Winnipeg Free Press Jim Bell has resigned as CEO of Siloam Mission. Siloam Mission CEO Jim Bell has resigned, and the downtown not-for-profit that cares for our city’s homeless population, has installed a new board chairman, in the wake of a simmering controversy over Indigenous programming. Opinion Siloam Mission CEO Jim Bell has resigned, and the downtown not-for-profit that cares for our city’s homeless population, has installed a new board chairman, in the wake of a simmering controversy over Indigenous programming. It started last November, after nearly a dozen current and former employees of Siloam wrote a letter to the board of directors, accusing Bell of creating a hostile and divisive working environment while maintaining a reluctance, refusal, and often outright denial of culturally appropriate programming.
Winnipeg Free Press Last Modified: 5:06 PM CST Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 | Updates RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Nearly a dozen current and former employees of Siloam Mission have accused CEO Jim Bell of creating a hostile and divisive working environment and denying “culturally appropriate programming” to its clients. In traditional Indigenous societies, there was no homelessness. Opinion In traditional Indigenous societies, there was no homelessness. No one was left out of the feast, a place to sleep, or turned away from the lodge, unless they chose to be alone. Even in our creation stories, when humans were placed on Earth, a loving and accepting Creation accepted, nurtured, and adopted them.