End Homelessness Winnipeg

About

End Homelessness Winnipeg was established in 2015 as Winnipeg's backbone organization for ending homelessness.

We were created in response to a community call for action and we have been guided from the beginning by Indigenous leadership and the belief that every person deserves safety, dignity and a home.

In 2020, we became fully Indigenous-led, affirming its commitment to reconciliation and to solutions shaped by lived experience, culture and community knowledge.

As an Indigenous-led organization serving the entire community, we centre Indigenous leadership, knowledge and self-determination because Indigenous peoples are disproportionately impacted by homelessness in Winnipeg. While our approach is grounded in Indigenous leadership, our mandate is city-wide. We work with partners across sectors to support all people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, advancing solutions rooted in dignity, respect and belonging.

Since 2015, we have partnered with direct service agencies, Indigenous partners, housing providers and all orders of government to build a more coordinated response to homelessness. Together, we have strengthened system navigation, built coordinated access, and shared data, responding to extreme weather, emergencies, and the need for access to culturally grounded services that help people move from crisis to housing stability.

Today, our work is guided by the five-year strategic plan, Everyone Belongs. The plan sets a clear direction for strengthening Indigenous leadership, improving research, data and shared learning including advocacy, and advancing housing, prevention, support systems and coordinated access that respond to community needs.

Through partnership, respect and practical action, we are working toward a Winnipeg where everyone has a home and a place to belong.

Our Mandate

Where do we come from?

End Homelessness Winnipeg was created in response to a vital need in our city by a collective of organizations acting with urgency and intention. Their original vision was a way to address houselessness rooted in collective impact.

What do we do?

For over a decade, EHW has brought together the houselessness-serving sector to provide leadership, support, and coordination to collectively end houselessness in Winnipeg. EHW is an Indigenous organization that serves the whole community.

What is our purpose?

To end chronic houselessness by braiding together diverse partners-with their different resources, perspectives, experiences, and ideas-into a cohesive whole made stronger through a renewed focus on supporting the collaborative efforts of the sector.

Where are we going?

To further evolve EHW into an impactful, community-informed, reciprocal organization that both supports and relies upon this entire network to end chronic houselessness.