Indigenous Resources - Background, Policy, Analysis: Housing

"This paper presents a comprehensive review of scholarly literature on the topic of Aboriginal Homelessness in Canada. It answers the following four broad inquiry areas through a review and analysis of current (1988-2012), and primarily academic, literature:
Inquiry Area #1 - Key Concepts: How are the concepts of ‘homelessness’ and ‘home’
defined, particularly for the Aboriginal population? Is there a unique meaning of
homelessness for Aboriginal Peoples?
Inquiry Area #2 - Causes: Why are Aboriginal populations (particularly youth, gender
minorities, and urban groups) at a disproportionate risk of becoming homeless or overrepresented in the Canadian homeless population?
Inquiry Area #3 - Experiences: How do Aboriginal Peoples experience homelessness?
What is the range of diversity in their lived experiences?
Inquiry Area #4 - Action: What has been proposed in the areas of homelessness prevention and solutions for Aboriginal Peoples? What is working? What are some new ways authors are conceptualizing these issues?

"The Homeless Hub is a web-based research library and information centre representing an innovative step forward in the use of technology to enhance knowledge mobilization and networking....
The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is the largest national research institute devoted to homelssness in Canada. The COH is the steward of the Homeless Hub."
The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness/Homeless Hub, York University

The CCPA publications cover a wide range of Indigenous topics, including housing, Wet’suwet’en, experiences with racism, community development, voting, intimate partner violence, food costs, reconciliation, language revitalization, mining, and so on.

""The 2016 Census identified 14.1 million households in Canada. CMHC has assessed 13.3 million households for core housing need (CHN) (see Glossary), including 648,765 Aboriginal households. This report assesses the housing conditions of off-reserve Aboriginal households (referred to as Aboriginal households), based on custom data from the 2016 Census and using CMHC’s measures of acceptable housing and CHN"--Introduction."

Census 2016: ""This report examines housing conditions of on-reserve Aboriginal households as reported on the census"--Introduction, page [1]."

"The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association was established in 1968 as a national non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and strengthening the social housing sector. Our mission is to ensure all Canadians have an affordable, secure and decent place to call home. Adequate housing provides a stable foundation from which people, communities and Canada as a whole can prosper and so we advocate for improved housing policies and programs that keep housing affordable and end homelessness. We support a sustainable housing profession and work to connect the broader sector, as well as our members, who collectively house and serve hundreds of thousands of people living in or seeking affordable housing....
Fostering collaboration and partnership with key stakeholders is central to our success, and our strength comes from our members. As a national membership-based organization, we represent members from every Canadian province and territory. Our members include:
Affordable and social housing providers, owners and managers
Indigenous housing providers
Municipalities
Provincial and territorial housing departments
Housing associations and networks
Non-profit organizations
Business partners
Individuals, including retired housing professionals
Early career professionals...".

"The Homeless Hub is a web-based research library and information centre representing an innovative step forward in the use of technology to enhance knowledge mobilization and networking."
"The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is the largest national research institute devoted to homelssness in Canada. The COH is the steward of the Homeless Hub."

"...This audit focused on whether Indigenous Services Canada satisfactorily measured and reported on Canada’s overall progress in closing the socio-economic gaps between on-reserve First Nations people and other Canadians. It also focused on whether the Department made adequate use of data to improve education programs to close the education gap and improve socio-economic well-being...".