T'Sou-ke Housing Solutions Lab

This project seeks to decolonize the concept of ‘home’ and investigate how regional housing policies and development models can be established in Ethical Space. It also seeks to reposition an understanding of ‘home’ as one that is intrinsically connected to the broader (Indigenous) territory or watershed. The project takes place within T’Sou-ke Territory and in collaboration with T’Sou-ke Nation, local/regional governments, academia and civil society organizations. This initiative aims to answer the following questions:

• How might we support community health, wellbeing, and connection to ecosystems within T’Sou-ke Traditional Territory through the creation of housing strategies that embrace Indigenous worldviews of "home"?”

• How might we develop housing strategies that foster and honour peace and friendship treaty responsibilities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents living within the traditional territory of T’Sou-ke Nation?"

The project has entered into the prototyping phase and through extensive community engagement with T'Sou-ke First Nation we have addressed the following prototypes to investigate further.

For more information about the project click here: https://www.iisaakolam.ca/solab-partners

For more information on key collaborators, click here: https://www.iisaakolam.ca/solab-who