First Nations housing conference comes to Thunder Bay

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Twenty-second event brings together community members, leadership, experts and other housing stakeholders

THUNDER BAY — Bridging communication gaps and sharing ideas and expertise on how to better housing in Indigenous communities is at the core of a three-day conference taking place in Thunder Bay this week.

“We want to hear from the home occupants and the communities and the community members,” said Clarence Meekis, who is part of the conference’s planning committee and also is the public works manager with Keewaytinook Okimakanak. “Often we get stuck in either government-administered or a kind of a top-down approach to how we administer housing.”

The conference is in its 22nd year, Meekis said, starting here in Northwestern Ontario in the early 2000s through efforts by several local tribal councils and grew from there. He added that this year, over 300 delegates from multiple provinces and at least one territory are in the city. “I would say in the last five years it’s grown to become a national event,” he said.

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