Everyday Politics with Laura Mae Lindo

A look at how older adults are becoming unhoused in Waterloo Region with the Chair of the Cambridge Council on Aging, Sharon Livingstone.

Additional Resources:

Late-Life Homelessness: Experiences of Disadvantage and Unequal Aging (Author: Amanda Grenier. Published: 2022)

Tackling Late-Life Homelessness in Canada in Canadian Medical Association Journal (Authors: Jillian Alston, Stefan Baral, Aaron Orkin and Sharon Straus. Published: 2024)

Brief to the Ontario Cabinet: Mass Institutionalization of Persons with Disabilities of all Ages:
- https://www.seniorsactionontario.com/_files/ugd/50033d_e809487548d1451f88662ca552889b87.pdf

Please keep this from Episode 6:

Bill 101: Advocate for Older Adults Act, 2023 [Please note: Second Reading of this Bill was voted on at Queen’s Park on May 18, 2023, and lost on division. This means that it did not go to committee and is not law in Ontario]:
- https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-101

Bill 196: Seniors’ Advocate Act, 2020 [Please note this Bill was referred to committee after second reading, but was not called by the government for third reading. As such, it also did not become law in Ontario.]
- https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-196#:~:text=The%20Bill%20enacts%20the%20Seniors,seniors%20who%20act%20as%20caregivers.

Video of Laura Mae Lindo tabling Bill 196, Seniors’ Advocate Bill at Queen’s Park:
- https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=291639052186903 [This should be available on YouTube but I may need to do a bit more digging]
- https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=394733201528764

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Laura Mae Lindo

Dr. Laura Mae Lindo (she/her/elle) is a respected activist, educator, and former politician who holds both a Masters and PhD in Education. Dr. Lindo is a knowledgeable advocate for the rights of womxn and girls, a respected ally to vulnerable communities, and, most importantly, a courageous public speaker, ready, willing, and able to speak to issues often left unaddressed. Dr. Lindo has worked at Toronto Metropolitan University in the Diversity Institute as well as lectured at St. Francis Xavier University (Antigonish, Nova Scotia), the University of Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island), York University (Toronto, Ontario), and Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, Ontario). A former Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre and Ontario’s Official Opposition Critic for Anti-Racism and Equity as well as Colleges and Universities and Citizenship and Immigration, Dr. Lindo was the inaugural Chair of Ontario’s first Black Caucus. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario) and Founder and Director of the e(RACE)r Institute where she continues to put anti-racist theory into practice.