Meals For Milton-Parc Tackles Homelessness in Montreal And Educates On Indigenous Issues
Over the past couple of weeks, a new McGill volunteer initiative in the Milton-Parc neighbourhood has quickly gained support from community members. The mission of Meals for Milton-Parc is to support individuals without housing in the Milton-Parc community. The Bull & Bear sat down with founder Sophie Hart, a fourth year McGill Arts student studying art history, sociology, and Indigenous studies and resident of the Milton-Parc area.
Hart described being troubled by the way people in the community treat those experiencing homelessness in their neighbourhood. For example, over the summer, the owner of the building at the corner of Milton and Parc erected a fence around the parking lot where many of those in the community congregated. Their only safe space became the street corner and the sidewalk, which in turn led to the death of Kitty Kakkinerk, who was struck by a car at the intersection. Among other incidents, this senseless death angered Hart and other residents of the area.