Future centre paves the way for community hubs using Indigenous design principles

While it’s still early days, an Indigenous-led hub is coming to Hamilton’s east end and will offer health care, housing support and culturally specific community resources for generations to come.

“We needed this building yesterday,” says Samantha Steven, an Ojibwa from Serpent River First Nation and a member of the board of directors for Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg, a non-profit Indigenous organization that provides a variety of community services. “It is hard to find your roots. My culture was taken from my mom, so coming here as a child was a stepping stone for me to find my roots, and I flourished.”