Expert on history of Indigenous housing

Attawapiskat Chief Bruce Shisheesh is scheduled to meet Monday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa to discuss the multiple and complex challenges facing his community. The following University of Victoria researcher is available to media to discuss the topic of Indigenous housing:

Sylvia Olsen (Dept. of History) can explain the history of the Indigenous housing crisis in Canada and the persistent failures of the federal system over a span of 65 years. Olsen drew from federal records for her dissertation, Making Poverty: A History of On-Reserve Housing Programs, 1930-1996. She will receive her PhD on June 16 at UVic’s spring convocation. Olsen is available today, through the weekend and on Monday. More on Olsen (By email at yetsa@shaw.ca)  

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