Category: firstnations

Snuneymuxw Community School

Completion: Owner: Snuneymuxw First Nation Snuneymuxw First Nation, Nanaimo BC This new elementary school for the Snuneymuxw First Nation offers a contemporary educational environment that supports 21st Century educational principles, while cloaked in a building form that takes inspiration from the traditional architecture of the Coast Salish People. The new school contains classrooms, project rooms… Read more »

First Nations House of Learning

FNHL Longhouse Completion: Owner: University of British Columbia Award Winning Vancouver, BC The First Nations House of Learning at UBC provides a place for First Nations on the University campus that addresses the past and the future simultaneously. The building form combines the simplicity of traditional construction with a more contemporary form, thus emphasizing the progressive nature… Read more »

WSANEC Middle School

Completion: Owner: WSANEC School Board South Saanich Indian Reserve, Brentwood Bay Serving the students from the four Coast Salish Indian bands forming the WSANEC School Board, this new junior-high school is located on the South Saanich Indian Reserve, 25 km north of Victoria on Vancouver Island. The new building is sited at the entry of… Read more »

Tla’Amin Community Health Centre

Tla'Amin Community Health Centre Completion: Owner: Tla’Amin First Nation Award Winning Powell River, BC The Tla’Amin Community Health & Multi-purpose Centre houses the integrated primary medical, dental, social services and traditional healing programs for the Sliammon First Nation. The facility is located on the Sliammon Reserve, north of Powell River on the Sunshine Coast. The building is a multipurpose… Read more »

Hesquiaht School and Community Centre

Completion: Owner: Hesquiaht Band [location] The new educational facility for the remote Hesquiaht community is more than a K-12 school, it has become the centre of the community, accommodating day-care, scholastic, cultural, gathering and sporting functions. Given its location in the heart of Clayoquot sound, a remote area of the west coast of Vancouver Island… Read more »

Aboriginal Gathering Place

Completion: Owner: Royal Roads University [location] The Aboriginal Learning and Cultural Centre, known as The Gathering Place, at Royal Roads University, Victoria, enjoys an inspirational setting on the edge of Esquimalt Lagoon, with delightful views in every direction. The design converts a wood frame row boat storage building into a vibrant multi-purpose space: a focal… Read more »

Tsartlip Health Centre

Completion: Owner: Tsartlip First Nation South Saanich Indian Reserve, Brentwood Bay, BC Located on the South Saanich Indian Reserve, this community health centre provides the Tsartlip First Nation with a broad spectrum of health services, including counselling, dental care, medical exams, prenatal classes, elders programs, diabetes education, nutrition, and early childhood support. The new facility… Read more »

Nazko Health Centre

Completion: Owner: Nazko First Nation Nazko, BC [location] Located in the remote interior of the province 100 km west of Quesnel, this small community health centre provides a variety of health services to the members of the Nazko First Nation. Combining the essentials of primary care with indigenous concepts for well-being, the facility houses clinics… Read more »

Sxoxomic School Replacement

Completion: Owner: Esk’etemc First Nation Alkali Lake, BC [location] Located in the remote BC interior, east of Williams Lake, the small Northern Secwepemc community of Esk’etemc has vowed to keep its youngest children in the community for their elementary education and provide a nurturing education up to grade 7. Their new facility, conceived in close… Read more »