Elza Joji, She/Her/Hers
Tell us about yourself:
My name is Elza Joji and I am a third-year student in the Honours Life Sciences program, specializing in Origins of Disease at McMaster University. After graduation, I plan to continue my education in order to pursue a career in the medical field. In my spare time, I enjoy drawing, painting, cooking, watching movies, and listening to music on Spotify. Thanks to SIR, I've learned more about project management and how to have meaningful dialogue with stakeholders as well as with people I work with on a regular basis, while keeping principles of community engagement in mind. Moving forward, I hope to strengthen my connection to the city of Hamilton, a place I consider my home in Canada.
How is your project going so far?
Our project focuses on potential improvements that could be made to provide Hamilton residents a more secure and feasible housing investment and sustainability plan. Our main focus is on community housing, which is a type of housing that is affordable to low-income families or those who cannot afford market rentals. So far, we've had fruitful dialogues with stakeholders and gathered information on a variety of problems, including tenant circulation issues and a lack of social services available to them. Through increased levels of community engagement, we hope to explore more challenges and barriers faced by individuals in community housing in Hamilton.