From Left: Marge White, president, Aboriginal Mother Centre Society accepts a plaque from Shayne Ramsay, CEO, BC Housing, at the opening of the Aboriginal Mother Centre in Vancouver.

Official One-Year Annniversary of Driver House in Dawson Creek

03-AUG-2011

One year after opening, Driver House is already making a real difference to the Aboriginal Elders and families who call it home as well as to the community of Dawson Creek. Driver House, with 25 affordable apartments, was a partnership between the Province, the City of Dawson Creek and the Dawson Creek Native Housing Society, which operates the development. From Left to right: Terry Pocock, Dawson Creek Native Housing Society; Judith Desjarlais, president, Dawson Creek Native Housing Society; Doris Barabas, Lola Wall’s sister who donated the land; Louise Isadore; tenant, Driver House; The Honourable Blair Lekstrom, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure and MLA for Peace River and Mayor Mike Bernier, City of Dawson Creek.

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Official Re-opening of Circle of Eagles Lodge in Vancouver

11-JUL-2011

Ribbon cutting ceremony at the re-opening of the Circle of Eagles Lodge with Wai Young, MP for Vancouver South; Kash Heed, MLA for Vancouver – Fraserview; Marg White, former executive director of the Circle of Eagles Lodge Society (COELS); Ken Clement, President of COELS and Lu’ma Native Housing Society and Mayor Gregor Robertson, City of Vancouver.

Official Opening of Kickwillie Place

Official opening of Kickwillie Place, a new $12.2-million development, providing 40 units of affordable housing and an onsite child-care facility in Vernon. From Left to right: Cecelia Gottfriedsen, elder; Pauline Archachan, elder; Molly Bono, Okanagan Indian Band; Caroline Proulx, tenant of Kickwillie Place; Mayor Wayne Lippert, City of Vernon; Val Chiba, Vernon Native Housing Society and Eric Foster, MLA for Vernon-Monashee.

Official Opening of Kickwillie Place

Official opening of Kickwillie Place, a new $12.2-million development, providing 40 units of affordable housing and an onsite child-care facility in Vernon. From Left to right: Cecelia Gottfriedsen, Elder; Pauline Archachan, Elder; Molly Bono, Okanagan Indian Band; Caroline Proulx, Tenant of Kickwillie Place; Mayor Wayne Lippert, City of Vernon; Val Chiba, Vernon Native Housing Society and Eric Foster, MLA for Vernon-Monashee.