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The Advisory Committee on Homelessness is asking for input from Canadians on the redesign of the Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS). Through an online engagement process, the Committee is inviting people across the country to share their ideas and input into how to prevent and reduce homelessness. Through the HPS, the Government of Canada provides funding and support to communities to develop solutions to end homelessness locally. The 2017 Budget announced increased funding for affordable housing and expanded funding for the HPS.

Feedback gathered from the engagement process will be considered by the Advisory Committee on Homelessness and options for the redesign of the HPS will be presented to the Government.

The support and funding provided by HPS help us come together as a community to develop and deliver a made-in-Edmonton solution to end homelessness. By providing your input, you are part of our community being the difference.

Take the survey here until August 31, 2017.

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We recognize we are gathered, in collaboration and with joint purpose, on Treaty 6 territory. This territory is the home and gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples. The Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Inuit, and many others. We know the importance of the Treaty and our responsibility to these communities and that only in partnership can we create the social change necessary to end homelessness. It is vital that we meaningfully engage and partner with Indigenous people and communities in this work. It is important to recognize and address the conditions brought forth by colonialism. Displacement from traditional homelands, systemic racism, residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, and the ongoing overrepresentation of Indigenous people in child welfare, correctional systems, and homelessness are responsibilities we all share.