About acehs
our mission:
To lovingly provide culturally supportive, affordable housing and services that end Aboriginal homelessness on Vancouver Island.
The Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness Society (ACEHS) is a non-profit and registered charitable organization whose sole focus is to support Indigenous peoples experiencing homelessness. The work of the ACEHS is centered on the voices of Aboriginal peoples who have shared their immediate needs, lived experiences, and perspectives on solutions. Through building partnerships locally and island-wide, the ACEHS works to identify and address systemic and structural barriers, share information, resources, and lessons learned, while also providing cultural supports, connections, and housing stability. The role of the ACEHS is critical because there is not another Indigenous led organization on Vancouver Island that has ending Indigenous homelessness as its sole focus. The ACEHS has a vision to lead long-term systemic change to better meet the needs of our people living away from home and experiencing homelessness.
our vision:
Our way is to care for all our people, from the youngest to the oldest. We are all one. Some of our people living away from home are suffering, isolated, and homeless. We stand together to end homelessness.
“The water,
I left it all out on the water, I didn’t bring anything back with me”
our team
we are all one.
Our Way is to care for all our people, from the youngest to the oldest. We are all one. Some of our people living away from home are suffering, isolated and homeless. We stand together to end homelessness.
DIRECTORS
BROUGHTON STREET OFFICE
Aunty Glo
Elder Mentor
QUADRA STREET OFFICE
Graham Kelly
Youth Programs & Services Coordinator
Youth Programs & Services Coordinator
HUMAN RESOURCES AND FINANCE TEAM
HOUSING
Amalia Paterson-Andino
SPAKEN House Assistant Manager
RESEARCH TEAM
Filip-Metro Anchidim Ani, PhD
Communications and Research Manager
Katie Dekker
Equity Programming & Research Coordinator
NURSING TEAM
Sean Halliday, RN
Registered Nurse
governance
The ACEHS is governed by Indigenous peoples with representation from representatives from each of the three Tribal Groups on the Island: Coast Salish, Nuu-Chah-Nulth, and Kwakwakw’wakw as well as Metis Nation. The Board of Directors provides leadership and strategic direction necessary to end homelessness within the Aboriginal population on Vancouver Island: to ensure that adequate resources are in place to achieve the strategy; to ensure that operational plans and budgets are implemented that achieve the strategy; and to provide timely communications to the community on progress in ending Aboriginal homelessness.
we gratefully acknowledge our funders and partners
we also gratefully acknowledge our past funders
We acknowledge and offer gratitude to the Lekwungen (Esquimalt, and Songhees), Malahat, Pacheedaht, Scia’new, T’Sou-ke and W̱SÁNEĆ (Pauquachin, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tseycum) peoples on whose ancestral, traditional land and unceded territories on which we gather, live, and work.