The aftermath often includes unstable families and homes , and various issues within Indigenous communities such as substance use, addiction, community violence and health issues. Addressing these issues is not as simple as connecting individuals and families to social services and general resources.
Cultural considerations need to be taken into account in order to properly address the issue of homelessness specific to Indigenous Peoples. Homelessness also includes variables such as relationships and connections to human kinship, earth, lands, waters and territories, animals, plants, spirits, elements, traditional songs, teachings, ancestors and names.
Furthermore, Indigenous homelessness does not fit neatly into the four Canadian categories of homelessness: unsheltered, emergency sheltered, provisionally sheltered, and at risk of homelessness. Canada is comprised of a number of racially diverse groups, some of who are at an increased risk for experiencing homelessness:.
Many of the challenges faced by refugees and newcomers to Canada parallel those faced by Canadians who are at risk of experiencing homelessness. For example, newcomers frequently struggle with finding good quality, permanent, appropriately located, yet affordable housing. Refugees to Canada who are not privately sponsored are given help from settlement agencies to find housing arrangements -- but contrary to popular belief , they do not get to jump the waitlists for affordable housing.
As a result, settlement agencies often look outside of subsidized housing and to the private housing market, which can be risky due to the chance of finding housing that is too expensive, overcrowded or illegally rented. In addition to struggling with the need to find suitable housing, many refugees deal with a number of personal problems such as psychological distress, unemployment, a lack of social capital, language barriers, discrimination, lack of access to transportation and lack of credit history.
The barriers that newcomers and refugees to the country face put them at an increased risk for homelessness and core housing need compared to other groups. For example, Taking into account the many cultures present in Canada is an important step towards providing effective services.
It has been said that homelessness is a culture , and that services delivered by individuals with first-hand experience may contribute to better outcomes. This may mean having more staff with a history of experiencing homelessness, or perhaps hiring more ethnically diverse teams to help administer services in a culturally appropriate way.
This will mean taking into account the historical, social, political and economic contributions that have created homelessness for people from various backgrounds. In Canada, the social services and health sector is often criticized for being predominantly white and middle class , although the populations that most frequently access these services tend to be members of various racialized and marginalized communities.
Marginalized groups, which often include non-English speakers, racialized communities, those who are experiencing homelessness and newcomers to the country , tend to deal with more health problems for a number of reasons, including a lack of information and difficulties accessing health care.
As the service models offered are more likely to reflect white, middle class values, the needs of racially and ethnically diverse groups may not be adequately met. Skip to main content. Please contact us at contact globalcitizen. Marginalized communities were most impacted by the effects of COVID, so their recoveries must be prioritized as we look to restore the economy post pandemic, a new report suggests. Among the information outlined in the report is the fact that the employment rate for Canadian women aged 25 to 54 declined twice as much as it did for men.
Black, racialized, and immigrant women are also more likely to hold jobs such as personal support workers, cleaners, and other essential occupations — often low-paid and without paid leave — meaning they were forced to put their health at risk during the pandemic or else suffer financial losses.
In order to recover, the report suggests that governments, businesses, and charities look at policy plans that address systemic racism, focus on good jobs, protect victims of domestic violence, enhance funding for small businesses, and encourage diversity in decision-making processes. Some of the more in-depth suggestions include increasing wages for child care workers and adding paid sick days and family leave for all workers, while others look at tackling anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, as well as homelessness.
A lot of the people who were most likely to lose their jobs were women or women of colour," Kaplan told CP. The national rate of poverty amongst Indigenous people is Four out of every five reserves have incomes that fall below the poverty line.
One in every three new Canadians are living in poverty. Newcomers whether immigrants or refugees also lose a significant part of their income and autonomy in the acculturation process. Many people find their education is not transferable in Canada and therefore must accept precarious employment and lower wages. Racialized Canadians are also more likely to be poorer than other Canadians. Due to the historical exploitation of racialized folks and the lack of representation in political spheres, the professional and social barriers that non-white Canadians face are under-addressed.
Increasingly, racialized people are excluded from the job market, which makes it harder to escape poverty, writes Grace-Edward Galabuzi, a professor of politics at Ryerson University. This limits their housing options to neighbourhoods with deep poverty, and can reinforce poverty with welfare dependency and high school dropout rates. When people from marginalized groups are discriminated against in any way—like say, if they earn less than their non-marginalized counterparts—it also affects their whole life.
From the top positions in city councils, parliament, corporations, school boards, most positions of power are entirely occupied by white Canadians.
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