Update regarding the 100 Victoria St. Encampment Hearing Dates! We'll continue to provide updates on wrcls.ca/3878-2

"Court dates around the Region of Waterloo's bylaw to clear a Kitchener, Ont., encampment have been postponed."- CBC News To read the full article visit: bit.ly/4r1D9EM

"Regional council voted in favour of amending a bylaw that will see the residents at an encampment at 100 Victoria St. move by April 1. Council also defeated a motion that would look into drafting a report to allow a safe tent bylaw on regional properties." - CBC News Full article: bit.ly/4boeGUS

Big news! 🎉 Cambridge’s Economic Development Division is a finalist for the 2025 EDCO Awards of Excellence! 🏆 Honored for our Core Area Community Improvement Plan—boosting small businesses & revitalizing our vibrant core.

Enjoy the warm spell while it lasts... These winter “critters” may look cute, but when the cold snaps back, they show their frosty fangs! ❄️ Watch out! Winter’s wild side is just around the corner. Next week we'll introduce you to the whole gang!

Regional council confirms bylaw to remove encampment residents www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

Council approves amendments to Region of Waterloo’s encampment bylaw

Would also be great to see news articles more clearly differentiate between "shelter" (temporary) and "housing" (permanent). Very few people in encampments are being offered housing because there is no housing available.

Disappointing news that will continue expensive, time consuming litgation. RoW knows that over 2,300 people are homeless right now, and there isn't system capacity to house everyone. People will continue to camp, bylaw or no bylaw, the difference is they will be less safe and supported.

Trying to change topic from the horrid decision making that took place this morning? So discouraged by our Council at this point :( #Housing #HumanRights #Unsheltered

It remains unthinkable to me that those with no access to a place to sleep, those who now have lost even their last resort of communal shelter, will continue being at risk of being further uprooted, and their own efforts at self preservation put in jeopardy. MyMotherNamedMeSunshine.ca

​Safe Tenting Zones & the Waterloo Encampment Case By David Alton www.MyMotherNamedMeSunshine.ca

"I want us all to be clear that this proposed by-law amendment has nothing to do with taking a human rights approach to homelessness, wanting to solve homelessness or supporting the Region’s "Plan to End Chronic Homelessness." #unsheltered #humanrights MyMotherNamedMeSunshine.ca

Regional councillors seek amendment feedback for Kitchener encampment bylaw

@regionofwaterloo.bsky.social #unsheltered #humanrights #dobetter

"Women are considered to make up one-third of the homeless population, but in Waterloo Region, they receive much less than their fair share of shelter spaces." buff.ly/xW9ZjiL

Dear Region of Waterloo: Your Bylaw Is Faulty (& your politics kinda suck) View: www.mymothernamedmesunshine.ca/dear-row-you...

Upholding human rights is not only a legal and ethical obligation—it is also in the best interest of our community. #HumanRights #Unsheltered

We can't keep shifting responsibility for issues that can have life or death consequences. #HumanRights #Unsheltered MyMotherNamedMeSunshine.ca

Rooted in key human-rights documents, we suggest that there are five pillars of a human-rights response to encampments... We want to briefly discuss each pillar in turn. #HumanRights #Unsheltered

Dear Region of Waterloo: Your Bylaw Is Faulty (& your politics kinda suck) View: www.mymothernamedmesunshine.ca/dear-row-you...

​More @cambridge.ca Cambridge Encampment Evictions (And more questions... #FOI Anyone?) #HumanRights #Unsheltered #Cambridge #DoBetter

Our team attended two days of mediation with the Region of Waterloo regarding the 100 Victoria St. Encampment case, and were unable to reach an agreement. We are now preparing to appear before the Court in February 2026 and will provide updates at wrcls.ca/3878-2

"Reception House is planning a 30-unit affordable housing project on land provided by the City of Kitchener." www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

​I was privileged the chance to attend the CAEH Conference in Montreal this year - a rare opportunity to explore these important topics and a moment away from the norms.... Returning home and witnessing what followed reinforced not just how wide the divide can be, but how deep it is right now.

A while back, I read a post on social media with a story about ants in a jar. It struck me at the time, and has frequently felt deeply applicable since too. So it went (ish)... Read more: www.mymothernamedmesunshine.ca/cambridgeext... #unsheltered #humanrights #extremeweather #winterishere

City of Cambridge cc: Region of Waterloo All the peeps you had evicted last week are still suffering out there. Now in the #snow. Now, without the grace of their own efforts to #survive. YOU removed these. YOU destroyed these. #winterishere #dobetter #unsheltered #MoreThanASpecOfWTF #ForRealLife

Crews clear homeless encampment in Cambridge

A Better Tent City asks Waterloo Region for more funding to hire two new staff members

#Unsheltered #HumanRights #Cambridge

"Step 1: Acknowledge Reality" Human Rights and Housing Fights: Municipal Encampment Responses Compiled from presentation contents by Dr. Laura Pin - September 25, 2025 #humanrights #politics #unsheltered #grassroots

🧡On Sept 30, take part in National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events across Waterloo Region. A time to honour Survivors, reflect, and commit to action. #NDTR #EveryChildMatters

#Grassroots #Unsheltered #HumanRights

This visit follows my letters to the mayor and Cambridge city council and to the Region of #Waterloo, encouraging them to adopt human rights-based approaches to encampments.

And Citizens for Cambridge cite Federal Housing Advocate Marie-Josée Houle: “forced evictions and enforcement approaches do not address the underlying systemic issues and put people at risk of even greater harms.” 6/6 mailchi.mp/citizensforc...

Community advocates have written some excellent responses in favour of Cllrs Hamilton and Earnshaw's motion re preventing extreme weather encampment evictions in Cambridge this Tuesday 1/6 pub-cambridge.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx...

Upcoming meeting & motion: City of Cambridge Council Meeting September 23, 2025 Highlighting Motion: “Preventing the forced removal of unhoused persons during extreme weather events"

More: www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/resources/ne...

Urgent call to action as reliance on local foods banks hits 40-year high

​I witnessed the destruction of some of these peoples homes and possessions myself. To at all deny these occurrences is not only misleading—it’s an erasure of people’s lived reality and the added traumas as are being inflicted by these municipally led actions. #Cambridge #HumanRights #Unsheltered

“You cannot move homeless (people) somewhere else, when there is no somewhere else,” Paul Born told Luisa D’Amato. Local government must provide land for more encampments. To read the full article, visit: bit.ly/3JNq6FU

"Justice Gibson made it clear there would be a meticulous review of all the evidence before anyone at the encampment is forced to move." - CBC News To read the full article, visit: bit.ly/41Tnwo7

Court rules in favour of Kitchener encampment residents, pausing plans to evict them

Homeless people who live in tents at Weber and Victoria streets in Kitchener would rather move to another encampment than be placed into shelters or motel rooms. Luisa D’Amato finds out why.

“Change is possible,” he said. “It’s not inevitable that people end up being homeless.” www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...

Great new!👍The Court has granted an injunction for the 100Vic Encampment Case! The Region is restrained from enforcing its Site-Specific By-law until the constitutionality of the bylaw can be determined following the hearing in November. Read the decision at: wrcls.ca/3878-2

"These are not simply "issues" to be managed—they are people whose choices, voices, and lived experiences must be respected and meaningfully included in any decision-making process." #HumanRights #CambridgeON #Unsheltered