Events

Indigenous Gathering 2025

When: April 14, 2025 from 9am-4pm

Where: Chateau Louis Hotel

Indigenous Gathering 2025 Program: Here

This year we were honoured to have keynote speaker Alberta Justice Ivan Ladouceur with speakers and presentations on housing, justice, and health while showcasing housing best practices. It was a crucial opportunity to facilitate knowledge exchange, relationship-building and enhanced collaboration with Indigenous, community, and systems partners to address urban Indigenous housing and houselessness in Edmonton. 

Thank you to everyone who attended and the elected officials who joined us for the Indigenous Gathering 2025. 

Thank you to Our Keynote Speaker – Alberta Justice Ivan Ladouceur

Justice Ivan Ladouceur was born in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, and raised in a traditional lifestyle. He continues to spend significant time with his family on their traditional lands and trapline. Fluent in Cree, he attended a residential school in the Northwest Territories before becoming a Journeyman Red Seal Industrial Mechanic/Millwright. 

Justice Ladouceur later pursued further education at the University of Saskatchewan, where he completed the Adult Teacher Education Program. He spent four years teaching in Onion Lake, Saskatchewan, before returning to the University of Saskatchewan to earn his law degree. 

With 24 years of experience as a criminal trial lawyer, he has handled a broad range of cases, from breaches of court orders to homicide. In 2016, he was appointed to the Alberta Court of Justice in the St. Paul Judicial District. In 2024, he launched the Healing to Wellness Court, an initiative aimed at integrating culturally appropriate, community-based approaches to justice. 

Deeply rooted in Indigenous traditions, Justice Ladouceur remains actively involved in cultural practices and ceremonies, continuing to serve as a strong advocate for Indigenous communities within the justice system. 

We are honoured to have Justice Ladoucer join us to share his knowledge.

Thank you to artisans from the Indigenous Artist Market Collective (I.A.M).

Learn more about the I.A.M. here

March 20, 2025 from 4:30-8:30pm

Location: Ottewell School (9435-73 St Nw), Gymnasium #1063

Homeward Trust Edmonton, Boyle Street Community Services, and Edmonton Police Service hosted a drop-in community conversation where attendees learned more about Supportive Housing, asked questions, and participated in discussions. 

Learn more: Morningstar Home

November Housing Month 2024

Edmonton Housing Month is an annual campaign aimed at raising awareness about the need for safe, quality, and affordable housing in our communities.

Check out the calendar to register for webinars, Supportive Housing visits, and events like the Nov 22nd, National Housing Day Luncheon and the Nov 28th, afternoon Community Update, Additionally, Find is hosting their Annual Donation Drive and the Find the Truck campaign throughout the month.

Register Now!

Together, we can end homelessness.

Housing Supports Forum 2024

June 12-14, 2024

Location: Coast Edmonton Plaza Hotel at 10155-105 Street, Edmonton, AB

Homeward Trust Edmonton, in partnership with 7 Cities on Housing and Homelessness, hosted a gathering of stakeholders and practitioners dedicated to ending homelessness in our province. We are grateful to everyone who participated in this event.

Register here: Housing Supports Forum Tickets | Eventbrite

For details on the additional program and speaker, please visit Housing Supports Forum 2024.

For questions or comments, please contact: rsvp@homewardtrust.ca

Lunch & Learn with Iain De Jong, OrgCode Consulting

June 4, 2024 from 11:30-1:30pm

Location: Santa Maria Goretti Centre
Eventbrite Link: Lunch and Learn with Iain De Jong | Eventbrite

Homeward Trust Edmonton hosted this lunch and learn session with Iain De Jong of Org Code Consulting. From a national perspective, this event examined strategies, approaches, and interventions aimed at ending homelessness. The discussion encompassed the changing landscape, challenges, successes, and pressures faced by all communities while also addressing how each participant could contribute to the goal of ending homelessness.

Indigenous Gathering, April 26, 2024

Location: Edmonton Inn & Conference Centre Hotel

Indigenous Gathering 2024 Program: Here

For the Indigenous Gathering, we gathered to share, build relationships and collaborate on urban Indigenous housing and houselessness in Edmonton. The event also aims to gather valuable feedback and perspectives while recognizing the impactful work currently being carried out in our community. This includes successes, challenges, and opportunities for improving the services provided to the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities.   

Thank you to everyone who attended and the elected officials who joined us for the Indigenous Gathering 2024. 

Thank you to artisans from the Indigenous Artist Market Collective (I.A.M).

Learn more about the I.A.M.

Thank you to Our Event Emcee – Director and CEO, Lance Cardinal ᐊᐧᒐᐢᐠ

Lance Cardinal is a First Nations, 2-Spirit artist, designer, content creator and television personality from the Bigstone Cree Nation in Treaty 8 territory. He has quickly become one of Alberta’s leading First Nation artists and entrepreneurs. Lance is the CEO of Soulflame Creative Services, a First Nations design and consultation company which has led the industry in bringing Indigenous content and authentic representation into high-profile spaces and has helped pave the way for a new era of reconciliation. Soulflame works as the Indigenous consultant and designer for the Edmonton Oilers, writing the pre-game land acknowledgement video and designing the popular Turtle Island Indigenous team logo.

Lance keeps his career diverse and inspired, allowing the Creator to guide his path and inform his work. He leads with his heart, and his work delivers a message: “It is the love we have for others and the love we find in ourselves that will heal our Nations and bring our world together.”-Lance Cardinal.