FRHD 3090 Lecture 3: Homelessness
2 Dec 2016
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Article: manitoba first nation declares state of emergency over suicide epidemic. Route causes: poverty, overcrowded housing and past abuse -> they are intertwined. A lot of frustration at the traditional lands being lost. Use to be adults, now often youth. Many in provincial care child welfare system. More mental health people being hired to work in the area. Not all aboriginal should be treated as the same care. Unemployment rate extraordinarily high nothing to do; think about themselves. Poverty not on its own; in mental health, historical context. Need changes in policies, economic livelihood (need a purpose, something to do) Will influence what you think the solutions will be. If you think jobs; focus effort on getting people employed. Hard to count, because they are all spread out. Snowball technique: describe where people are who are not physically there. How do people end up in tent city youtube. Mental illness, drugs alcohol, crime -> are the leading causes.
