'I still have dreams or wake up in the morning thinking I’m still in the shelter with the COVID.'
Noa Mendelsohn Aviv of the said the City of Toronto violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Ontario Human Rights code, by putting the lives of homeless people in danger by denying them equal rights to life and security.
“To treat shelters as the inevitable site of an outbreak is a form of — amongst other things — discrimination: to say that this population is not worthy and deserving of the same life-saving measures as others,” Aviv said.after being infected. At least nine homeless individuals have been hospitalized. Others are avoiding shelters out of fear of contracting the virus.
“Imagine how terrifying it must be to choose a cold, dark space in a ravine, or camping out somewhere that you can find a place to lay your head rather than going indoors to a bed,” she said.Willowdale Welcome Centre, a refugee shelter in Toronto, was the worst hit among homeless shelters in the city, with more than 200 cases of COVID-19 among its clients, as of early July.
Race-based data collected by health officials in Toronto has shown that low-income earners, recent immigrants and visible minorities“We also need to be clear that the population of homeless people disproportionately includes people who are from various marginalized groups. There’s a disproportionate number of people in the homeless population who are Black, more Indigenous who have mental and physical disabilities and who are elderly,” Aviv noted.
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