Sunshine House fills gaps and engages with folks with the goal of fulfilling social, community and recreational needs. Participants can always come as they are — there is no requirement to be sober. Visitors can access everything from hot meals and harm reduction supplies to laundry and bathing facilities, free clothing, foot care, referrals and other supports.
Sunshine House’s recruitment and engagement strategy ensures that people who use our spaces can have full ownership and control over everything that happens here. As a result, the vast majority of our advisory committees, board, and staff reflect the people who choose to work with us.
We believe that Indigenous people, as individuals, communities, and Nations, have a right to self-determination, and that all land and spaces are Indigenous spaces. Indigenous people have the right to determine everything that happens at Sunshine House. Our programs are guided through community advisory committees, town halls, and daily communication over bowls of soup, bannock, coffee, and laughter.
We use the Auntie’s House model, where everyone has access to safety, respect, inclusion, and autonomy in this space. Sunshine House is a queer space and an Indigenous space.
In addition to our home base at 646 Logan Ave, we also operate two satellites:
- The Mobile Overdose Prevention Site, a.k.a. MOPS, is Manitoba’s first ever supervised drug consumption space. On the streets since October 2022, it runs Wednesday-Sundays, spending afternoons parked in a lot on Main Street and Thursday-Saturday evenings mobile throughout central Winnipeg.
- In March 2025, we opened Kelly’s Corner, a 16-bed transitional residence for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks who are exiting encampments. Named for our late elder Kelly Houle, Kelly’s Corner supports people on their journey to obtaining stable housing.