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It is important to acknowledge the engagement with Indigenous people in Canada if we are to truly end youth homelessness; particularly in light of their consistent overrepresentation in vulnerable populations. Indigenous people are notably different; the structural and systemic determinants associated with colonialism, the Indian Act, treaty-making, residential schools, and the Sixties Scoop have resulted in considerable discriminatory impacts that are in fact intergenerational.

This is illustrated by the higher than average proportion of Indigenous people experiencing poverty, violence, core housing need, low educational attainment, and poor access to services and housing. As Indigenous people move into cities from reserves, their settlement and cultural reconnection needs must be addressed. And along with the jurisdictional vacuums that impact their significantly reduced access to basic services both on and off reserves. This is notably relevant to Indigenous youth as well.

Indigenous people’s economic, spiritual and social development has been and continues to be negatively impacted. By government policies and practices at the local, provincial, territorial and federal levels. In particular, the establishment of residential schools, reserves, and the Indian Act resulted in a widespread and intergenerational loss of culture, language, community, and identity still impacting today’s Indigenous people.

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