Indigenous Homelessness – IH
IH1: Creating For Indigenous, By Indigenous Housing Solutions
Developing Innovative Indigenous-Led Solutions to Address Homelessness – Celeste Hayward, Director, Operations, Aboriginal Housing Management Assoc; Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi, Executive Director, Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness
When you are no longer Tangata Whenua on your own Whenua – Ali Hamlin-Paenga, CEO, Kahungunu Whanau Services
IH2: Core Strengths, Barriers and Emergent Needs of Indigenous Persons Experiencing Homelessness
Ethical Considerations & Reflections on Community-Based Research with Indigenous Youth Experiencing Homelessness – Sabina Mirza, Postdoctoral Fellow, Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Mikaela Gabriel, MA, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health
The Covenant Study: COVID-19 and Indigenous Vaccination Hesitancy, Experiences from the Streets – Suzanne Stewart, Director/Professor, Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health/U of T; Sarah Ponton, Doctoral Student, University of Toronto
IH3: Cultivating an Ecology of Cultural Safety as a Path to Alleviating Indigenous Homelessness
Cultivating an Indigenous Learning Ecology Towards Culturally Safe Homelessness Services – Andrea Jibb, Director of Community Planning, Atlohsa Family Healing Services; alana pawley, Knowledge Exchange Coordinator, Atlohsa Family Healing Services
Wiigiwaaminaan – Our Lodge: Land Based healing to Alleviate Indigenous Homelessness – Terri King, Program Manager, Atlohsa Family Healing Services; Andrea Jibb, Director of Community Planning, Atlohsa Family Healing Services; alana pawley, Knowledge Exchange Coordinator, Atlohsa Family Healing Services
IH5: Holistic perspectives on addressing and preventing First Nations homelessness
Assembly of First Nations National First Nations Homelessness Action Plan – Jordan Fischer, Senior Policy Analyst, Assembly of First Nations, Daniel Gaspe, Assembly of First Nations, Nelson Alisappi, Senior Policy Analyst, AFN, Jordan Bates-Wright
IH6: Indigenous Resurgence: Engaging Traditional Concepts and Frameworks to Address Indigenous Homelessness
wâhkôhtowin, wîkiwin and LandBack: Practical Applications – Celina Vipond, Undergraduate Students, MacEwan University; Cheyenne Greyeyes, MacEwan University
Indigenizing Housing: Self-Determination, Land Restitution and Environmentally Sustainable Futures – Colleen Carpenter, Trainer, Keepers of the Circle; Roman Bourque, Keepers of the Circle; Khulud Baig, Housing Policy Researcher, Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network & Keepers of the Circle
IH7: Uplifting Indigenous Identity and Voices and thereby, Indigenous Health and Housing
All in the Family: The Dual Model of Housing Care and the Development of an Indigenized Alcohol Harm Reduction Program – Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi, Executive Director, Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness; Bernie Pauly, Professor, Nursing and Scientist, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria
Round Prairie Elders’ Lodge – Uplifting Indigenous Voices to Create Culturally Appropriate Housing – Nick Sackville, VP Community Development, Big Block Construction