Encampment : Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community - A conversation with author Maggie Helwig
Tue, Apr 14
|Trinity Centre
In her book, "Encampment", author and Anglican priest Maggie Helwig writes about the formation of an encampment in the churchyard of her parish in Toronto's Kensington Market, and the fight to keep that space open to people needing a home. Maggie joins us for a conversation about her important book.
Time & Location
Apr 14, 2026, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Trinity Centre, 360 Reid St, Peterborough, ON K9H 7G6, Canada
About the Event
Event Description
The housing crisis plaguing major urban centres has sent countless people into the streets. In spring 2022, some of them found their way to the yard beside the Anglican church in Toronto's Kensington Market, where Maggie Helwig is the priest. They pitched tents, formed an encampment, and settled in. Known as an outspoken social justice activist, Helwig has spent the last three years getting to know the residents and fighting tooth and nail to allow them to stay, battling various authorities that want to clear the yard and keep the results of the housing crisis out of sight and out of mind.
Maggie's book, Encampment, not only tells the story of her lifelong activism that prepared her for this fight, but also introduces the reader to the stories of several encampment residents; their lives, their challenges, their humanity. It confronts our society's callousness in allowing so many to…
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Encampment - by Maggie Helwig
A conversation with author Maggie Helwig about her book, Encampment, and it's relevance to our community and advocacy work here in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong.
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