Aboriginal homelessness in Canada

Stephen Gaetz, Allyson Marsolais, and Tanya Gulliver of the Canadian Homelessness Research Network, who assisted the reviewer throughout the analysis, writing, and editing phases of this review; • Heather Howard, for her initial comments and guidance on the focus of this review; • Peter Menzies, for providing an extensive literature list on the topic of Aboriginal homelessness and trauma in April [...] The reviewer would also like to acknowledge that the Canadian Homelessness Research Network, by way of being located at York University in the City of Toronto, is located within the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. [...] The academic literature frequently fails to acknowledge these facts, and what tends to be presented is the naturalization of Aboriginal poverty and the portrayal of Aboriginal Peoples as passive victims. [...] But to situate it at the beginning is to remove it from the overall context of the review, providing an explanation before evidence is presented and before the reader has had an opportunity to take in the rest of the information. [...] To summarize, the placement of the Historical Trauma section, and the rest of the sections, were done with a great amount of consideration that serves to adhere to the overall purpose of a literature review.