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Pekiwewin (coming home): advancing good relations with Indigenous people experiencing homelessness
This resource provides an Indigenous-specific clinical guideline regarding Indigenous homelessness that is distinct from and complementary to Pottie and colleagues’ guidelines on health care for homeless people published in CMAJ. In this...
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Pekiwewin (Coming Home): Advancing Good Relations with Indigenous People Experiencing Homelessness
This is an open-acces article outlining clinical guidelines for health and social service providers seeking to build relationships with Indigenous Peoples experiencing homelessness. Key Points: • In Canada, Indigenous people are...
Latest Blog
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Reframing the Discussion: An Indigenous Definition of Homelessness
“I… ended up homeless as a consequence of the Sixties Scoop. Going through the Scoop left me wondering which world or culture I belonged in: white Canadian or First Nations...
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Research
Defining Indigenous Homelessness: “Listen and They Will Tell You.”
Indigenous homelessness in Canada is a massive ongoing problem. One only has to look at population and percentage numbers to deduce this as fact. In urban settings, 1 in 15...
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Stories: Hail Mary Pass
This is an excerpt from the Homelessness is Only One Piece of My Puzzle: Implications for Policy and Practice book. The kingdom of heaven suffers violence and violent men take it by...