Making The Shift Virtual Event Series: In Conversation With Jesse Thistle, Métis scholar with lived experience of youth homelessness
Event date: -
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
Making the Shift Inc. is thrilled to host the first of its Virtual Event Series featuring Jesse Thistle, a Métis scholar with lived experience of youth homelessness and the co-author of the definition of Indigenous homelessness in Canada. Jesse will share his journey of resilience while navigating homelessness as an Indigenous youth, how it informed his work as a scholar and national bestselling author, and his process of co-developing the definition of Indigenous homelessness in Canada.
PRESENTERS:
• Jesse Thistle, Assistant Professor in Métis Studies at York University, and national bestselling author.
• Stephen Gaetz, CEO of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness.
• Jayne Malenfant, PhD Candidate at McGill University and co-founder of the MtS Scholars with Lived Experience Network.