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.
On 25 April 2022, Nick Falvo Consulting gave an online workshop titled Homelessness 101, sponsored by the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association.
All course material can be found below.
Health conditions and health care
The National Housing Strategy and Reaching Home
Acknowledgements
The following individuals provided invaluable assistance with the preparation of this course material: Mark Aston, Tim Aubry, Dominic Flanagan, Bart Gajderowicz, Jim Hughes, Bruce Irvine, Lisa Ker, Ron Kneebone, Debbie Kraus, Brian Kreps, Dominika Krzeminska, Eric Latimer, Simonne Lilly, Julie McNamara, Jedd Matechuk, Susan McGee, Geoffrey Messier, Jeff Morrison, Gautam Mukherjee, Natalie Noble, Doug Pawson, Brandy Payne, Laural Raine, Robert Regnier, Vincent St-Martin, Jennifer Tipple, Shelley VanBuskirk, Jeannette Waegemakers Schiff, Luigi Zanasi and two individuals whose anonymity is being preserved. Any errors are those of Nick Falvo Consulting.
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. A summary of Module 1 can be found 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? Give Nick a call at 587-892-7855 or send him an email at falvo.nicholas@gmail.com.
