Through collaboration and consultation with Indigenous communities, Brock University students are working with these communities to help address a range of urban housing challenges.
Students heard from several Indigenous leaders and then developed policy briefs and recommendations on various local housing challenges. The project culminated in a community event at the Niagara Regional Native Centre that featured a traditional lunch, student policy presentations and roundtable discussions with members of Indigenous communities and the regional government.
Some of the issues that the students explored included examining barriers to housing in the judicial system and land allocation, as well as inclusive housing policy development. The briefs will now be used by a number of local Indigenous organizations and will help support Indigenous-led conversations around housing.
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