Cedar House
Quatsino Community Cultural Building
RRB led closely with the Quatsino team to secure full project funding in partnership with Indigenous Services Canada and the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund.
A 15 year community discussion in the making came to fruition in the Quatsino Community Cultural Building.
Etched out to be a Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) following the Canadian Green Building Council's (CAGBC’s) ZCB v4 Certification.
PLANNING AND DESIGN
Community Engagement, Planning and Funding
December 2022-March 2024
Close collaboration with the administrative team and community members to determine funding, community engagement, contractor team, building design criteria, use, and programming.
RRB guided community input activities which gathered community perspectives through community meetings, all-managers meetings, facility all-staff meetings, email communications with facility leaders, one-on-one interviews with elders, family nights, and youth engagement. These activities determined building use and programming. Community engagement activities will continue through the life of the project.
RRB utilized strengths-based and trauma-informed engagement models, motivational interviewing, and a participatory action empowerment model to ensure the program framework and operation planning were sustainable. A comprehensive understanding of program and building design embodied the community’s cultural tapestry.
With information from these extensive discussions RRB coordinated a competitive bid and the determination of the design and construction team. Simultaneously, RRB led the process and development of funding applications for full project funding. Focusing on social, economic, cultural and environmental equitability, RRB’s leadership resulted with successful procurement of full project funding.
Two Federal funding bodies, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (CCSF) were worked with closely to successfully secure this project funding.