Exploring Theme: "Homelessness"

NationTalk: In response to the growing challenge of homelessness and limited shelter capacity in Yellowknife, the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has introduced an On-the-Land Camp initiative. This new initiative will offer safe, stable accommodations and essential support services for people experiencing homelessness, providing much-needed support as we enter winter. Yellowknife’s emergency shelters are...

APTN News: A shelter in Montreal will soon be opening a new “second stage” housing facility that will allow residents to live there for five years before moving on. The three story building is located in an area of the city where much of the “unhoused” Indigenous population lives. Stacy Boucher-Anthony, executive director of Indigenous...

A local organization that helps the Indigenous homeless population in Montreal says it secured a permanent location for its emergency shelter, replacing the temporary location known as PAQ2. Stacy Boucher-Anthony, executive director of Indigenous Project Quebec, said that when PAQ2 was launched, it was not set up to be a permanent shelter and lacks some...