Community Worker Presentation by https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv en-us 2023-05-09 17:30:21 UTC 2026-01-08 02:36:08 UTC hello@padlet.com 1988: Begins work as a Street Nurse katherinegauthier1 https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2584433472 Joined not to help homeless but because of the independence from private healthcare. ]]> 2023-05-09 21:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2584433472 1998: Helped form the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee katherinegauthier1 https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2584433698 Cathy co-founded a group that advocated for the government to recognize homelessness as a human disaster.]]> 2023-05-09 21:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2584433698 1997-Present: Annual Homeless Memorial katherinegauthier1 https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2584434580 Sign for the Toronto Homeless Memorial: Each marble represents a lost unhoused person.]]> 2023-05-09 21:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2584434580 2010-2011: Involvement in Politics katherinegauthier1 https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2584435558 Ran as the Ontario NDP candidate for Toronto Centre MPP in 2010 and again in 2011. ]]> 2023-05-09 21:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2584435558 2007-2021: A multi-book author katherinegauthier1 https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2584435861 2007: Dying for a Home: Homeless Activists Speak Out

2014: A Knapsack Full of Dreams: Memoirs of a Street Nurse

2022: Displacement City ]]> 2023-05-09 21:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2584435861 2008: Housing Not War Campaign https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2589170419 Cathy made a speech about inadequate funding for homelessness during Toronto’s 2008 rally against military funding.

Photo - Miles Storey]]> 2023-05-12 21:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2589170419 2022: Cathy Resigns as Nurse essiebailey https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2589173411 This was a political move in response to the government's neglect of healthcare professionals during the Covid-19 crisis.]]> 2023-05-12 21:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2589173411 2021: Law Society presents honorary LLD to Cathy Crowe essiebailey https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2589181374 Doctor of laws, honorific causa (LLD) upon Cathy Crowe, in recognition of her remarkable courage and selflessness as an advocate for the country’s most vulnerable population. ]]> 2023-05-12 21:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2589181374 2009: Home Safe Series - Toronto rangelvanessa300 https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2591945626 Reveals the struggles of children and families who are deeply affected by the expanding low-wage workforce and the rise of unregulated and precarious jobs.]]> 2023-05-15 21:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2591945626 2014: Online Canadian Magazine - Human Right, Columnist. rangelvanessa300 https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2591948252 rabble.ca is the go-to site for progressive journalism and dialogue about national politics and social movements.]]> 2023-05-15 21:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2591948252 Bibliography/Works Cited essiebailey https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2591995377 Crowe, C. (2008, March 15). Put down the Guns, and pick up the Hammers and Nails! [Speech Transcript]. https://www.cathycrowe.ca/uploads/1/2/5/0/125074069/2008-03-15putdownyourguns.pdf

CBC/Radio Canada. (2022, December). “it’s getting worse”: Street nurse speaks out following aftermath of the global pandemic. CBCnews. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2147083843835

Crowe, C. (2022, December 13). I’m stopping. I’ve had enough. Rabble. https://rabble.ca/columnists/im-stopping-ive-had-enough/

Ormsby , M., & Wallace, K. (2016, February 21). Ontario’s growing ghost population: The uncounted homeless dead. The Hamilton Spectator. https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/2016/02/21/ontario-s-growing-ghost-population-the-uncounted-homeless-dead.html

Toronto Homeless Memorial Network. (n.d.). http://homelessmemorials.com/

Weir, B. (2023, March 18). Pioneering street nurse urges raising voice on homelessness. Newmarkettoday.ca. https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/pioneering-street-nurse-urges-raising-voice-on-homelessness-6719290

Murray, E. (1998). Photo https://dailyhive.com/montreal/quebec-ice-storm-1998

TDRC. (n.d.) The One Percent Solution. http://tdrc.net/1-solution.html

Crowe, C. (2014). A Knapsack Full of Dreams

Monsebraaten, L. (2012, June 8). Toronto Disaster Relief Committee folds after 14 years of spotlighting homeless. The Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/06/08/toronto_disaster_relief_committee_folds_after_14_years_of_spotlighting_homeless.html





]]> 2023-05-15 23:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2591995377 2020: Advocacy for 24/7 Warming Centres katherinegauthier1 https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2592015157 Image taken from Cathy Crowe’s Instagram page where she shares often about ways to get involved. ]]> 2023-05-15 23:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2592015157 Places to Help https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2593327040 Homelessness Crisis - Open Letter to City Council
Dear Colleagues & Community,

We invite all frontline community workers, health providers, researchers, and concerned Torontonians to sign this open letter drafted by Health Providers Against Poverty and Shelter Housing Justice Network. This letter will be posted publicly with signatories. It may also be shared with media, published or posted online on a website.
]]> 2023-05-16 15:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2593327040 Places to Help https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2593328019 URGENT REQUEST FOR HUMANITARIAN AID FOR TORONTO’S HOMELESS COMMUNITIES
We are a coalition of frontline workers from various health and social service organizations providing drop-in programming, harm reduction supplies, food and healthcare to unhoused communities through the pandemic. 

This urgent request was submitted to Doctors Without Borders, United Nations, Ontario Red Cross.

We are asking for direct support vaccinating our communities and getting humanitarian aid to local shelter residents, encampments, strolls and precariously housed communities we serve.
]]> 2023-05-16 15:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2593328019 Discussion Question https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2593399287 What do you think about Cathy’s resignation?
What political role does ‘giving up’ have for community workers?]]> 2023-05-16 16:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinegauthier1/dl4ykhhn7hzpn0iv/wish/2593399287