Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health Webinar: Housing & Homelessness in Huron County – Plans & Progress

Rural Ontarians are facing increasing struggles in finding adequate, appropriate, and affordable housing. There is a mental toll of experiencing homelessness that needs to be addressed.

Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) is hosting an upcoming webinar series event on Tuesday, September 15^th, 2026, from 12 – 1 PM ET via ZOOM. The topic is “Housing and Homelessness in Huron County: Plans and Progress.” This session will focus on the unique challenges of responding to housing and homelessness in rural areas, and the need for appropriate servicing of mental health services.

Community leaders in Huron County will describe their interventions and what they are planning to do to tackle the problem at an individual, community, and regional level. Partnership is important. This webinar highlights the importance of collaboration and working together to solve a hard issue.

For this discussion, we welcome several speakers:

Lynn Higgs is the Chief Nursing Executive and Vice President of Clinical Services with the Huron Health System, serving both the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital and South Huron Hospital.

Ryan Erb is the Executive Director of Perth-Huron United Way. He has 25 plus years of non-profit management, community development, and fundraising experience.

Erin Schooley is the Homelessness Programs Supervisor with the County of Huron for over 9 years. They have a history working in Emergency Management with the Canadian Red Cross.

Anyone in the community is welcome to attend. To attend this event and future presentations, please register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XlO2os_USV6y1gl28r8_UQ#/registration ion - Zoom

For more information, contact: Gateway CERH at info@gatewayruralhealth.ca  or 519-612-1053.

About Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health 

Founded in 2008, Gateway CERH is a not-for-profit rural health research organization run by a community-based volunteer board of directors. Gateway CERH's main mission is to better the health and quality of life of rural residents through research, education, and communication. Learn more on the Gateway CERH website at www.gatewayruralhealth.ca