Revisioning Coordinated Access: Fostering Indigenous Best Practices Towards a Wholistic Systems Approach to Homelessness

This webinar will present findings from the research project Revisioning Coordinated Access: Fostering Indigenous Best Practices Towards a Wholistic Systems Approach to Homelessness, conducted in Hamilton, Ontario. Presenters will discuss the impact of coordinated access systems on Indigenous communities across Canada and highlight how Indigenous communities can shape the creation and implementation of coordinated access systems toward a more wholistic approach. Presenters will also discuss the rationale behind doing things from a place of collaboration and the learnings from engaging in the collaborative process.

PRESENTERS

• Victoria  Bomberry  (Mohawk, Six Nations of the Grand River) - former Indigenous Systems Planner for the Indigenous Stream of Reaching Home (Hamilton)
• Cindy  Sue  Montana McCormack -  Acting Executive Director of the Coalition of Hamilton Indigenous Leadership
• John Ecker - Director of Research and Evaluation, the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
• Anika Mifsud - Former Post-Doctoral Fellow, the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness

MODERATOR

• Samantha Restoule - National Indigenous Homelessness Coordinator at Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health

Register for this free session. This webinar is hosted by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness .