Special Topic Flashcards
1
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Homelessness in Canada
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- We don’t have the true # for homelessness
- Hidden homelessness is when you face financial struggles and are forced to stay with family or friends
- Homelessness is especially bad for Indigenous, Youth, women & gender minorities
2
Q
Ongoing Effects of Colonization
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- All FN people have either went to residential schools or have parents who went
- 60s Scoop is when Indigenous children were placed with white families
- On going racism, poverty all add up to the trauma trails of colonialism
3
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Distribution of homeless people in shelters, unsheltered and provisionally accomodated
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- Many refused to be sheltered in emergency sheltered in fear of the violence in the shelter
- ## Provisional accomodated is when you’re staying with friends and family
4
Q
Homelessness Realities
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- Around 95% of homeless people have addictionn on the streets
- Drug poisoning is when someone injects incorrect things or overdoses
5
Q
Homelessness in Edmonton
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- Heavy fluctuation but always increase and massive
