For the second year in a row, the Northwest Territories has declared a local state of emergency to open a second temporary day shelter, but some frontline workers say it’s a band-aid solution to a complex crisis, deserving immediate intervention of root causes that contribute to homelessness.
William Greenland, is a traditional counsellor and co-founder of the Arctic Indigenous Wellness camp, a not-for-profit that provides Indigenized mental health and addictions support in Yellowknife.
He believes above all; the emphasis should be placed on healing individuals and families.
“We could set up places for them but it’s up to the individual to get off the street, to make the change in their life in order to get better,” Greenland said.
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4 ноя 2021
