Homeward Trust Responds to CAEH 2019 Conference Announcement

Homeward Trust is honoured to learn that Edmonton will host the 2019 Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) Conference. This is an annual national conference focused on ending homelessness in communities across Canada.

The much-anticipated location reveal was made this afternoon in Hamilton, ON at the end of the 2018 Conference by CAEH President and CEO Tim Richter.

“ When we come back together in Edmonton for #CAEH19 we can say we acted, we have less people experiencing homelessness. And one day, we won’t need the conference.”

This is the first time the sector’s leading conference will be held in Alberta.

With over 1300 delegates attending the Hamilton event, the same numbers or more can be expected for Edmonton which will provide a large national audience for this opportunity to showcase Edmonton’s leading practices, community progress, and local character.

The annual event is an opportunity for homeless sector workers, policymakers, individuals with lived experience and key funders from all levels of government to come together and share knowledge.

With Edmonton being recognized as a sector leader in ending homelessness, Homeward Trust CEO Susan McGee welcomes the news of the conference coming to Edmonton.

“We are honoured that the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness conference is coming to Edmonton. As a recognized leader across the country in making strides to ending homelessness, we look forward to hosting the delegates, policy makers, funders and those with lived experience to our city.”

Mayor Don Iveson posted a message welcoming the delegates to Edmonton after the announcement was made. Planning of the 8th annual 2019 conference will begin immediately with sector partners and Homeward Trust.

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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 traditional home and gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples. The nêhiyaw (Cree), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Dene, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux/Ojibwe), Nakota Isga (Nakota Sioux), Inuit, and Métis, among many others cared for this land since time immemorial and continue to steward it today. As visitors in this territory, we honour the importance of the Treaty and our responsibility to these communities. Only in partnership can we create the changes necessary to end homelessness. It is vital we meaningfully engage and partner with Indigenous people and communities in this work while recognizing and addressing 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.