CMHC for Housing Industry Professionals and Community Groups	November 2007

What is CMHC's Web Forum?

CMHC's Affordable Housing Web Forum is a distance-learning seminar that brings interested participants and industry experts together using phone and web technology. This allows you to participate, listen, see and learn without the expense of travelling.

Upcoming sessions and dates

What can I expect?

As you know, the need for adequate affordable housing exists in communities, urban and rural, across Canada. Each community needs a range of housing options for different incomes, ages, and household composition. Solutions for responding to a range of needs are as different and unique as the communities and people themselves.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has organized this telephone and web series to:

share affordable housing solutions,
increase awareness of program resources and
facilitate the ongoing exchange of information on challenges being faced by affordable housing providers across Canada

The topics of discussion are current. Seminar speakers are chosen based on their first-hand experience in their topic area.

Who should register?

Anyone who is interested in learning about housing, or who is in the early stage of developing an affordable housing project.

What is the CMHC Web Forum fee?

All costs are covered by CMHC. The cost to you is simply your time to call and log-in and participate in the two hour presentation.

What technology is required to participate?

All that is required is access to a telephone and the Internet. Teleconference allows you to listen to speaker remarks and hear dialogue and questions posed by other forum participants. Web conferencing enables you to view speaker´s slides.

Participants may consider calling in as a group via speaker phone where internet access is available.

Details about setting up the technology at your site will be provided once you have registered.

How do I register?

To register, call toll free 1-877-650-9090.

Can I invite a colleague or associate?

Yes! Please invite colleagues or industry associates who you think may be interested in this unique learning opportunity. They can register using the toll-free number noted above.