In person presentation and live Webinar.
Date: March 1, 2012
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 PM (Lunch is included)
Place: NAHO’s 14th floor boardroom, 220 Laurier Ave. West, Ottawa
Charles Hill, Executive Director, National Aboriginal Housing Association
Housing is Health:What Remedies for Urban Aboriginal Peoples?
Since the federal government stopped funding new social housing projects in 1993 and transferred Urban Native Housing to the provinces in 1996, Aboriginal homelessness has increased dramatically. Mr. Hill will speak to the need for on-going research to support our arguments that there is a great need for on-going help for Inuit, First Nations and Metis peoples in Non-Reserve areas.”
Julia Christensen, SSHRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, UBC,
‘Our home, our way of life’: the meaning and context of northern housing (in)security
This presentation examines the meaning and significance of housing insecurity in a northern Indigenous context, and suggest that it is expressed, in part, through the phenomenon of visible homelessness in the NWT, but that it also relates to much broader, collectives experiences of “rootlessness” (Somerville 1992) or “spiritual homelessness” (Memmott and Chambers 2008). Importantly, the concept of housing insecurity also offers a way forward through its identification of key factors that promote housing security and rebuild a sense of home through experiences of “rootedness” (Somerville 1992) and “home/journeying” (Mallett 2004).
Cathleen Knotsch, Senior Research Officer, Inuit Tuttarvingat
If Not Now… When? Addressing the Ongoing Inuit Housing Crisis in Canada
This presentations highlights findings from the paper If Not Now … When? Addressing the Ongoing Inuit Housing Crisis in Canada and discussions that followed the release of this document. Consequences of inadequate housing are greatest for the most vulnerable members of society. This is why we need to consider that the challenges presented by inadequate housing, if not remedied, may deprive today’s youngest Inuit generations of their ability to participate fully in the future of their homelands and Canada.
Date: March 1, 2012
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 PM (Lunch is included)
Place: NAHO’s 14th floor boardroom, 220 Laurier Ave. West, Ottawa
Please contact mbright@naho.ca by February 24 to register for the live presentation or webinar. Registration is free. Space is limited
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