Indigenous Homelessness Quiz Fr

Homelessness is defined as:

An individual who is unhoused due to unfortunate life circumstances.

An individual whose choices make it difficult to sustain housing

An individual without stable, safe, permanent, and appropriate housing, or the immediate means and ability to acquire it.

Which of these factor(s) might increase the chance that a person will experience homelessness?

Loss of employment

Family violence

Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse

Serious physical or mental health problems

Involvement in the child welfare system

All the above

All of the factors above might increase the chance that a person will experience homelessness.

Do the majority of people who experience homelessness live on the streets?

Yes

No

Most individuals experiencing homelessness don’t live only on the streets; rather, they can also find themselves temporarily living with family, friends, or staying in emergency shelters.

Indigenous Peoples make up about 15% of those experiencing homelessness in Toronto, despite only making up 0.5% of the total population.

True

Indigenous Peoples make up about 15% of those experiencing homelessness in Toronto, despite only making up 0.5% of the total population.

False

Which of these factor(s) contribute to and exacerbate Indigenous Peoples’ experiences of homelessness in Canada?

Residential schools – government-sponsored schools established to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture

Racism, oppression, and discrimination

Colonial policies and practices – domination and exploitation of Indigenous Peoples which were intended to extinguish their language and culture.

60’s Scoop – mass removal of Indigenous children from their families without consent into the child welfare system

Mental health or illness and substance use issues

All the above

All of the factors above contribute to and exacerbate Indigenous Peoples’ experiences with homelessness in Canada.

Indigenous families led by women are not at higher risk for violent and racist practices in the Canadian emergency shelters and housing systems.

True

False

Indigenous women-led households experience additional and complex gender-specific vulnerabilities due to their intersections of oppression – e.g gender, race, and culture. Moving from home communities to urban centres constantly, adds additional complexities that can lead to episodes of homelessness and, in turn, impacts their service access.

Research has shown that Indigenous populations disproportionately experience inadequate health care, lower levels of education and income, and higher rates of unemployment.

True

Indigenous populations disproportionately experience inadequate health care, lower levels of education and income, and higher rates of unemployment.

False

Which of these represents one pathway out of homelessness?

An individual can simply choose not to be homeless.

An individual can seek employment

The government can create change in community systems, services, and supports

Government driven change in community systems, services, and supports can represent one pathway out of homelessness.

One in 5 urban Indigenous persons is more likely to be homeless on any given night compared to a non-Indigenous person

True

1 in 5 urban Indigenous persons is more likely to be homeless on any given night compared to 1 in 128 non-Indigenous people.

False

“Indigenous homelessness is not defined as lacking a structure of habitation; rather, it is more fully described and understood through a composite lens of Indigenous worldviews” – including individuals, families, and communities being isolated from their relationships to land, kin, water, animals, cultures, languages, and identities.

True

“Indigenous homelessness is not defined as lacking a structure of habitation; rather, it is more fully described and understood through a composite lens of Indigenous worldviews” – including individuals, families, and communities being isolated from their relationships to land, kin, water, animals, cultures, languages, and identities.

False

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