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“End Homelessness Winnipeg announced a shift in its identity at a ceremony held at Circle of Life Thunderbird House (715 Main St.) on Oct. 28.

The organization, which focuses on reducing homelessness in Winnipeg, has transitioned into an Indigenous organization. This announcement was made at the same time that the group revealed its new five-year plan to end housing insecurity across the city.”

Read more from the Winnipeg Free Press: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/times/New-plan-identity-for-End-Homelessness-564357011.html

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“End Homelessness Winnipeg has officially transitioned to become an Indigenous organization.

Lucille Bruce, the organization’s president and CEO, said this means they will work from a ‘culturally relevant and cultural perspective’ to find effective solutions to homelessness.

‘We operate from the principles of truth and reconciliation, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and the inclusion of people with lived experience to drive forward the plan,’ she said.”

Read more from CTV News Winnipeg: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/end-homelessness-winnipeg-now-an-indigenous-organization-1.4659130

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At a community celebration and feast on October 28 at Thunderbird House, End Homelessness Winnipeg announced it has become an Indigenous organization and launched a new 5-Year Plan.

Drummers at 5-Year Plan launch and feast

Above all, becoming an Indigenous organization ensures that End Homelessness Winnipeg reflects and responds to the realities of those who experience homelessness in Winnipeg.  Indigenous people are over-represented among those who experience homelessness in the city.

“Going back to the RCAP, up to the MMIWG inquiry, there is a common recommendation that an organization, working to address an issue predominantly impacting Indigenous people, will be more effective if it is Indigenous,” said Jason Whitford, Chair of End Homelessness Winnipeg’s Board of Directors. “We know Indigenous people are over-represented in homelessness. We know we need to change things.”

The new 5-Year Plan aligns the goals of Winnipeg’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness (2014) with the directives of Reaching Home, the Government of Canada’s homelessness strategy, and the latest data available on homelessness in Winnipeg. Most importantly, the 5-Year Plan sets ambitious yet achievable targets for reducing homelessness in Winnipeg over the next five years.

“So much has happened over the past five years,” said End Homelessness WInnipeg CEO Lucille Bruce at the event. “As we reach the halfway point of the 10-Year Plan, it is vital to reflect on our progress; to integrate and align emerging strategies and knowledge; and to set ambitious yet achievable, measurable targets that can help us chart progress toward ending homelessness in Winnipeg.”

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“Indigenizing Housing First report, published last week, offers guidelines for other cities to follow.”

Read more from CBC Manitoba: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-housing-first-indigenous-1.5266575

Read the full report described in the article, “Localized Approaches to Ending Homelessness: Indigenizing Housing First” (University of Winnipeg Institute of Urban Studies, 2019):

https://winnspace.uwinnipeg.ca/bitstream/handle/10680/1727/2019_IUS–Localized_Approaches_Ending_Homelessness_ENG_Final.pdf

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“End Homelessness Winnipeg put its plan to keep vulnerable people safe in extreme weather into effect Monday, after heat warnings were issued for the city and other regions of southern Manitoba.

Monday’s warning from Environment Climate Change Canada predicted humidex values reaching 38 C in parts of southern Manitoba. Such missives are issued when temperatures reach highs of at least 32 C, and don’t dip below 16 C, for at least two days in a row.

There is flexibility, however, in the End Homelessness plan, organizers said.”

Read more from the Winnipeg Free Press: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/plan-in-place-to-keep-vulnerable-people-safe-during-extreme-heat-wave-512762132.html