Ever see a neat project in another city and wonder: could we do it here? Should we? We have too, and as part of an ongoing series we’ll be taking ideas from around the world and running them through the lens of Toronto.
“The cultural piece begins to feed your spirit. It increases your self-esteem and pride in who you are, and where you come from. Indigenous women will learn they have great value,” she said. But without further support from the province and the federal government, and generally understanding from the public, these sites can take years to develop and it’s often left to Indigenous organizations to gather the funding together, or compete against each other for funding, academics and several leaders of housing organizations told the Star.
Housing stock in Canada often involves separate rooms, meant for each household member to keep to themselves, and have their own space. It’s catered to individuals, not a community, said Jose Wong, a development manager at B.C. housing who focused his graduate degree research on culturally relevant housing.
Are we bringing in imigrants to bec9me Canadians or for Canadians to assimilate to be Somalian etc. In Canada. The left wing star has lost its way.
And this house/appt building is culturally appropriate for some culture? Who? Martians? or some even more advanced species from 100M light years away. They'd just blend in. What's the rent or price if condo?
It’s not new, why do you think different parts of city’s are named for the people that settled there?