We create, share and mobilize knowledge on homelessness and housing insecurity in the Canadian North.
February 4, 2025
In this article in Nature, Julia Christensen discusses connections between the ongoing northern housing crisis and climate change, as demonstrated by the effects of wildfires on communities within the Northwest Territories in the summers of 2023 and 2024. Read more here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02183-1
February 4, 2025
The colonial geographies of northern and Indigenous housing have long been the focus of research attention, particularly the transformative and destructive role the assimilative power of social welfare has played in State interventions into Indigenous lives at the bodily, familial, community and national scales. Recent literature in the areas of northern and Indigenous housing has… Read More
February 1, 2025
This review offers a critical discussion of the contemporary housing policy framework in northern Canada. The severity of housing need among Indigenous households in northern Canada has led to a ‘crisis’ framing that dominates northern policy discourse, shapes northern housing policy and programs, and ultimately undermines efforts to provide meaningful, evidenced and northern-driven housing policy…. Read More
December 11, 2024
At Home in the North has released the report “A Home for All Northerners: Towards a Northern Housing Ecosystem Approach”. The report provides an overview of the outcomes of the AHIN knowledge gathering held in May 2024 and proposes a template for a northern housing ecosystem. “This report outlines the foundations for a northern housing… Read More
April 18, 2024
At Home in the North’s Program Director, Julia Christensen was interviewed by Hilary Bird for “the Trailbreaker” on CBC radio regarding her reaction to the 2024 federal budget. “The main takeaway from this budget for the North is there is a clear southern, urban focus in how the federal government is thinking of the housing… Read More
June 20, 2023
Jen Otto is a MA Student in Geography at Memorial University and a Trebek Initiative Grantee. She’s passionate about storytelling and community-led climate change response. Jen seeks to amplify community-identified housing needs within Inuit Nunangat, with a focus on Nunatsiavut. To do so, she engages with visual storytelling to centre community voices and illustrate how these crises… Read More
June 20, 2023
On May 4, 2023 At Home in the North hosted an interview with James Fulford, Associate Deputy Minister of the NWT Housing Commission. The interview was conducted by Dr. Julia Christensen and questions centered around the Strategic Renewal of the NWTHC, followed by discussion. Please see the recording of this webinar below:
March 14, 2023
On Ferbruary 24, 2023 Dr. Susane Havelka and Hans Peter Mønsted gave a presentation on their research in Canada and Greenland. Their work focuses on the importance of self-building homes and connections between self-building and positive psycho-social outcomes. Please see the link below for a video recording of the presentation. AHIN webinar- February 24, 2023
January 24, 2023
Master’s candidate, Jenine Otto, is launching a photo campaign to centre your voices and experiences in research on the intersection of housing and climate change in the North! This is an open call for those interested to submit photographs, along with a brief description and approximate location of each photo, capturing your observations on the… Read More
January 23, 2023
On Friday the At Home in the North partnership has the pleasure of participating in a webinar presentation and discussion given by Michael McKay, Infrastructure and Housing Director at Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) and Dr. Shelagh McCartney, Associate Professor at the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Toronto Metropolitan University and Director of Design Together… Read More