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The Mount Waddington Housing Coalition (MWHC) was established by regional communities in 2022 and works collectively with Mount Waddington Health Network Partners in the Kwakwaka'wakw/Mount Waddington Region to gather information, coordinate communications, recommend actions, flag opportunities, and potentially implement community responses to the housing shortage.
This includes working with and coordinating parties who aim to support any segment of the housing market and continuum, from homelessness to homeownership and development.
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FIRST YEAR GOALS: Summer 2022 – Summer 2023
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Create current community demographic profiles and trends​
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Evaluate and compile a database of all vacant private lands, public lands, and housing resources in the region
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Compile best practices from many other organizations and frame a customized "Regional Housing Toolkit" for local Government
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Facilitate Ready, Set, Build! Training
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Set up a framework for ongoing monitoring and relationship building
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FORMATIVE WORK:
2022 Mount Waddington Housing Coalition Formed; Research Phase Fall/Winter 2022
2022 Homeless Count - November, Port Hardy
2021 Regional, Rurally-Based Homeless Count
Partner & Host Organization
THE HEALTH NETWORK STORY: OUR HISTORY
The Mount Waddington Health Network (MWHN) was founded 19 years ago under the guidance of Island Health and is the oldest Health Network on Vancouver Island. Our Network is constituted of Mount Waddington area community leaders, local First Nations, communities, non-profit organizations, local and provincial partners in health care, and volunteers.
Participants make extensive in-kind contributions in time, resources, and knowledge sharing. Island Health provides our annual core funding and guides our mandate to focus on the key determinants of health which support preventative measures of keeping people healthy and out of acute care. All planning, decision making and action happens between our partners at multi-agency tables.
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HEALTH NETWORK COMMITTEES
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Wellness First - Addressing Substance Use Services, Poverty Reduction, and Mental Health
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Housing Coalition - Addressing gaps in housing data; Performing Homelessness Counts
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Child & Youth Committee - Supporting Foundry; Child & Youth Service Delivery
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Food Security Committee - Supporting the Mount Waddington Food Hub through the management of community spokes.
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Seniors Elders Better Living Advisory Committee - Supporting a seniors communication network
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Health Services Communication Committee - Facilitating dicsussion in the region
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Table of Partners - Committee Leads & Key Community parters in decision making
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Learn more at www.mwhn.ca or email coordinator@mwhn.ca
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Photo Credit: Angela Smith
“Deciding to Act May Take a While; Much Longer Than the Action Itself.”
― Danielle Wengraf