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The Hub is a community that lives to see young people connect with the just, inclusive, and liberating love of Christ. We currently have 3 podcasts: Winter is Coming is a podcast about housing justice in Kitchener Waterloo and beyond. We chat with local community members and leaders about how we confront and respond to the housing crisis we’re living through. The Hubcast features conversations with members of our community exploring occasions where we were wrong or when we changed our mind in life and faith. The Hub @ Trinity Podcast features conversations with friends from Trinity United Church on how they’re living out the call of discipleship in the 21st century.
Episodes
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
“The intersections of being LGBTQ+ and living on the streets”
As we close season 3 we’re joined by Rev. Evan Smith. Evan shares his story of living on the streets of Toronto, the homeless community who supported them, and what it was like to watch the abandoned building you were living be torn down while your belongings were still inside. Evan also shares how the intersection of LGBTQIA+ youth and homelessness could keep rising if we don’t stand firmly against discrimination in the years ahead.
Follow Evan's work:
https://www.westdaleunited.ca/
https://www.the519.org/education-training/lgbtq2s-youth-homelessness-in-canada/
Follow The Hub's work:
https://linktr.ee/Thehubcommunity
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Get connected with SHAWR and the Waterloo Region Alliance to End Homelessness our housing advocacy projects:
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/shawr
https://www.wraeh.ca/
Check out the trailer for "SAFE" a documentary by John Butler (audio used with permission)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgQ_t1CVUI
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
“SHOW & the need for Federal Social Housing”
This week we’re joined by Brian Paul who shares the amazing work being done by his team at Supportive Housing of Waterloo (SHOW). Brian chats about the need for the federal government to help dispel myths about homelessness, and to return to being in the business of creating social housing stock to create more affordable housing across the country.
Follow Brian and Supportive Housing of Waterloo
https://www.showaterloo.org/
https://www.facebook.com/showaterloo
Follow The Hub's work:
https://linktr.ee/Thehubcommunity
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Get connected with SHAWR and the Waterloo Region Alliance to End Homelessness our housing advocacy projects:
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/shawr
https://www.wraeh.ca/
Check out the trailer for "SAFE" a documentary by John Butler (audio used with permission)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgQ_t1CVUI
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
“A Better Tent City”
This week we break down the story of one of the shining examples of Housing Justice in KW. Former city planner Jeff Willmer shares the history of A Better Tent City, and how this self-organized tiny home community came to be as an independent and grassroots response to homelessness in the city. Jeff shares how a few ordinary citizens took an idea, some land and an unwillingness to settle for the status quo and became a model for housing justice that has already started to be replicated in other parts of the province.
Follow Jeff and A Better Tent City
https://www.abettertentcity.org/
https://www.abettertentcity.org/support
Follow The Hub's work:
https://linktr.ee/Thehubcommunity
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Get connected with SHAWR and the Waterloo Region Alliance to End Homelessness our housing advocacy projects:
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/shawr
https://www.wraeh.ca/
Check out the trailer for "SAFE" a documentary by John Butler (audio used with permission)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgQ_t1CVUI
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
“Tiny Homes, Relationships + Restorative Justice”
This week we’re joined by Jay Straus the Transitional Housing Lead at the Working Centre and Site Lead for the Tiny Home Shelter on Erb’s Road, Waterloo. Jay shares his own personal experiences of being homeless, and how he came to the be with The Working Centre. He also shares how ‘The Cabins’ transitions 20% of their residents to more permanent housing, and how they navigate conflict with neighbours and what restorative justice means in the context of the community.
Follow Jay and The Working Centre:
https://www.theworkingcentre.org
https://www.theworkingcentre.org/get-involved/volunteer/
https://www.theworkingcentre.org/events/mayors-dinner/
Follow The Hub's work:
https://linktr.ee/Thehubcommunity
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Get connected with SHAWR and the Waterloo Region Alliance to End Homelessness our housing advocacy projects:
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/shawr
https://www.wraeh.ca/
Check out the trailer for "SAFE" a documentary by John Butler (audio used with permission)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgQ_t1CVUI
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
“Faith, Harm Reduction & Housing Justice”
As we begin the second half of season 3, Rev. Michiko Bown-Kai joins us to chat about the role of faith and justice and unpacks how churches can engage with politics by understanding it as “how we order our relationships”. Michiko also shares their insights on harm reduction and where we go next in a province that seems to be moving backwards when it comes to confronting the drug poisoning crisis.
Get connected with SHAWR and the Waterloo Region Alliance to End Homelessness our housing advocacy projects:
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/shawr
Follow Rev. Michiko Bown-Kai's work
https://www.instagram.com/queerkenosis/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5p1PWN2_fE
https://interruptingthesilence.com/fr-mike/
Follow The Hub's work:
https://linktr.ee/Thehubcommunity
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Check out the trailer for "SAFE" a documentary by John Butler (audio used with permission)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgQ_t1CVUI
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Busting myths about CTS Sites + Addiction
As we begin the final 5 episodes of season 3 we invite Gemma Ricker to return after her first episode in season 1 to expand on what it looks like to evolve our understanding of addiction, safe supply and to bust a few myths about CTS sites. Gemma offers the perspective of a "regular, everyday citizen" in the two years since she has left front-line work, and gives us a roadmap for how we can advocate and make positive change for our neighbours when we're not in the field of housing or housing supports.
Get connected with SHAWR and the Waterloo Region Alliance to End Homelessness our housing advocacy projects:
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/shawr
Follow The Hub's work:
https://linktr.ee/Thehubcommunity
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Check out the trailer for "SAFE" a documentary by John Butler (audio used with permission)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgQ_t1CVUI
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Innovating how we help people
As season 3 continues we sit down with Tony D'Amato Stortz, Author of "A Home of their Own: A Guide to Building a Tiny Homes Community", and principal founder of Better Street, whose team has launched 143 Tiny Homes in the past year. Tony shares his candid thoughts on how empathy and helping people can meet innovation not just in the tiny home communities he's helped to form, but in how we reach residents who are resistant to shelters and emergency housing in their neighbourhoods. We also chat about how to improve the national conversation heading into a double election year in Ontario.
Follow Tony's Work
https://www.shelterroundtable.ca/
Get connected with SHAWR and the Waterloo Region Alliance to End Homelessness our housing advocacy projects:
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/shawr
Follow The Hub's work:
https://linktr.ee/Thehubcommunity
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Check out the trailer for "SAFE" a documentary by John Butler (audio used with permission)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgQ_t1CVUI
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Why destroying encampments and closing CTS sites will never work
This week Waterloo Regional Councilor and former mayor Rob Deutschmann joins Adam to give his perspective on the use of lawsuits against encampments and the Ford government wielding legislative power to attack people in poverty instead of attacking poverty itself. Rob also talks about why he won’t join those who call for the destruction of more encampments, and why Doug Ford’s decision to shut down consumption sites make neighborhoods less safe, and healthcare weaker.
Follow Rob's work:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/old-grey-mayors/id1486085207
Get connected with SHAWR and the Waterloo Region Alliance to End Homelessness our housing advocacy projects:
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/shawr
Follow The Hub's work:
https://linktr.ee/Thehubcommunity
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Check out the trailer for "SAFE" a documentary by John Butler (audio used with permission)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgQ_t1CVUI
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Who is profiting off homelessness?
In part 2 of Adam's conversation with David Alton of SDCC we dig deeper into what it means to re-frame our ideas of 'risk', and what allyship can look like by challenging unjust housing systems. David also challenges us to think about who is profiting from homelessness and why they think waterloo region just might be exceptional in it's approach to housing.
Follow Social Development Centre Waterloo Region's work:
https://www.waterlooregion.org/
Get connected with SHAWR and the Waterloo Region Alliance to End Homelessness our housing advocacy projects:
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/shawr
Follow The Hub's work:
https://linktr.ee/Thehubcommunity
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Check out the trailer for "SAFE" a documentary by John Butler (audio used with permission)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgQ_t1CVUI
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Why can’t big tech companies fix housing?
As we kick off season 3 Adam is joined by David Alton of Social Development Centre of Waterloo region. In Part 1 of our 2-part conversation, David shares their experiences as a facilitator of lived expertise for SDCC going from working on housing in a city like Toronto with the backing of Google, to transitioning to grassroots work and emphasizing community dialogue and lived expertise. David shares their insight on what the wealth of a big tech company can’t do and why corporate, top-down approaches won’t work without real community engagement.
Follow Social Development Centre Waterloo Region's work:
https://www.waterlooregion.org/
Get connected with SHAWR and the Waterloo Region Alliance to End Homelessness our housing advocacy projects:
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/shawr
Follow The Hub's work:
https://linktr.ee/Thehubcommunity
www.instagram.com/hubstagrams
www.facebook.com/hubworship
https://www.trinityunitedkw.ca/about-the-hub
Check out the trailer for "SAFE" a documentary by John Butler (audio used with permission)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgQ_t1CVUI