It's no secret that encampments are rough for multiple people including but not limited the people living in them. And while people toot about housing first some issues are far more complex than that. We are speaking with a volunteer, Pam Taylor, who helped one of the encampments within Halifax Regional Municipality. And while I… Continue reading Volunteering in an HRM Encampment, The uphill battle for providing stability to the homeless.
We often forget that with people in encampments comes the families behind them. Families that may not be as involved due to protecting their boundaries or having bridges burned. In many cases though, we never hear those stories. This is an individual who was once silenced because their story didn't fit the narrative that "Nobody… Continue reading When Encampment Living Becomes a Choice, The Story You Don’t Hear.
Homeless Encampments, and the hidden dangers that are right before your very eyes.Along with the opiate crisis, and housing being either non-existent or un-affordable for a vast majority of Canadians, people in regular cookie cutter neighborhoods are finding themselves with these toxic neighbors. And before I go any further, are there a few people in… Continue reading Encampments, and The Hidden Dangers That Are Right Under Your Nose.
If you've been following along with this series I hope you can also appreciate the fact that many of these situations have been tried and tested and failed. Let's take a look at out west and why they have been failing significantly and seem to finally be realizing whats wrong. Even in Ontario are they… Continue reading How The West Coast has Failed at Safe Supply and Harm Reduction, Now the East Coast stupidly follows their footsteps.
Stacey J. Girard 