A Siloam Mission model for Terrace

Everyone deserves a warm meal, a safe bed and a way home. I want to bring a model like Winnipeg's Siloam Mission to Terrace, built with Kitselas, Kitsumkalum and our local agencies.

131people without a home in Terrace2025 Point-in-Time count

77%of them are Indigenous2025 Point-in-Time count

543,000+meals served by Siloam Mission in one yearWinnipeg, 2023–24

What I've seen

This work starts with showing up

Our unhoused neighbours are our relatives, our friends and our community. These are some of the steps I've already taken.

In the encampmentsI've visited Terrace's encampments with 'Ksan Society and the Ministry, and on my own I've brought food to the people living there.
Braun Street recovery bedsI was part of the earliest succession planning for the Braun Street supportive recovery beds, alongside Brenna Johnson-Innes.
Learning from Siloam MissionI reached out to Siloam Mission in Winnipeg as part of my own research into what works in other cities.
Pushing for action nowI'm advocating for a service-connected temporary site through the province's HEART and HEARTH programs, with Kitselas, Kitsumkalum and local agencies at the table.

Why Siloam Mission

Everything under one roof

Since 1987, Siloam Mission in Winnipeg has brought the help people need together in one place, so no one has to go door to door to get back on their feet.

Source: Charity Intelligence Canada

Warm meals and showersEmergency shelterTransitional housingRecovery housing A health clinicCounsellingJob training and placementClothing

What it could look like here

Built for Terrace, rooted in culture

A Terrace version would learn from Siloam's model and be shaped by the people and Nations of this territory.

One place for help

A meal, a bed, health care and a path to work and housing, all connected.

Culture and healing at the centre

Culturally safe care, with Elders and our teachings as part of the healing journey.

Nations at the table

Kitselas, Kitsumkalum, local agencies and the City planning and leading it together.

Help now, while we build

A service-connected temporary site so people are supported today, not years from now.

Who I'm looking for

This takes all of us

If you can help plan, fund, build or staff something like this, I want to talk with you.

First Nations governmentsCity and Regional DistrictProvincial and federal partnersHealth and social agenciesFunders and foundationsIndustry and businessFaith and community groupsVolunteers

Siloam Mission is an independent charity in Winnipeg. This is my own initiative to learn from their model and bring something like it to Terrace. It is not a Siloam Mission project.

Join this work

Let's make sure no one in Terrace has to go without a meal, a bed or a way home.

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