Nick’s interest in teaching was sparked by three summers working with the (bilingual) Parliamentary Tour Guide Program in Ottawa, a job for which he received extensive facilitation training. He has taught credit courses at the university-level and more informally as well.
In October 2024, Dr. Falvo delivered a series of Homelessness 101 online workshops sponsored by Healthcare Excellence Canada (HEC).
All course material, available in both English and French, can be found below.
English workshops:
Ateliers en français :
Nick has also taught the following courses:
Homelessness 101
Certificate in Working with Homeless Populations, University of Calgary
Nick developed a three-module workshop for this certificate program offered via a community-university partnership between the Calgary Homeless Foundation and the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Social Work. The slide deck from Module 1 can be downloaded here, Module 2 here and Module 3 here.
Affordable Housing and Homelessness
School of Social Work, Carleton University
This course was taught to undergraduate students, graduate students and public servants. Nick taught it three times and it remains one of Canada’s only university-level courses on affordable housing and homelessness. The most recent syllabus can be found here.
Social Policy and Administration
School of Social Work, Carleton University
The focus of the course is the theory and practice of social policies and their administration within Canada’s social welfare system. It looks at the changing nature of the system and specific themes and debates that are fundamental to understanding these changes. The syllabus can be found here.
Got Any Spare Change? The Who, What, and Why of Poverty and Homelessness
Enrichment Mini-Courses Program (EMCP), Carleton University
Nick co-taught a one-week course on homelessness and poverty to highly-motivated students in grades 8-11. This included field trips to facilities for persons experiencing homelessness in Ottawa. General information on Carleton’s EMCP program can be found here.
Custom Training and Education
Nick can design and deliver workshops on request to meet your needs. Got an idea for a course, workshop or training session? Reach out to him at falvo.nicholas@gmail.com.
