Indigenous Leaders: ‘Tree-to-home’ solution aims to increase reliable Indigenous housing stock – Soo Today
Social enterprise One Bowl eyeing Sturgeon Falls for manufacturing facility
Housing has recently become a crisis issue for many Canadians, but Indigenous communities have been tackling a lack of quality housing for decades. Now, Wahkohtowin Development is proposing a solution for First Nations in Northern Ontario.
One Bowl is a social enterprise with a “tree-to-home” solution focusing on the full cycle of the housing supply chain.
“We fired up a not-for-profit to actually partner with the private sector to develop thermal technology to create culturally appropriate homes,” said David Flood, general manager for Wahkohtowin Development and an Indigenous registered professional forester.
Working with Boréal Products, One Bowl is expediting the manufacture, construction and delivery of modular homes designed to meet Indigenous housing needs while also creating economic opportunities for participating communities.
Based in Chapleau Cree First Nation, One Bowl is a fully Indigenous-owned not-for-profit, led by Wahkohtowin, a collaborative initiative composed of three First Nations in the Northeast Superior area: Chapleau Cree First Nation, Missanabie Cree First Nation, and Brunswick House First Nation.
