Enhanced Enumeration Tools for Indigenous Communities Brantford Pi
Enhanced Enumeration Tools for Indigenous Communities: Brantford Pi. T Count Experience Pete Doolittle, Community Relations Administrator Brantford Native Housing 2018 Pi. T Count Coordinator Training Enhanced Enumeration Tools for Indigenous Communities: Brantford Pi. T Count Experience
Today’s Agenda Brant/Brantford and Six Nations, in a nutshell 7 Grandfather Teachings The Volunteer Training The Indigenous Experience of Homelessness Magnet Event Best Practices Enhanced Enumeration Tools for Indigenous Communities: Brantford Pi. T Count Experience
Brantford and Brant County Our Catchment Area Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
Six Nations of the Grand River Territory and the City of Brantford/County of Brant are geographically, historically, and socially tied. Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
THANK YOU! PARTNERS Brantford Native Housing County of Brant City of Brantford Service Canada Brantford Aboriginal Homelessness Alliance Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres SUPPORTERS Ivision Laurier Brantford Old Mush Singers John Henhawk KML Studios AND TO OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS! Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
Seven Grandfather Teachings Image from Georgian College Aboriginal Resource Centres; http: //ojibweresources. weebly. com/ojibwe-teachings--the-7 -grandfathers. html Enhanced Enumeration Tools for Indigenous Communities: Brantford Pi. T Count Experience
The Volunteer Experience Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
Volunteer Training Held six training sessions, 2 -2. 5 hrs long General information about Pi. T Counts General information about homelessness Trauma-Informed understanding of homelessness Indigenous Cultural Component Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities Day of the Count Logistics Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
Enhanced Enumeration Tools for Indigenous Communities: Brantford Pi. T Count Experience
Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
Attention and mindfulness of cultural safety and trauma Attention to Trauma • Trauma is both a cause and result of homelessness Types of Trauma The Effects of Trauma • Impairs memory, concentration, new learning, and focus • Correlated with heart disease, obesity, addiction, cancer, and diabetes • Impacts individuals’ ability to: trust, cope, and form healthy relationships • • Disrupts: ability to self-soothe, ability to control expression of emotions, one’s ability to distinguish between what’s safe and unsafe. Shapes a person’s belief about self and others, one’s ability to hope, and one’s outlook on life. Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
The Indigenous Experience of Homelessness Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
The Indian Act Jurisdictional and Coordination Issues Aboriginal Homelessness Individual “Ruptures” or impacts of trauma Residential Schools Marginalization, systemic racism, discrimination, and isolation Child Welfare Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
Volunteer Training – Engaging Indigenous Community • Attention to Trauma • Attention to the Past: Colonization and Residential Schooling • Historical and Contemporary Causes of Indigenous Homelessness • Cultural Safety • Empathy, Respect, and Understanding Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
A Welcoming and Accessible Magnet Event Locally known venue Homemade traditional Haudenosaunee foods Traditional Ceremonial Opening and Closing Smudging Station Free Services: vision test, haircuts Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
Best Practices: What We've Learned Prepare early Collaborate! Research and understand the homeless population in your community Engage community through multiple avenues Gratitude to participants, volunteers, and contributors Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
Thank You for Your Time Making Everyone Count Brant/Brantford 2016 Point-in-Time Count
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