First Nations

Infrastructure

REMI Network

CIB partners with First Nations Bank of Canada on new loan

The Canada Infrastructure Bank announced a new loan agreement with the First Nations Bank of Canada to support new infrastructure in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities.
procurement

Construction Business

Indigenous groups form procurement organization

Five national Indigenous economic organizations have created the First Nations Procurement Organization, first of its kind.
riverfront park

Construction Business

Surrey riverfront park concept plan approved

The first phase of a new 80-acre riverfront park on the south side of the Nicomekl River in South Surrey has been approved.
SRG

Design Quarterly

Indigenous STEM Education fund application open

Applications are open for the third annual ḴEL,ḴELOŦEN ȻE S,ISTEW̱ education fund award.
Vancouver Island

Construction Business

Vancouver Island projects receive PacifiCan funding

Vancouver Island and Coast communities will receive more than $2.6 million for 16 projects to revitalize public spaces.
Capilano Squamish

Construction Business

New Squamish campus for Capilano University

Capilano University is planning a new campus in Squamish with a a $48-million investment from the B.C. government.
First Nations

REMI Network

Assembly of First Nations updates school design standards

The Assembly of First Nations and Indigenous Services Canada updated its education infrastructure standards for schools on-reserve.
Kenora

REMI Network

Indigenous-led justice centre opens in Kenora

The Kenora Justice Centre has opened in Ontario to address the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the correctional system.
belleville

Design Quarterly

Historic investment to build new Royal BC Museum

The B.C. government is investing $789 million for a new state-of-the-art and seismically safe Royal BC Museum (RBCM) in Victoria.
Burnaby development

Construction Business

First Nations development planned for Burnaby

A new proposed master plan for the redevelopment of the Willingdon Lands in Burnaby will see the creation of a First Nations urban village.
First Nation

Construction Business

Work begins on new Tsawout First Nation housing

Construction is underway on a new affordable housing development on the Tsawout First Nation in Central Saanich.
Indigenous

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Indigenous voices hushed in planning processes

Indigenous communities across Canada continue to be sidelined or completely excluded from initial planning phases of new developments and renovations.
technology wood

Construction Business

Technology meets tradition

A First Nations forester turns to traditional knowledge and new technology for wiser resource management.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

New High Prairie Health Complex opens

High Prairie and the surrounding regions now have access to expanded health care services due to the newly-opened High Prairie Health Complex.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

FGMDA incorporates to form EVOQ Architecture

Fournier, Gersovitz, Moss, Drolet et associés architectes (FGMDA), a Montreal-based architecture firm that specializes in heritage conservation projects, heritage planning, Inuit and First Nations architecture

REMI Network

Landmark agreement saves Great Bear Rainforest

85 per cent of B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest will now be protected from logging under a new landmark agreement celebrated today.

Construction Business

New trades training program for First Nations

A new eight-week training program by FortisBC is helping improve access to important trades training so that First Nations individuals can take advantage of skilled employment opportunities, including in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry.