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Research conservatively estimates that 35,000 Canadians experience homelessness on any given night, with an average of one person sleeping outdoors for every five individuals staying in a shelter.
As an occupational therapist with front-line experience working on a community mental health team in Toronto, I have witnessed peoples’ daily battles with discrimination, surveillance and policing. And my experiences have taught me that compassion in Canada often depends on who you are or how you are perceived.
For example, the Ontario Safe Streets Act is meant to keep citizens safe from “aggressive solicitation,” but in practice, enforcement of this act targets those who are visibly poor.
Author of the article: Miner and News
Publishing date: May 13, 2021 • 25 minutes ago • 2 minute read •
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Kenora Moving Forward – a local coalition aimed at solving Kenora’s housing crisis and helping those living on the streets – has rededicated itself and promised to continue serving the community for the foreseeable future.
The organization’s announcement comes off the heels of a successful winter season, during which volunteers operated several warming spaces across the city aimed at keeping those experiencing homelessness safe, out of the cold and comfortable with warm food. While the spaces were run out of the First Presbyterian and First Baptist Churches – aided by several other local churches and stakeholders – certain contracts have expired and the organization is now engaging its patrons outdoors until a new indoor location can be found.
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