# Lorraine Lam

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Episode 66- Kindness Is Helping The Homeless Community

Many of us see and walk past folks who live in parks, street alcoves and under bridges, but rarely do we stop. Anitha's guest, Lorraine Lam, not only stopped, she wanted to help. Lorraine chats with Anitha about the homeless crisis and her involvement in finding a solution.Here are some action poin…

''People are on the streets so let's do something.'' Will we ever find a solution to housing?

Encampments are more than doubling in the city since March. It's a stressful and sad issue. Guest host Stephanie Smyth speaks with Lorraine Lam, an outreach worker with Shelter and Housing Justice Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Encampments On The Rise In Toronto, What Can We Do?

Today on Toronto This Weekend Ben Mulroney is joined by outreach worker Lorraine Lam to talk about this spring's influx in encampments around Toronto. No matter the resources thrown at the affordable housing crisis in Toronto, a solution still seems far off. Lorraine and Ben talk what can be done t…

No one left behind: Building collective power across communities

On this episode of Dignity and Joy, housing rights activist Lorraine Lam joins host Sheldomar Elliott to discuss the growing housing crisis and its effects on our most made-vulnerable neighbours. Reflecting on her decade as an outreach worker and case manager with folks who are precariously housed …

Homelessness: What should government do?

Clearing encampments is fraught with controversy. But if that's not the answer, what is? Toronto crisis outreach worker Lorraine Lam and Kingston Mayor Bryan Patterson join us to hash out what could work.

Season 3, Ep. 4: Lorraine Lam on refusing to dehumanize anyone

In her work with unhoused people and system-impacted youth, this week’s Soulful Revolutionary asks the question, “How do we find the glimmers of light in here?” In a sea of dehumanizing politics and policies, Lorraine Lam is committed to connecting — one human to another. The crisis outreach work…

Faith with Substance (with Lorraine Lam and Steve MacDouell)

In this episode, I explore the intersections of faith, harm reduction, and personal transformation with my guests Lorraine Lam and Steve MacDouell. We go below the surface and consider how our theology impacts our views on the speed and likelihood of human transformation. The conversation covers th…

Why we need to take the freezing temperatures seriously this weekend.

Jim talks to an outreach worker about how the weather will impact unhoused people. Plus - Is a 50 inch TV considered a big TV anymore?   GUESTS: Lorraine Lam - crisis outreach worker & case manager in the Downtown East of Toronto Jen Kirsch - relationship expert

Labour Fair 2026: The radical labour of care

This latest episode of the Courage My Friends podcast series features "The Radical Labour of Care" panel discussion with: Indigenous midwife, leader, and educator, Claire Dion Fletcher; crisis outreach worker, case manager, and advocate in Toronto's Downtown East, Lorraine Lam; and program director…

Lorraine Lam: "Come and see for yourself"

The full oral history with outreach worker and community organizer Lorraine Lam.