Online PFC Members & Funders

Housing Roundtable Gathering

15 October 2025 / Registration Open

A Philanthropic Dialogue on Addressing Canada’s Urgent Housing Needs

Across Canada, communities are experiencing unprecedented housing insecurity, with far-reaching implications for health, equity, and opportunity. As these challenges deepen, the philanthropic sector has a critical role to play, and deepen our collaborative efforts.

This roundtable is a dedicated space for PFC members and other funders to engage in focused dialogue on housing as one of the defining issues of our time. It’s a forum to share insights, elevate impactful strategies, and examine how we—as a community—can align our efforts to drive systemic change.

Together, we will explore how philanthropy can support innovation in housing policy, strengthen partnerships with governments and community organizations, and ensure lived experience informs our work. The goal is not just to respond to the crisis, but to contribute meaningfully to long-term, equitable solutions.

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André Pawan Vashist

Director, Learning & Collaboration

A multi award winning social innovator, André has 20 years of experience in community wellbeing and transformations and is a facilitator of multi-stakeholder collaborations that are working towards social and ecological justice.

At his core, he is a dedicated family member with two children, a lover of the land with joy for being outdoors, a poet who expresses openly about life’s journey, and a passionate collaborator for a better world.   

Co-designing solutions to shared challenges is where André likes to infuse his magic by weaving identities with a healing centered approach - connecting the inner and outer work as we attempt transformations to solve societal challenges. Watch this TEDx Talk to learn more about André.

André is currently located on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabek (Ah-nish-in-a-bek), Haudenosaunee (Ho-den-no-show-nee), Lūnaapéewak (Len-ahpay- wuk) and Chonnonton (Chun-ongk-ton) Nations, on lands connected with the London Township and Sombra Treaties of 1796 and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum - also known as London, Ontario, and along the river, Deshkan Ziibi.   

The three Indigenous Nations that are neighbours to London, Ontario are the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation; Oneida Nation of the Thames; and the Munsee-Delaware Nation who all continue to live as sovereign Nations with individual and unique languages, cultures and customs.      

(This Land Acknowledgement is a first step towards reconciliation. Awareness means nothing without action. He continues to learn and take steps towards decolonizing practices, including being informed about the traditional lands, Treaties, history, and cultures of the Indigenous people across Turtle Island.)