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RENT Networking

Join the Network

By providing us with your contact information, you are joining the network. By joining the network, you will be able to register online for monthly sessions; receive all announcements; receive seasonal e-bulletins; borrow videos; access colleagues through network; access mentors; post questions and issues; and participate in online discussions. Please ensure you fill out all the information requested and use both upper and lower case letters.

If your agency does not appear on the drop down menu, please call us at 416-686-3390 and we will add it to the list.

Are you a student?
Housingworkers.ca is opening membership for post-secondary students who have a long term interest in housing as a career. You can access resources, information and training through this website, and connect with others in the field. We will remove student members who use the site solely for gaining field placements and sending out resumes. In order to be approved as a student member you will need to:
A) Register with your school email as your primary Email Address.
B) Provide your placement supervisor’s email as your secondary Email Address.
C) Login and update your placement if it changes.
D) You are required to re-register each school year.

Add your Information

*First Name:

*Last Name:

*Username:
(Include your first name and initial of last name without spaces)

*Password:

*Position / Title:

*Type of Position:

*Agency/ Organization(s):

*Area Served:
(choose as many as apply)

East (E. of Don Valley Pkwy)
West (W. of Dufferin St.)
North (N. of Hwy 401)
South (S. of 401; W. of DVP; E. of Dufferin)

Across the City
Outside Toronto

Outside Toronto:
(Please specify region or city)

*Don't have an email address? There are several places where you can sign up to get a free email account. To get your own hotmail account go to http://www.hotmail.com

*Agency Email address(1):

Alternate Email address (2):

*Agency Phone Number:

() Extention

FAX Number:

()

Cell Phone Number:

()

Professional Website:

Personal Website:

*In what year did you begin housing help work?

For Referral Purposes: (please provide us with information on your work so that other netwok members can find you for consultation and referral purposes)

Do you work in the field of housing/homelessness?

Do you provide housing follow-up services to people once they have found accommodation?

*Where do you work?(choose as many as apply)

		outreach			drop-in
		shelter			housing help centre
		multi-service agency			housing provider
		supportive housing			advocacy group or organization
		child protection service (CAS, CCAS, JFCS, NCFS)			public health, community health centre or health services
		income support systems (OW, ODSP, CPP/OAS, CED)			community legal clinic or legal service
		training or employment centre			Rent Bank Program
		settlement services			student on placement
		family support, resources and services sector			other
		newsletter_test

*I work with the following groups (choose as many as apply)

		general (Anyone & Everyone!)			men
		single women			women with children
		families			youth
		seniors			immigrants & refugees
		first nations			disabilities
		sex trade workers			transgendered
		HIV/AIDS			mental health & addictions
		prisons/jails release			addictions/harm reduction

*I am fluent and willing to receive referrals in the following languages:
(choose all that apply)

		English only			Arabic
		Chinese - Cantonese			Chinese - Mandarin
		Croatian			Czech
		Dutch			Farsi/Dari
		French			German
		Greek			Hindi
		Hungarian			Italian
		Japanese			Korean
		Ojibway			Persian
		Polish			Portuguese
		Pashto			Punjabi
		Russian			Serbian
		Slovenian			Somali
		Spanish			Urdu
		Tagalog			Tamil
		Turkish			Vietnamese
		Yoruba			Kurdish
		Bengali			Other

A Website I Like (1):

A Website I Like (2):

A Website I Like (3):

A Website I Like (4):

*How I got connected with RENT:

Housing Issues that are of Interest to Me:

The Best Way To Contact Me Is:

RENT Events I Have Participated In:

Optional: Please indicate the Date, Year and Topic of RENT Events you have attended

*Volunteering/Mentoring
RENT is a peer-learning network, dependent on members sharing knowledge and skills with one another. Volunteers/Mentors play a critical role in keeping the network activities happing.

As a member of RENT, are you willing to:

*1. To be trained as a job shadowing mentor?		No Yes

*2. To be trained as an online mentor, watching and facilitating online discussions?		No Yes

*3. To present a workshop on a particular topic [if yes, then please suppy topics]		No Yes

*4. Work with others to prepare a workshop? [if yes, then please suppy topics]		No Yes

*5. To assist with setup, info table and registration at workshops and networking sessions?		No Yes

*6. Other		No Yes