Bridging divides and building perspectives through a dialogue on Homelessness, Public Safety, and Community Solutions

A powerful documentary featuring voices from diverse backgrounds. Discover new insights on homelessness and explore solutions to build safer, more inclusive communities.

Join our documentary screening and panel discussion. A brokered dialogue to discover insights and solutions to build safer, more inclusive communities. Watch our trailer below.

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Watch Bridging Divides trailer here [4]

Five individuals from diverse backgrounds were invited to participate in a Brokered Dialogue to share their perspectives about homelessness, public space and safety in their community. A brokered dialogue is a film making technique that brokers a series of conversations among people with different perspectives about a complex social issue to foster critical thinking.  Using a case study of three mid-size cities in Canada, the film features a conversation among two people with lived experience of homelessness and housing precarity, a service provider, business owner, and a member of law enforcement about the causes and consequences of homelessness, public safety, and ways forward.  The documentary provides a greater understanding about homelessness among diverse members of the community with the goal of helping to move towards positive, solutions-focused responses that help build feelings of safety and a sense of belonging for all.

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Supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, this event is a part of a collaborative project between University of Guelph, Wilfred Laurier University and York University.  Learn more about the orgins of this project. [8]