Personal advocacy and resource/information sharing website of Regan Sunshine Brussé
About Me
Where our Federal and Provincial aids hold gaps, we must persist.  Where our local government needs time to change, we must loudly be patient. Loudly, so they feel our support for change. Loudly so they may know our desires and evolve towards them.
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​Because we do evolve, and in this moment, I'm thinking, we are.
​Our world and lives are all in their own variants of chaos. So let's come together on the smaller levels to assure each others care. With innovation, transparency & willingness there is a beautiful way through this all.

Coming Soon: 

​Dear City of Cambridge (CC: Region of Waterloo):

​Canadian alliance to end homelessness 2025
​& more Cambridge encampment Evictions

​More of my thoughts and ramblings on this topic...
​Convieniently posted and published in no particular order! ​

Section to include content on:

  • Local to Waterloo Region CAEH Conference Presenters
  • Cambridge Encampment Evictions
  • Urgently Needed Supplies
  • Local to Cambridge Homeless Supports
    • ​Accurate Shelter Availability DATA (of some type)
  • Federal Housing Advocates Office - Report
  • TBA: Contributor Letter

Other "nickels" In this "Jar":

​Realizing the Right to housing:
Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments 

Human Rights
​and Housing Fights:
Municipal Encampment Responses

Dr. Laura Pin - Presentation slides and related Information - September 25, 2025 

Waterloo Region Snapshot

This research snapshot was compiled by
​Dr. Laura Pin, Regan Sunshine Brussé, and Dr. Erin Dej in July 2025.
The survey was developed by the project advisory team which includes academic researchers, people with lived experience (PWLE) of homelessness, and people with connections to local homelessness service providing organizations. Many project advisors have expertise that draws on multiple categories.  

This research snapshot shares our preliminary findings from the encampment survey from people with experience staying in encampments in Waterloo Region exclusively.

City of Cambridge initiating Encampment evictions *during extreme heatwave*

Notices issued June 20, 2025
These individuals, already failed by our flawed social infrastructures, now face further danger due to their forced displacement and increased exposure to the elements. Stripping away their personal efforts and ability to maintain even the most basic form of shelter amidst an overwhelming housing crisis at all - let alone during an extreme weather event - is not only deeply unjust, but a clear violation of their rights.

What this says of our own lacking humanity really frightens me... We should probably talk about this.


​Related Pages:

Dear City of Cambridge... (CC: Region of Waterloo)
RE: Cambridge Encampment Evictions - Heat Wave June 2025

Today, during a heatwave, Cambridge bylaw and police used heavy machinery to throw out 4 unhoused peoples personal belongings. With no suitable shelter options, they face serious health risks. Evictions should be paused during extreme weather. Learn a better way: homelesshub.ca/book/office-...

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— THRIVE HIV (@thrivehiv.bsky.social) July 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM

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​More of my thoughts and ramblings on this topic...
​Convieniently posted and published in no particular order! ​

"A Site SPecific by-Law": Court Proceedings 2025

Nickels & Dimes: Seeking Change

(& trying to somehow make sense of it all) 

Dear Region of waterloo:
​your bylaw is faulty

(& your politics kinda suck)

<<< *SIGH* Done got myself distracted by a skittering squirrel - I'll find my way back shortly and AM gonna get to this one! 

Community & Health Services Committee - May 6, 2025

​PECH Mid-Year Update - Region of Waterloo
Video to the left, of full meeting, is set to preview a councillor comment, also quoted below. Additional information about this meeting and topic can be accessed using the button above.  
"I understand there are some co-creators that are quite upset about the bylaw and how that was rolled out, and so I wonder if you could speak to what is being done to repair some of those relationships or what we might be able to do to help foster that repair as well?" 

Councillor Chantal Huinink

REgion of Waterloo Council Meeting &
Proposed BYLAW ​RE: 100 victoria
Being held April 23, 2025​


Nickles and Dimes: Seeking Change

(& Trying to somehow make cents of it all)

some initial thoughts
​RE: 100 Victoria proposed Bylaw

Published April 18, 2025
Until this bylaw becomes a bylaw, it remains a choice.

​We still have the opportunity to shift our approach to better reflect the current work, available tools, and most importantly, heart of this community. In this spirit, could we not instead bring this conversation back to the Region-selected experts within the PECH functions before solidifying an approach that risks causing further communal harm?

a little bit of background before delving in
RE: 100 Victoria proposed Bylaw

Before I get into specific aspects and share more of my thoughts on the proposed bylaw, I’d like to offer some background to help provide context for a few of the points I’ll be raising within these.
General topic history related to regional encampment policy, as passed by council December 15, 2021. (and a few other ramblings) 
The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness (PECH) & Regional Code of Use Bylaw 13-050 
The Valente Decision - Court ruling on 100 Victoria, A Human Rights based approach, Point In Time Count Data, and Unsheltered Campaign Candidate Pledge 
Visit Fightback! KW's Website HERE
(Above image source)

Open Letter (to Region of Waterloo CAO):
​Seeking aid for Unsheltered people in face of current Extreme Weather Crisis

As sent by email January 29. 2025 (PM/After Office Hours)
Dear CAO of The Region of Waterloo, 

We’re reaching out to discuss the dire situation taking place currently for our unsheltered Waterloo Region community members. 

It is cold outside, with wind chill factors posing an undeniable risk. The potential for harm clearly increases when an individual faces little to no relief from the extreme weather elements at play. 

While municipal policy contains responses intended to be enabled in times of communal duress, this policy contains substantial gaps....​

Sign the Petition: 

Click the image below to vist Change.org where you can add your name
​to this message too! 

January 2025: Extreme Weather & Relief Needs

January 21, 2025
It’s difficult for me to view our failure to adequately and quickly respond to the extreme weather our unsheltered community members are currently facing as anything but negligent..
We have the tools to address situations of community risk, yet the municipality is right now failing to use them. This is a choice - one that directly impacts the wellbeing of others. 

It’s brutally cold right now....
More about the
​Social Justice Housing Rally (above)
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*Click image to view Report*
Report Source : Civic Hub - ABTC
​Intended/Future (?) Pages:​​​
  • Social Assistance Rates in Ontario: Ontario Works & Ontario Disability Supports Program
  • Inclusionary Zoning (?!?!?!?!)​
  • Local Supports & Services​​

Bits and pieces ("recently" collected/ in "sorting"/to be added)