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Na’kuset, the co-founder of Indigenous-led homeless shelter Resilience Montreal, is used to seeing Indigenous people being often left with “the scraps.”

It takes a lot to take a risk and walk away from a stable job, but when Taylor Goodleaf decided to quit a social work role she loved and instead pursue a law degree, she knew that she was making the choice that was right for her.

Community members facing emergencies like fire damage, eviction, or domestic violence, will now have access to three short-term emergency housing units in Kahnawake, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) announced this week.

Not much has changed since we wrote an editorial called “Red alert for Red Dress Alert” two years ago. That’s not unexpected, in fact it’s by design, but that doesn’t make it any less upsetting, considering the scope and urgency of the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people (MMIWG2S+), which is nothing short of a countrywide emergency.

Winter camping can be beautiful and rewarding, but only if you stay warm and protected. Here are practical, easy-to-follow tips to help you stay safe and comfortable during cold-weather camping.

Morgan Harris’s daughter, Cambria Harris, told attendees at a vigil in 2022 that her mother was “happy-go-lucky, she was silly, she was fun, people loved to be around her.” She was a mother of five and a grandmother of one.

An emergency homeless shelter has quietly opened in town. Though it’s been available to community members since late December, it’s yet to be occupied by anyone.

For the first time, undergraduate students in McGill University’s social work program will be able to learn from not just one but three of the brightest minds in Kahnawake, who have each signed on to be course lecturers for the winter semester at the university.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is rushing to create an emergency shelter before the new year, Council chief Iohahiio Delisle shared, saying there’s been a growing number in town finding themselves without anywhere to stay the night.  As of November, a working group made up of staff from Kahnawake Shakotiia'takehnhas Community Services (KSCS), Council chiefs Jeremiah Johnson and Arnold Boyer, and MCK staff have been meeting on a weekly basis to address what Delisle called a growing problem.  “There’s a homelessness issue in the community, and it's time that we address it and acknowledge it for what it is,” he said.  To his knowledge there’s never been an overnight shelter in Kahnawake.

Marjolaine Etienne was elected president for a second four-year term at the Quebec Native Women (QNW)’s annual general assembly in Quebec City on December 1.