Grant: Catalyst Grant: CPHO Report - Institute of Indigenous Peoples' Health

There is significant housing need on First Nations communities in Canada and even greater need for healthy, energy efficient housing. To be responsive to community needs and inclusive of community values, our multidisciplinary research team is working with several First Nations communities to explore interest, share knowledge and build capacity for First Nations peoples living on reserve to adopt and advance climate-friendly housing. Using an asset-based approach and Indigenous framework to research, we will combine a western and arts-based approach to generate and apply culturally appropriate and locally developed options for housing that address climate change considerations. The results will be local action plans to build capacity and pathways to preferred housing models that meet the social, cultural, and health needs (person and planet) in the local context.