\u00a0By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Steve Teekens believes he is facing increasingly more difficult challenges. Teekens has served as executive director of Na-Me-Res in Toronto for the past 15 years. It\u2019s an Indigenous-led organization that provides shelter space and housing developments to unhoused Indigenous men. \u201cI think we’re among the few male-serving Indigenous organizations in the country,\u201d said Teekens. It\u2019s no secret that when it comes to homelessness in Toronto, Indigenous men face this challenge at higher rates, as emphasized in the city\u2019s 2024 Street Needs Assessment. \u201cIt highlighted that of all the Indigenous homelessness, Indigenous men are disproportionately affected among that group with 59 per cent,\u201d Teekens said. And things are not getting better. \u201cIt feels like climbing up a huge mountain,\u201d Teekens said. \u201cWhile climbing… <\/p>\n
\u00a0By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Steve Teekens believes he is facing increasingly more difficult challenges. Teekens has served as executive director of Na-Me-Res in Toronto for the past 15 years. It\u2019s an Indigenous-led organization that provides shelter space and housing developments to unhoused Indigenous men. \u201cI think we’re among the few male-serving Indigenous organizations in the country,\u201d said Teekens. It\u2019s no secret that when it comes to homelessness in Toronto, Indigenous men face this challenge at higher rates, as emphasized in the city\u2019s 2024 Street Needs Assessment. \u201cIt highlighted that of all the Indigenous homelessness, Indigenous men are disproportionately affected among that group with 59 per cent,\u201d Teekens said. And things are not getting better. \u201cIt feels like climbing up a huge mountain,\u201d Teekens said. \u201cWhile climbing... <\/p>\n