The Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS) is pleased to announce new appointments to our Board of Directors. The OAHS is made up of three Ontario provincial organizations: the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO), the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC), and the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA)....
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Around 100 elders and young children evacuated from community due to growing forest fires...
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The plan includes an apartment building and small public park at 18 Elm Street....
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Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services and Neech-ke-Wehn celebrates Indigenous Grade 8 Grads with annual award...
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How Justin Marchand, executive director of Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services, is creating homes for those in need....
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Published on: June 4, 2021 At the June 3 launch ...
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Two new apartment buildings, their exteriors finished in a bold two-tone colour scheme, are brightening up an otherwise unremarkable block in Orillia’s south end. Constructed from shipping containers, this recently minted development along Elgin Street is doing more than adding a visual lift to the area, however....
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The Urban Indigenous Homeward Bound program in Dryden is being hailed as a huge success. The program is in year three of four at the old Pinewood School site. It provides a holistic approach to Indigenous mothers trying to obtain education and find gainful employment, with easy access to housing and childcare....
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Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS) has established an Open Call for Proposal Review Committee Members (PRCs)....
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OAHS will amalgamate with Neech-ke-Wehn and Niwaakai’iganaanind by taking ownership of their 126 units in the Baawating area to ensure the continuity of safe, affordable and Indigenous-led housing services for the people and tenants they will collectively serve....
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A national housing non-profit group says they are 'disappointed' no money was allocated to them in the federal budget for a pan-northern housing strategy. ...
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The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association (CHRA) is proud to announce that it has entered into a partnership agreement with the Chartered Institute of Housing Canada (CIH Canada) whereby CHRA will serve as the new national coordinator for CIH Canada, effective May 1, 2021. The new partnership was announced today by CHRA Board President Kevin Albers at the Opening Ceremonies of the CHRA Annual Congress....
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Like many other Canadian cities, Nanaimo has a large homeless population and a disproportionate number of the people who are homeless are also Indigenous. This is a reflection of Canada’s relationship with Indigenous people....
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Indigenous communities and organizations across Ontario are moving forward with plans to transform how they meet their energy needs, choosing cleaner, more reliable and more affordable options. To that end, the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) is providing $7.1 million in funding to 61 recipients that will support energy planning, renewable generation, energy-efficiency measures, as well as skills development and training....
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The Don McBain Memorial Award has extended its deadline! Submissions will now be accepted until April 30, 2021!...
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The Trudeau Liberals have told stakeholders in the affordable-housing sector to look for funding in next week's budget to help expand the stock of units for Indigenous people in urban centres....
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The Indigenous Caucus of the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association has been busy in recent months. In November, it proposed a For Indigenous, By Indigenous strategy to address community-housing challenges....
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Two organizations hope to turn a former school in Hamilton’s east end into an Indigenous housing and friendship centre. The Hamilton Regional Indian Centre and Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services have initial support of city councillors to do so with the former King George Elementary School site....
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Last March, about two weeks into the pandemic, Steve Teekens got a call from the police. Teekens runs an Indigenous housing agency and the officers were calling to say one of his clients had tested positive for COVID-19. It was the first case to surface at the Native Men’s Residence, an organization that provides emergency shelter, transitional housing and deeply affordable rentals to a clientele of mostly Indigenous men in Toronto....
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Yesterday marked the first submission day of the Don McBain Memorial Award. Since 2017, the idea of contributing to an Indigenous student’s education has finally come to fruition and applications are now open for all Indigenous secondary students in Ontario....
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