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| End Homelessness Winnipeg Newsletter: September 2021 View this email on Mailchimp Annual General Meeting, September 22 You are invited to attend End Homelessness Winnipeg’s Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 from 2-3:30pm via Zoom. Learn about the work of End Homelessness Winnipeg over the past year, and meet the organization’s Board of Directors. All are welcome to attend and members are eligible to vote. Advance registration is required, so please click here to register. Announcing Incoming CEO End Homelessness Winnipeg’s Board of Directors has named Jason Whitford as incoming CEO of End Homelessness Winnipeg. Jason has served most recently as Executive Director of Shawenim Abinoooji, an organization offering support services and specialized foster care placements for children and youth with complex needs, and on-reserve foster care placement services throughout the Southeast First Nations to keep children close to home. He formerly worked as program manager at Eagle Urban Transition Centre, where he co-authored “Examining the Urban Aboriginal Policy Gap: Impacts on Service Delivery for Mobile Aboriginal Peoples in Winnipeg, Canada.” Jason is a graduate of the Business Administration program at Red River College and the Human Resource and Management program at the University of Winnipeg. He brings to this new role some first hand experience with End Homelessness Winnipeg, having served as Chair of the organization’s Board of Directors. Please join us in welcoming Jason to the role of CEO, starting October 4! Bridge to Nowhere Ride, September 11 On Saturday, September 11th, 2021 a group of philanthropic cyclists will embark on a journey to put the brakes on homelessness in Winnipeg, with net proceeds to support Resource Assistance for Youth, Willow Place and Red Road Lodge. There are several ways to support this First Annual Ride: Click Here to Register as a Rider Click Here to Donate to a Rider or the Ride itself Click Here to learn more about being a Corporate Sponsor Vote Housing, September 20 The federal election is less than two weeks away. Join the national, non-partisan campaign to end homelessness and make housing safe and affordable for all in Canada! Vote Housing mobilizes Canadians across the country to ensure all political parties support making bold investments in affordable housing and ending homelessness. Click below to learn more.  Ekosani, Miigwetch, Maarsii, Thank you! |
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End Homelessness Winnipeg Newsletter: July 2021
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| End Homelessness Winnipeg Newsletter: July 2021 View this newsletter on Mailchimp Kíkinanaw Óma Strategy: 1 Year Later Kíkinanaw Óma: A Strategy to Support Unsheltered Winnipeggers was released in June 2020. The one-year anniversary of Kíkinanaw Óma offers the opportunity to reflect on progress and reaffirm next steps toward ending unsheltered homelessness in Winnipeg. Please join us this Wednesday, July 7 from 7-8pm to hear from community members on progress and challenges in supporting unsheltered Winnipeggers during the year since the Kíkinanaw Óma Strategy was launched. Speakers will include:Isabel Daniels – Velma’s HouseJacob Kaufman – Main Street Project Van Patrol OutreachMelissa Stone – Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, Astum Api NiikinaahkKirsten Bernas and Kris Clemens – Co-chairs, Kíkinanaw Óma Strategy. Register Now Extreme Weather Response Plan and Resource Guide Just ahead of Winnipeg’s most recent heat wave, End Homelessness Winnipeg released the 2021 Extreme Weather Response Plan and Summer Resource Guide on Wednesday, June 30. The Extreme Weather Response Plan is a homeless-centred plan for keeping Winnipeggers safer during extreme weather events including heat, cold, and storms. The Plan is developed, implemented and monitored by the Extreme Weather Response Committee, a group that brings together emergency shelters, community organizations, first responders, and public service agencies. The Plan sets out stakeholder roles and responsibilities; offers prevention and response information for weather-related risks; and lists resources available in the community. Canada Manitoba Housing Benefit As of July 1, End Homelessness Winnipeg administers the Canada-Manitoba Housing Benefit (CMHB) homelessness stream. The CMHB is a portable shelter benefit. Eligible recipients are renters in core housing need: experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness and connected with a housing support program. This stream is designed to support independence and provide safe and stable housing. Find out more here.  Manitoba Housing Needs and Priorities Survey The province has launched an online survey to gather feedback from Manitobans on housing needs, priorities and solutions, as it embarks on consultations with the public and stakeholders to inform its second three-year action plan for housing for 2022-23 to 2024-25. The priorities identified will build on those identified in the first action plan and help direct funding. You can view the action plan for 2019-20 to 2021-22 here. To participate in the online survey and provide feedback on housing needs, priorities and solutions, visit https://engagemb.ca/mb-housing. Vote Housing National housing and homelessness organizations have partnered to launch Vote Housing: a national non-partisan campaign with a simple but ambitious goal: engaging thousands of Canadians across the country to ensure that policies to end homelessness and housing need are prioritized in the next federal election and by the next federal government. The campaign platform calls for six actionable policies that political parties should include in their platforms. The first one is to “Implement an urban, rural, and northern Indigenous housing strategy containing both dedicated investments and an Indigenous-led governance structure.” Learn more and pledge to Vote Housing here. Ekosani, Miigwetch, Maarsii, Thank you! |
End Homelessness Winnipeg Newsletter: June 2021
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| End Homelessness Winnipeg Newsletter: June 2021 View this newsletter on Mailchimp Indigenous History Month: Every Child Matters June is Indigenous History Month. This year, as we grieve the loss of 215 children whose remains were discovered near the Kamloops Indian Residential School, and share our deepest condolences with the children’s families and communities, and the relations of all residential school survivors, we can also deepen our understanding of the impacts of residential schools on Indigenous communities as described in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) reports. The Definition of Indigenous Homelessness in Canada describes the link from residential schools to the exclusion of Indigenous people from housing today. This recent article by Dr. Marcia Anderson outlines the connections between residential schools and racism in our current health care systems, pointing to the critical relationship between housing and health. The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health has traced the legacy of residential schools within the current child welfare crisis and ongoing removal of Indigenous children from their homes and communities across Canada: a significant inflow to youth homelessness. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation offers many more teaching resources and provides the 24/7 Residential School Survivor Support Line: 1-866-925-4419. End Homelessness Winnipeg is an Indigenous organization committed to the TRC Calls to Action and a vision for a world where every child has a safe place to call home.  Hot Weather Resources This past weekend, partners in the Extreme Weather Response Committee facilitated by End Homelessness Winnipeg were kept busy adapting to unseasonably extreme heat. While the extreme heat event has passed, temperatures continue to be higher than normal this week. Current COVID-19 restrictions have been relaxed by the province until June 12, allowing the City of Winnipeg to open many spray pads and provide other cooling options. Still, it can be a challenge to know where to cool off. Download, print and share this Spring Resource Guide listing shelters, safe spaces, drop-ins and outreach services, as well as places with toilets and bagged meals/water. Resources and updates are also posted on End Homelessness Winnipeg’s Facebook and Twitter. Keep cool and stay safe! Hiring: Youth Communications Specialist-Canada Summer Jobs End Homelessness Winnipeg is hiring a youth Communications Specialist through the Canada Summer Jobs program. This is a term position for 9 weeks, 30 hours per week, with a proposed start date of Monday, July 5, 2021. Application deadline is Thursday, June 10. For details, please click here. Ekosani, Miigwetch, Maarsii, Thank you! |
End Homelessness Winnipeg Newsletter: May 2021
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| End Homelessness Winnipeg Newsletter: May 2021 View this newsletter on Mailchimp Spring Resource Guide With new COVID-19 restrictions in place until at least May 30 in Winnipeg, it can be a challenge to know where to access shelter, safe spaces, outreach supports, food and washrooms. Download, print and share this Spring Resource Guide to help all our neighbours keep connected through this third wave of the pandemic and beyond. The Guide shares essential listings of critical services in our community, with a helpful map of shelter and safe space locations on the reverse side. Recording of April 7 Event on Ending Homelessness On Wednesday, April 7, a free virtual event addressed the steps needed to end homelessness in our city. From Crisis to Connection – Ending Homelessness in Winnipeg featured people with lived and work experience -including local Indigenous voices- sharing expertise and perspectives. Speakers included Elder Charlotte Nolin; End Homelessness Winnipeg’s Betty Edel; Jacob Kaufman and Adrienne Dudek from Main Street Project; and Angelina Pelletier from Ndinawe. The discussion was moderated by Right to Housing Coalition Provincial Working Group Chair, Kirsten Bernas. Nearly 300 people participated in the event, which was organized in collaboration by Kíkininaw Óma Strategy to Support Unsheltered Winnipeggers; End Homelessness Winnipeg; Make Poverty History Manitoba; and the Right to Housing Coalition. Watch a recording of the event here.  CEO Retirement and Recruitment End Homelessness Winnipeg’s CEO, Lucille Bruce, has announced her plans to retire this summer, following 3.5 years of transformative leadership. Lucille’s work with End Homelessness Winnipeg caps a career-long commitment to Indigenous-led approaches for housing and healing. She previously served as Executive Director of the Native Women’s Transition Centre; Executive Director of Village Clinic; Interim Chairperson of the Manitoba Urban Native Housing Association; and Indigenous Co-Site Coordinator for Winnipeg as part of the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi Project. This important work localized Housing First from an Indigenous perspective to address Urban Indigenous homelessness. Lucille recently shared her story with the Humans, On Rights podcast, which can be heard here. End Homelessness Winnipeg’s Board of Directors has launched an executive search to recruit the organization’s next CEO. For details, please click here. Ekosani, Miigwetch, Maarsii, Thank you! |
End Homelessness Winnipeg Newsletter: February 2021
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| End Homelessness Winnipeg Newsletter: February 2021 View this newsletter on Mailchimp Cold Weather Resources To help keep the community safer during this extreme cold period in Winnipeg, here are some resources to print and share: The Winter Weather Resource Guide lists shelters and safe spaces, outreach vans, drop-ins, meals and washrooms This plain language safety tip sheet covers risks related to cold, fire and COVID-19 for people spending a lot of time outdoors This poster offers tips on recognizing and responding to cold illnesses, including frostbite and hypothermia There is also a guide for Winnipeg residents on What to Do when encountering an individual who may be experiencing unsheltered homelessness In addition to services listed on the Winter Weather Resource Guide, St. Boniface Street Links has opened a warming centre in partnership with Holy Cross Church, 8pm-8am nightly for the duration of the cold period. Call 204 228-2369 to access. St. Matthews-Maryland/WestEnd Commons drop-in is now open every day but Wednesdays from 12:30-4pm. Main Street Project outreach is offering 24/7 transports for individuals during cold weather; Ma Mawi is doing outreach overnight Mondays through Saturdays, and Ndinawe is doing outreach Sundays through Thursdays from 4:30pm-12am. When the heating system broke down at Just a Warm Sleep last Saturday, agencies came together to safely transport individuals to a temporary pop-up shelter hosted by Salvation Army. Services partner through the Extreme Weather Response Committee, which includes representation from the City of Winnipeg, emergency shelters, outreach teams, health services, people with lived experience of homelessness, and Environment and Climate Change Canada. Partners collaborate to monitor capacity across the system and to support people to prevent cold-related injury or illness. For more information, download the Winter Weather Response Plan for 2020-2021: https://endhomelessnesswinnipeg.ca/2020-2021-winter-weather-response-plan/ Provincial Budget Submission End Homelessness Winnipeg has submitted a letter as part of the province’s virtual engagement process for Budget 2021. The letter calls for urgent investments in housing as part of Manitoba’s COVID-19 and economic recovery. Download and read the submission here. Housing First Webinar Registration is now open for the second session in the International webinar series on Housing First, taking place on Thursday February 25, 2021, 8:30am – 10am CST. The session will focus on Housing First and Influencing Policy, with examples from different countries on how to influence policies around elections at a local level. Presenters will include: Geoff Nelson, Wilfrid Laurier UniversityDeborah Padgett, New York University Freek Spinnewijn, FEANTSA Stephen Gaetz, Canadian Observatory on HomelessnessVolker Busch-Geertsema, European Observatory on Homelessness Register for the webinar here. For more information on this webinar series, including the recording and resources for the HF and the Costs webinar, visit: https://www.eenet.ca/article/international-webinar-series-housing-first. Ekosani, Miigwetch, Maarsii, Thank you! |