HAMILTON, ONT. —The Biindigen Well-Being Centre in Hamilton has announced it will be the new home to the De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre.
The facility will be located in the McQueston neighbourhood of Hamilton Mountain, a community with six per cent Indigenous population. The health centre will also host Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services, stated a statement.
The Biindigen Well-Being Centre is designed to cater to the Indigenous community’s needs as a health centre, residential development and community centre.
Designers for the project are mcCallumSather, David T. Fortin Architect and Parkin Architects. Sustainability goals will include restoration of Indigenous landscapes, low energy and water usage, connection to the natural environment and sourcing from the area’s natural resources.
The McMaster University Department of Family Medicine has been engaged to offer additional primary care services with knowledge systems from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous sources. The McQuesten Urban Farm on site will be a further resource.
“The centre is set to usher in a new era of wellness, care and community engagement, symbolizing a significant step towards reconciliation. This project embodies the essence of collaboration, sustainability and cultural preservation,” stated Joanne McCallum, executive director and principal at mcCallumSather, in a statement.
SpruceLab and Landwise will also consult on the project.
“This exciting Indigenous-led, holistic initiative will be an incredible opportunity to help connect people to each other and to Mother Earth, showing this is possible even within an urban environment. Restoring ecosystems and community go hand in hand, as even the design process is healing, imagining what can be, what should be,” said Sheila Boudreau, principal landscape architect and planner with SpruceLab.
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