Mark Perry will be one of the major speakers in the upcoming Triple A Senior Housing Summit taking place on September 25th to 26th. Mark will be lending his expertise on the Accessibility and Adaptable housing panel alongside Rebekah Mahaffey (Social City Planner of Burnaby) and Shawn Bouchard (Greater Vancouver Homebuilders Association and the Vice President of Quadra Housing. He will also be speaking about SAFERhomes and the importance of having accessible housing for seniors and retirees.
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The full schedule of events is as follows:
DAY 1 –Thursday, September 25, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
8:30 Registration and Exhibits
9:00 Welcome and Introductions
9:15 Opening Remarks – Triple A Senior Housing
9:25 “Age-Friendly Community and Housing for Older Adults” Noha Sedky, CitySpaces Consulting
10:00 COFFEE BREAK
Each of the following panels will include an overview of the Langley Senior Housing Survey results, followed by a Q & A period and dialogue for
proposed recommendations.
Facilitator: Deirdre Goudriaan, Team Play Consulting
10:15 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PANEL
Debra Yip, Corporate Representative, Affordable Housing Centre, Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation
Naomi Brunemeyer , Director, Regional Development, BC Housing Corporation, Lower Mainland
Simon Davie, Chief Operating Officer, Terra Housing Consultants
12:05 LUNCHEON BUFFET
1:00 ACCESSIBLE/ADAPTABLE HOUSING PANEL
Rebekah Mahaffey, Social Planner,City of Burnaby
Shawn Bouchard, Greater Vancouver Home BuildersAssociation; Vice-President, Quadra Homes
Mark Perry, SAFERHome Standards Society; Executive Director, Englewood Courtyard Management Ltd.
2:35 HYDRATION/STRETCH BREAK
2:45 “Senior Housing Partnerships” Lorraine Copas, Executive Director, Social Planning and Research Council of BC (SPARC)
3:10 WRAP UP and preview of tomorrow’s programme
3:30 End of Day 1
DAY 2 – Friday, September 26, 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
8:30 Check-in, Late Registrations, Exhibits
8:55 Welcome and Introductions
9:00 APPROPRIATE HOUSING PANEL: OTHER TENURE OPTIONS
Life Lease – Kate Mancer, Terra Lumina Life Lease Inc.
Manufactured Home Parks – Triple A Members & Guests.
10:20 COFFEE & REFRESHMENTS
10:40 “GETTING IT DONE: INSPIRING STORIES OF COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR SENIOR HOUSING”
Lynnhaven Society, Abbotsford – Leona Watts, Executive Director
Harmony Housing, Abbotsford – Eric Van Maren, Developer, Van Maren Group, Chilliwack
Kiwanis Towers, Richmond, Dena Kae Beno, Affordable Housing Coordinator, City of Richmond
12:35 WRAP and CLOSING: NEXT STEPS
1:00 End of Day 2