CAEH 2025 & More Cambridge Encampment Evictions

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

Canadian alliance to end homelessness 2025
& more Cambridge encampment Evictions

Photo: Lobby at The Hyatt Montreal Downtown

I was privileged the chance to attend the national homelessness conference in Montreal this year — a rare opportunity to explore these important topics and a moment away from the norms. Yet the disparity between the environment I was in and the realities we were there to address felt unmistakable the moment I received a text from a Waterloo Region encampment resident letting me know that an eviction was underway in Cambridge - at their home. With so many of our local support workers attending the conference alongside me, it was deeply concerning to think that such an action would proceed at a time when our essential local supports were significantly reduced, leaving those who remained carrying even more than usual. That one message so quickly brought the realities being discussed into sharp focus for me.

As I sat in a setting of comfort and privilege, with excellent food and service, and an incredible view, the economic gaps, the differences in lived experience, and the immediacy of people’s crises all stood in stark contrast to where I was. Returning home and witnessing the chaos that followed deepened this feeling, reinforcing not just how wide the divide can be but also how deep it really is right now.

View from hotel

Louder, for those of you in the back... There are NO shelter options right now!
More Cambridge Encampment Evictions ... And of course more questions... #FOI anyone?
Supplies and Donations ARE Needed: How You Can Help
A Human Rights Approach to Encampments for Cambridge (2.0)
CAEH Presenters - Local to WR

conférence nationale pour mettre fin à l'itinérance: Montréal 2025

Screenshot from CAEH website. Click image to visit source,

CAEH Sessions featuring local presenters (Waterloo Region)

Collaborative approaches for integrated service deilvery: Housing, health and culturally relevant services
From Margins to Movement: Feminist Leadership & Inclusive Housing
Bridging the Gap: Traditional Housing Models that Centre Dignity and Choice
Innovative Intervention: Housing Income, and Integrated Supports

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Louder, for those of you in the back...
There are no shelter options right now!

Although the Mayor of Cambridge indicated during the September 23rd Cambridge council meeting that shelter beds were readily available, from what I can tell this claim is inaccurate and does not reflect the current realities our local housing support system is encountering.

More Cambridge Encampment Evictions
And Always more questions... #FOI Anyone?

2 days, 3 evictions...

Forcing people to leave an encampment site when there are no permanent housing options available, and no emergency shelter spaces available, is a violation of peoples human rights, specifically Section 7 of the Charter, which safeguards the right to life.