

Keynote Speakers:

• Steven Page;  Singer, songwriter and mental health advocate: Tuesday, 28 October, at 12:45 p.m.
• Loretta Ross;  Activist, public intellectual, scholar, and organizer: Wednesday, 29 October, at 9:00 a.m.
• Digital Creator Panel  with Shina Novalinga, Annie Archambault, Emilie Nicolas, and emcee Xavier Watso; Voices that Carry: Reaching New Audiences in 2025, 29 October, at 12:45 p.m.
• Hon. Gregor Robertson;  MP, Federal Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, will be taking part in a fireside chat: Thursday, 30 October, at 8:30 a.m.
• Jesse Thistle;  Best-selling author and Métis-Cree Ph.D. Candidate at York University: Thursday, 30 October, at 12:45 p.m.

Please note that media are encouraged to arrive an hour before each speaker is scheduled to start.

Media will need to be set up before keynote plenaries begin. A media riser, table and audio splitter will be available. A dedicated internet line can be arranged with advance notice, if required for live streaming or broadcast.

Keynote speakers may be available for interviews. Please contact us to arrange. Some interviews may be able to be arranged in French.

Opening Plenary: The Opening Ceremony (Tuesday, 28 October at 8:30 a.m.) will begin with local Indigenous ceremonies and performances. This will be followed by welcome remarks from Montréal Mayor Valérie Plante; Hon. Chantal Rouleau, Quebec Minister responsible for Social Solidarity and Community Action and Minister Responsible for the Metropolis and the Montréal Region; Randy Legault-Rankin, Montréal's Indigenous Relations Commissioner; and Tim Richter, President and CEO of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness.

• Certain cultural events, due to their sacred or confidential nature, may not be filmed or photographed. These restrictions do not apply to speeches, during which recording (photos and videos) is permitted. Please follow the instructions given by the ceremony host.

FOR MORE INFO: 

More information on the sessions, a full program can be found on our website: https://conference.caeh.ca 

TO ATTEND:

Media are welcome to attend the conference, either in person or online. Access to all plenary and many concurrent sessions will be granted to media. To attend, please email [email protected] or identify yourself at the registration desk on arrival. All media must be registered, with a conference badge.

ABOUT CAEH:

The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) is a national charity that leads a national movement of individuals, organizations and communities working together to end homelessness in Canada.

CAEH works directly with communities to develop dynamic homelessness response systems, trains front line workers in the essential skills of ending homelessness, and advocates to all levels of government for sufficient deeply affordable housing for all Canadians and the supports people need to stay in their homes.

Each year, CAEH hosts the National Conference on Ending Homelessness and welcomes thousands of people to the conference in-person and online. Now in its 12^th year, this conference in Montréal is the largest yet.

ABOUT THE MOVEMENT TO END HOMELESSNESS IN MONTRÉAL (MMFIM):

Founded in 2015, the Movement to End Homelessness in Montréal now brings together 35 non-profit organizations and nearly 20 business and institutional members who promote concrete solutions to homelessness. The MMFIM initiated the first point-in-time count of people experiencing homelessness in Montréal and is now dedicated to informing, training, mobilizing, and uniting its members from all sectors, as well as other stakeholders concerned by the growing challenges of homelessness. It invites us all to participate in the development and implementation of solutions in a spirit of collaboration and concerted action.

SOURCE Montreal Movement to End Homelessness

MEDIA CONTACT: Logan Turner, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, 647-629-7413, [email protected]; Julie Grenier, Spokesperson for the Movement to End Homelessness in Montréal (available on site for interviews), [phone]