From the Ashes

CORRECTION: The Host (Damien Ragubance) made a mistake in referring to Jesse's work on the 12 (not 14) levels of Indigenous Homelessness. Many apologies for the factual error! Also Jesse couldnt find the article from The Toronto Star. Please examine a link for another story on the conditions of subsidized housing for the homeless in the links. Jesse was the Resident Scholar of Indigenous Homelessness at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness where he drafted the National Definition of Indigenous Homelessness in Canada. His historical research has been published in numerous academic journals, book chapters, and featured on CBC Ideas, CBC Campus, and Unreserved. His most recent work is a memoir published by Simon and Schuster entitled From the Ashes, where he details his life story from childhood to his rise from homelessness to becoming one of the country’s leading scholars. The DCO Learning Forums podcast caught up with Jesse at the 4 Corners Library a place he knows well (covered in the book) to discuss his novel as well homelessness in Brampton, the power of listening/trust and a host of other topics.