Imagine if a rights-based approach to housing & homelessness had existed when Mercer was open (1880–1969). How many of the 20,000+ women & girls would have been safely housed instead of being criminalized & incarcerated? Many were confined there & exploited as forced labour at Mercer Industries.
Andrew Mercer Ontario Reformatory for Females
I was honoured to share the importance of a rights-based approach to housing and homelessness with federal, provincial and territorial Ministers responsible for human rights today. (1/3)
