Latest Contributions
- Policy Brief
Indigenous Homelessness Prevention: Restoring Home, Rights and Relationships
This policy brief explains what homelessness prevention means from an Indigenous perspective and what federal, provincial, territorial and municipal decision-makers need to understand when developing policies, programs and funding approaches....
- Report
Storying Truth and Journeying Towards Reconciliation
This report presents important findings from a national story-telling study on the causes and prevention of Indigenous homelessness. Guided by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Indigenous Advisory Circle, the study...
Latest Blog
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Preventing Intergenerational Experiences of Homelessness through Policy Reform: Findings from the Duty to Assist – Winnipeg Launch
What might the creation of a statutory obligation for the provincial government to have a ‘duty to assist’ those at risk of, or actively experiencing homelessness, mean to our community?...
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Homelessness Prevention and Intervention: Findings from the Duty to Assist – Winnipeg Launch
In our last blog, we discussed findings from the Duty to Assist exploratory event held in October 2024, that related to ‘Pathways into Homelessness’. This event, led by young adult...
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Pathways to Youth Experiences of Houselessness: Insights from the Duty to Assist – Winnipeg Launch
In the summer of 2024, Winnipeg’s homelessness sector grappled with the heartbreaking reality of having children (some as young as 12 years old) presenting alone, at adult emergency shelters. While...
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Prevention Matters!
Thinking Beyond Housing: Understanding and Preventing Indigenous Homelessness in Canada
“Indigenous homelessness/houselessness and prevention is a very complex issue that has deep historical, structural, social, spiritual, cultural and physical components, among other things.” – Cathy Fournier In Canada, Indigenous Peoples...
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Evictions and Homelessness in Canada: A Historical Perspective
Evictions in Canada have a long history, beginning with the forced displacement of Indigenous Peoples due to colonization and European settlement. In this three-part blog series focusing on shelter diversion...
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Interventions
Decolonizing Research Ethics Using Indigenous Knowledges
Research involving Indigenous Peoples often results in little or no benefit to the communities involved and, in many instances, is still causing harm. To ensure such research is safe and...