• Peer Support Canada – operated through CMHA – connects peer supporters and organizations, helping share information and building capacity for peer support. They have Standards of Practice Certification for Peer Supporters and Family Peer Supporters.  They organize an annual conference.
• Peer Support Accreditation and Certification (Canada) (PSACC) – a non-profit that formed out of the work of the Mental Health Commission of Canada to promote the recognition, growth, and accessibility of peer support.  Includes a  National Certification Handbook (2016).  They provide National Peer Support Certification, Family Peer Support Certification, and Peer Support Mentor Certification.
• Why We Hire Peer Specialists as Staff in Housing First (Canadian Housing First Toolkit Module, 2018) – provides  information about the roles and services of the peer specialists on Housing First teams.  
• The Involvement of PWLE in Staff Roles When Implementing Housing First (CAMH presentation – Dec 2018)
• Housing First Peer Support Specialist sample job descriptions:
  • Pathways Housing First
  • Toronto Housing First
  • RainCity Housing – ACT Team Peer Specialist & ICM Team Peer Specialist
• RainCity Housing – Peer Work:
  • Entirely peer-led Housing First ICM Team – Surrey (see also on website)
  • Peer Services
  • Peer Witnessing
• Supervising Peer Workers Toolkit (2019) – from the CMHA Waterloo-Wellington Self-Help and Peer Support website. 
• Peer Support: A Tool for Recovery in Homeless Services (FEANTSA)
• Centre of Excellence in Peer Support (Australia)
• Centre for Innovation in Peer Support: Improving Lives in Missisauga and Halton (supported by the Evidence Exchange Network of CAMH)
• Building equitable partnerships: Tools and lessons learned: A resource for individuals and organizations (CAMH, 2011)
• Lived experience leading the way: Peer support in mental health (Together UK, 2010)

NATIONAL GROUPS

• Canadian Lived Experience Leadership Network – a collective of diverse people with lived experience of homelessness and expertise in grassroots organizing, advocacy, mentorship and peer support. CLELN works to ensure that the voices of people with lived experience are in the forefront of all matters regarding homelessness—and to eliminate homelessness and housing insecurity through research, policy, advocacy, training, and collaboration.
• People with Lived Experience Institute (US) – an umbrella to bring together local, national, and global leadership partners to share best practices.

TOOLKITS AND GUIDES

• Lived Experience Advisory Council: (Canada)
  • Nothing About Us Without Us: Seven Principles for Leadership and Inclusion of People with Lived Experience of Homelessness (2016)
  • Checklist for Planning Inclusive and Accessible Events (2016)
• Engaging People with Live Experience in Your COVID-19 Response (HUD Snaps, May 2020) – a webinar to discuss best practices and strategies for engaging persons with lived experience of homelessness in your COVID-19 planning and response
• Engaging People with Lived Experience of Inequities: Meeting Facilitation Guide (People With Lived Experience, 2020) – a 13 page guide that includes sections on: purposeful preparation, agenda building, meeting facilitation, group activities, and theory to practice: People with Lived Experience Co-Leadership Team
• Toolkits from 100 Million Healthier Lives (2019)
  • Engaging People with Lived Experience: Pre-relationship to Relationship Building Assessment Tool and Resource Guide 
  • Engaging People with Live Experience: Relationship Building 
• Engaging People with Lived Experience: A Guide for Including People in Poverty Reduction (Tamarack, 2019) – assess your readiness to engage people, 10 ideas for engagement, 10 stories that inspire, 10 really useful resources, 10 ways to get started
• People with Lived Experience Engagement Toolkit (BC Capital Regional District, 2017)
• Engaging People with Lived Experience: A Guide for Including People in Poverty Reduction (Tamarack, 2019) – assess your readiness to engage people, 10 ideas for engagement, 10 stories that inspire, 10 really useful resources, 10 ways to get started.
• Lived Experience as Expertise: Considerations in the Development of Advisory Groups of People with Lived Experience of Homelessness or Poverty (Region of Waterloo, 2012)
• Scale Project (USA)
  • Engaging Community Residents with Lived Experience: Summary Report (2017)
  • Toolkit for Engaging Community Members with Lived Experience (website)
• Youth
  • A Way Home Canada: Youth Voice – page on their website
  • Youth Collaboration Toolkit (True Colors Fund USA, 2016)

CAEH Webinars

• • Lived Experience & Ending Homelessness Webinar (April 2021) (PDF)
  • Nothing About Us Without Us – Community Examples of Engaging Lived Experience (April 2021)

At Home/Chez Soi materials

• • At Home/Chez Soi Lived Experience Advisory Circle
  • Meaningful inclusion of consumers in research and service delivery (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 36, 180-186, 2013)
  • Stigma, Discrimination, and PWLE Knowledge Discussion Report (At Home/Chez Soi, National Consumer Panel, 2013)
  • Vancouver Peer Reference Group Report on Peer Support for Homelessness and Mental Health (MHCC, 2013)

PODCASTS

• Out of the Blue: Lived Expert and Child Welfare Advocate Cheyanne Ratnam (October 2019)

BLOGS

• Maytree’s blog series on rights-based participation of, and accountability to, people with lived experience of poverty in policy processes:
  • What Housing Practitioners Can Learn from Tenant Leadership and Participation at Lawrence Heights (Mar 2019)
  • Challenging Exclusion: Experts with Lived Experience of Homelessness Transforming Policy Processes (Feb 2019)
  • Exploring the Role of People with Lived Experience of Poverty in Finding Solutions to Poverty (Jan 2019)
• USICH blogs for deepening your partnership with people with lived experience:
  • Beyond Mere Principle: Strategies for Truly Partnering with People Who Have Lived Experience in Our Work (Mar 2019)
  • The Value of Lived Experience in the Work to End Homelessness (Jul 2018) 
• OrgCode Blog – Input from Persons with Lived Experience (2012)
• Bringing Lived Experience to a Regional Housing Authority (King County, June 2020)

Communities with lived experience advisory and/or speakers groups:

• • Kelowna BC – Bright Spot on lived experience participation (2020)
  • Edmonton Homeward Trust – Participant Advisory Committee
  • Vancouver’s Housing First Speakers Bureau
  • Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness Speakers Bureau
  • Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness – PWLE Caucus – Report (2018)
  • Waterloo Region:
    • Participant Advisory Group (materials coming soon)
    • Respectful Language Guide (2012) – see page 2
    • Lived Experience as Expertise: Considerations in the Development of Advisory Groups of People with Lived Experience of Homelessness or Poverty (Region of Waterloo, 2012)