Recommendations for safe and affordable housing for Indigenous women in the DTES

Legislative protections

Recommendation 105: An annual audit of all landlords and property managers to track refusal of housing and housing discrimination.

Recommendations for safe and affordable housing for Indigenous women in the DTES

Legislative protections

Recommendation 106: Amend the provincial Human Rights Code and Residential Tenancy Act to make it illegal to discriminate on the basis of social condition including health status and drug use.

Recommendations to end criminalization of Indigenous women in the DTES

Policing

Recommendation 147: Implement existing recommendations by Human Rights Watch in Those Who Take Us Away: Abusive Policing and Failures in Protection of Indigenous Women and Girls in Northern British Columbia, Canada.

Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES

Recommendation 180: All levels of government must acknowledge that the current state of Indigenous women’s health is a direct result of colonialism and government policies.

Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES

Culturally safe healthcare

Recommendation 185: End the coerced sterilization of Indigenous women, and hold health professionals criminally responsible for acts of coerced sterilization.

Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES

Culturally safe healthcare

Recommendation 186: End the medical pathologizing and diagnosing of gender identity. Train healthcare professionals to provide gender-affirming care that is safe for and respectful of trans women and two-spirit people.

Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES

Recommendation 188: All healthcare workers must believe Indigenous women and treat them as credible experts about their own health.

Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES

Culturally safe healthcare

Recommendation 196: Hospitals including security guards need to be welcoming and supportive—not judgmental and criminalizing—in their interactions with Indigenous patients.

Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES

Culturally safe healthcare

Recommendation 197: Security guards and all emergency room healthcare providers and staff must receive mandatory training in cultural sensitivity, mental health, and de-escalation.