The year 2019 ended on such a high note with perfect Boreal Homebuilder (BHB) student attendance as well as massive building and academic accomplishments. Part of the credit goes towards Mino Bimaadiziwin Partnership’s pilot program in place in the month of November and December 2019, where students doubled their training allowance with perfect attendance each…

Poster Presentation on Building youth capacity to solve the Indigenous Housing Crisis in Island Lake, Manitoba, Canada

First Nation youth are designing and building culturally appropriate homes from local wood they have logged and sawn. A housing design workshop occurred October 2nd and 3rd, 2018 with the Boreal Homebuilders in the communities of Wasagamack and Garden Hill First Nations.The design workshops were led by two University of Manitoba architects Lancelot Coar and Shauna Mallory-Hill, as well as Architect Master…