wâpanAcâhcahk – Morningstar Home Supportive Housing

Operating Agency: Boyle Street Community Services

Neighbourhood: Terrace Heights in Ward Métis

Community Contact: Elliott Tanti

Contact Information: etanti@boylestreet.org

Good Neighbour Statement of Operations: Please read the statement here

Units: 47

Specialization: Serving individuals experiencing ongoing substance use disorders and those with a history of mental illness who rely on emergency services. Individuals who may have struggled with guest management in other housing programs may be suitable for Terrace Heights.

Program Description:

wâpanAcâhcahk – Morningstar home in Terrace Heights provides low-barrier, supportive housing to individuals who have been identified as requiring more supports with maintaining their housing. These individuals may be experiencing homelessness and/or housing insecurity. Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) will be providing on-site supports to residents of Terrace Heights. BSCS’ mission is to end chronic homelessness. BSCS works to create healthy, safer, and more inclusive spaces for all, placing particular focus on making our services and spaces inclusive to First Nation, Métis, and Inuit people. The Terrace Heights team will provide supports based on the diverse cultures and groups who reside at the site.

Community Updates & Engagement 

September: Boyle Street Community Services and Homeward Trust met with the SouthEast Community League Association (SECLA) and Councillor Salvador. An outcome of the first meeting was a commitment to continued community conversations for the benefit of the communities served by SECLA.

October: A letter from Boyle Street Community Services and Homeward Trust here

 

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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.