On Nov. 4, 2025, SDC was a third-party observer as an encampment was cleared from private property in Cambridge. Among those being evicted were three women in their 60s.

We're grateful that concerned community members and volunteers from Unsheltered Campaign were present to offer mutual aid and support, even as questions lingered about where the women would land in the coming days, considering both shelters in the city were already at capacity.

Keep reading for a recap of the coverage in the Cambridge Times, and what you can do to help...

We appreciate that Keegan Kozolanka from Cambridge Today attended the site to document the eviction. As Keegan noted in his article, "multiple court rulings have found evicting people from encampments when there is insufficient shelter space is a violation of human rights."

How You Can Help

• Share this story. Help spread awareness of how vulnerable the people living in encampments already are, and how an eviction creates even more danger and risk.
• Support calls for pausing evictions and establishing safe tenting zones so that people living in encampments can be spared the constant threat of eviction, while the system works to expand the housing and shelter alternatives it has to offer.

Story Recap Graphics Alt Text:

1. “An encampment clean-up was underway near Beverly Street in Galt Tuesday morning... A city spokesperson confirmed the clean-up is taking place on land privately owned and on CP Rail property.“ 2. “At the eviction site, Regan Sunshine Brussé, a local anti-poverty and social justice advocate, told CambridgeToday there were no clear options for what comes next for those being displaced.” 3. “Wayne Paddick, executive director of the Cambridge Shelter Corp., confirmed via email The Bridges shelter is currently at capacity. Roz Gunn, YWCA Cambridge spokesperson, said the women’s shelter in Cambridge — the only shelter for women in the city — is at full capacity.” 4. “David Alton, facilitator of the lived expertise program at the Social Development Centre, was on site acting as a third-party observer. ‘We come here because we’ve heard concerns about harassment and frankly from our perspective, all these encampment evictions are not following human rights law,’ Alton said.” 5. “Those evicted now face difficult decisions about where they can safely relocate. Brussé believed if those impacted move elsewhere, ‘I’ll be out next week visiting them to deal with the next eviction.’”