Affordable and green housing made possible for Simon Fraser University faculty and staff
The main campus of Simon Fraser University (SFU) is nestled in the woodlands of Burnaby Mountain and surrounded by the municipalities of the Greater Vancouver area. This area also boasts Canada’s highest housing costs, which many of the SFU faculty and staff cannot [...]

24-Unit Revisionary Housing Project— Building on What Is
Ucluelet First Nation (UFN) spans nine reserves on the west coast of B.C.’s Vancouver Island; its main village of Ittatsoo has a registered population of about 620, but provides residence for approximately 200; the other 420 are either waiting for on-reserve housing, or living off-reserve, where monthly rents [...]

Toronto shifts its focus from managing homelessness to ending it
At 2.5 million people, Toronto is Canada’s largest city, home to a diversity of neighbourhoods and community interests and until recently, a homelessness challenge with the size and complexity to match.
In February 2005, Toronto City Council made a commitment to end street homelessness by approving a [...]