Sanala Culturally Supportive Housing Society

Mission Statement

The objective is to “support the creation of a space and a pathway for healing and recovery for unhoused indigenous community members through culturally supportive housing and decolonized harm reduction.”
 

The housing project would have 18-24 units max and be scaled based on “current needs and capacity to deliver services” and once established, the society would “participate in the hiring process of the house manager.”
 

Culturally Supportive Housing and Decolonized Harm Reduction — have introduced a comprehensive way to directly address some of the barriers FNMI people face when accessing provincial housing. These include systemic discrimination and racism; inflexibility of program policies; accessibility and the staff’s lack of cultural awareness and training.

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Culturally Supportive Housing offers Elder support, access to medicine keepers, ceremony, language, Indigenous medicine gardens, traditional foods and cultural activities, with love and no judgement. Decolonized Harm Reduction complements this programming with land-based camps, a family reunification program and an Indigenous alcohol harm reduction program.

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ACEHS would “assume operational lead until the non-profit (Sanala Culturally Supportive Housing Society) has been created, the board of directors established, and an executive director and administrative supports are in place and trained (for up to two years).”