https://www.roots2roofs.org/ourservices daily 0.75 2021-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1613032407965-6UAB76IE17J00BAFVSN9/IMG_6443.jpg Our Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1613032245397-P8QN6V6JTQX8EYE628G3/Screenshot_2021-02-11%2B10-plex%2Bpictures%25281%2529.jpg Our Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1612200980162-CLDWVPBJ8VW1GRRCWBOC/IMG_6200.jpg Our Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1619638809341-GN1YB1TT2AIQH0CTX5XO/Youth+Interns+at+T%27Sou-ke+Solar.jpg Our Services https://www.roots2roofs.org/home daily 1.0 2022-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1612895968354-WTWYOCIS0IML18E318MA/IMG_8400.jpg Home - NEW HOUSING SOLUTIONS Planning, engagement, design, construction, and advisory services from concept to completion (and beyond) for new housing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1611102327211-L50OB5P8766L4O8JHBT9/IMG_8386.jpg Home - AGING IN PLACE AND COMMUNITY HOUSING Affordable housing approaches that are culturally and climatically appropriate and driven by the needs of the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1611103625167-YAJ69WNQ9A5GQ2JQSGV7/IMG_3401.jpeg Home - BUILDINGS AND RETROFITS Assessment of existing housing, and the redesign and implementation of retrofits to create a lasting, healthy home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1611102239327-LCNEBQR0X5F5F9A2IJE6/IMG_6450.jpg Home - COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Participatory design and deep relationship building to co-create projects with community members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1611103610506-8UZVLTBEL9TUZUWD34L1/IMG_4218.jpg Home - FUNDING, POLICY, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORTS Support applying for project-specific funding, policy development, file management, reporting and social impact investing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1613027476010-8FBRZJQSSAC0QSJMZT44/75553763-0557-4854-AC0D-84CD44B5A6E1.jpeg Home - TRAINING PROGRAMS Innovative approaches to mentorship and trades training for building, integrated energy, as well as broader educational supports for worker within the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1626730282433-A490WIBPFNE4YER2D04Z/DCF55C82-1A7D-4729-8605-3E37134F40C4_4_5005_c.jpeg Home - BCHousing Approves 20-Unit Project in ʔaq̓am ʔaq̓am has recently been approved for funding by BC Housing, Indigenous Homes Innovation Initiative, and Columbia Basin Trust to build housing on-reserve for community members. There will be a total of 20 high performance accessible in-community dwellings with access to care, social and physical amenities completed in 2024. The project includes 10 one-bedroom units for Elders as well as 8 two-bedroom units, and 2 three-bedroom units for families. This project will expedite the transition of Elders into suitable living arrangements. Residents in the family units will be able to provide supports for Elders in this multi-generational focused design. It includes a large Common House amenity space for residents and the greater community to gather and access services. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/cb147e77-d613-459e-9f18-a5e5e6b4f3fd/62D172EC-8CB1-480C-8397-7F943FF6680A.jpeg Home - Join our partners CoHousing Options for: Is Cohousing is right for you? This 3-part workshop (one Tues/week starting April 5, 2022) turns the focus from forming a cohousing group on to the next steps for community building and why it matters. This workshop will allow participants to examine what they want to get out of cohousing and how it can change their lives. https://cohousingoptions.ca/is-cohousing-right-for-you/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1613028781555-HUOVQKM0401XKNFWMKXF/8103D4D5-8175-461D-A9EA-0BD185591BD1.jpeg Home https://www.roots2roofs.org/our-roots daily 0.75 2021-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1612914723354-JT3JI7SYDSX1VB40RCI1/IMG_1955.jpg Our Roots - Our values • We support community-led projects • We strive for equity, diversity, and climate justice in our work • We balance innovation with traditional wisdom • We believe in integrated solutions • We are people centred and collaborative • We recognize our role as environmental stewards • We are all mentors and mentees • We co-care for each other, Elders, young ones and the community • We are accountable and ethical • We aim to cultivate both independence and interdependence by leveraging client community’s comprehensive plans, while staying arms length from politics • We focus on regenerative solutions that build and strengthen our systems https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1611103377735-JWAR20PLYTD2CG6RDIY0/IMG_6443.jpg Our Roots - Governance Roots to Roofs Community Development Society has an emerging governance model based on sociocracy decision-making. The board Co-chairs will rotate facilitation of meeting functions, including regular board of directors’ meetings, annual general meeting and any special general meetings. Roots to Roofs strives to be inclusive, diverse, and non-gender affiliated in its operations. We are actively recruiting Board Members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1612929517830-EROHJ9ZRZJPK633INU54/IMG_6193.jpg Our Roots - Mission Statement Our resources group will provide expertise and training to cultivate integrated energy, construction, and community builders that can co-develop affordable, high-performance, appropriate housing and neighbourhoods. Our projects prioritize peoples’ needs, combine traditional and innovative approaches, and seek to enhance resilience and environmental stewardship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1614205652357-8JDUKYXPOVVMV3HE7CNM/2BCD64F5-4929-428F-8335-42B3A9C519C1.jpeg Our Roots https://www.roots2roofs.org/blog-impact daily 0.75 2021-04-22 https://www.roots2roofs.org/blog-impact/example-blog-post-1-t253e monthly 0.5 2017-11-09 https://www.roots2roofs.org/blog-impact/example-blog-post-2-tldpe monthly 0.5 2017-11-09 https://www.roots2roofs.org/contact daily 0.75 2021-05-01 https://www.roots2roofs.org/team daily 0.75 2023-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1614206058201-U1042Z2HDUR2ZKPXNC30/505C2A79-3C88-4F1C-8375-6DB6A16F6E6B.jpeg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1617942344420-XHUV72FHFBA3HLJ5QX7G/IMG_20171002_185353.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1619843259617-7AAJZS417WIMMPFO2HWX/IMG_7370.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1616531094020-J8XODQFNEFJK5DTHXKPC/A5691204-305F-4958-BB8D-742CAD9B923E.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1619635723724-XTGSHF4YZBGRMZJKVUMA/Tom+pic+2.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1613026071326-986IZ27EWUG1U5BMX5JU/336E9D9E-7871-4359-8D85-3991FDD8D9FD.jpeg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1612546342434-WEIPZFLOMMF4LNXWYNDL/Andrew+with+Solar+Array.jpg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1613026133144-8AUROH31IQ2NVOC2816M/26B903AD-C3C6-43A0-904F-A03DDBFE82DB.jpeg Meet the Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/bf93855a-a378-4572-871e-9fce658b357c/IMG-20121001-00861.jpg Meet the Team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.roots2roofs.org/our-partners-friends daily 0.75 2021-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1616690919095-3Y40HJYY6Z8GCL3P1SRW/tsouken_logo16.png Our Partners & Friends - Foundational Partner First Nation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1616691294165-XIN28CIJF3I21TQ8WW3S/cleantech.png Our Partners & Friends - Foundational Partner Organization https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1617821765062-QLWMQGAELCY2KELAOJU1/cusw_logo_single_300.png Our Partners & Friends - Foundational Parter Organization https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1616690935154-BWSCK3ANKBDM1PZ01SIO/Aqam.png Our Partners & Friends - Major Projects Partner Nation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1617808484234-8UT48OO1CMV9V1IWR37J/realestatefoundationofbc.png Our Partners & Friends - Foundational Funding Partner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1617721662422-IAZSO9L4YSVTDDXXLW5R/Vancouver+foundation.png Our Partners & Friends - Foundational Funding Partner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1617808533551-LKO1PSK1ZPEQG9UEPXXK/CHMC.jpg Our Partners & Friends - Foundational Funding Partner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1617808573746-2R13ISUZI3RWQ7R3VCWU/Indigenous+homes+initiative.jpg Our Partners & Friends - Significant Project Funder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1616691114055-2J0RO5I4NR6WFLWYQYZX/aswa.jpg Our Partners & Friends - Key Partners for Training Development https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1619715607654-5SEX8LI7UCDCMR2ODRGB/Cohousing-Options_logo-SQ.jpg Our Partners & Friends - Cohousing Consultant Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1617939356588-FRANRQ8WIWXAPN3VSZ5L/CIVI_comb_v_4c.jpg Our Partners & Friends - Research Innovation Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1618008589656-9F9VT4UKIVCPK0Z98LNQ/RDH_logo_cmyk.jpg Our Partners & Friends - Research Innovation Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1617810760869-8NN3Y0NS54IK6IQCHGGU/rivervoices.png Our Partners & Friends - Media Partners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1617810598594-OW71QHNQI9NOPJ53ANVK/WISERPROJECTS.png Our Partners & Friends - BC Housing Application Consultant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1620678150877-MGKPT5YRBBZW6MDXY1YB/8B0FC9C2-1622-477A-95BD-641624F010C8_4_5005_c.jpeg Our Partners & Friends - Porttris Consulting Group Ltd. https://www.roots2roofs.org/pierre daily 0.75 2021-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1612477394895-HMGJGO03CBDBJWMECTOX/linkedinlogo.png Pierre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1616531036935-AITMQDQXQFHVME5CTX15/A5691204-305F-4958-BB8D-742CAD9B923E.jpg Pierre https://www.roots2roofs.org/larissa daily 0.75 2023-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1612477620744-U7G9PDEMCD9DQL5RO5G9/linkedinlogo.png Larissa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1617941786606-5OONUT0ZJ2FYV8LLTKWY/IMG_20171002_185353.jpg Larissa https://www.roots2roofs.org/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2021-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1618445812903-UDE4APPYHPWPI6ATHZII/unsplash-image-3x99YMdS-Mk.jpg Resources https://www.roots2roofs.org/andrew daily 0.75 2021-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1612546553583-IXPVZUAV478CQHBXJSWG/Andrew+with+Solar+Array.jpg Andrew https://www.roots2roofs.org/stan daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1613026071326-986IZ27EWUG1U5BMX5JU/336E9D9E-7871-4359-8D85-3991FDD8D9FD.jpeg Stan https://www.roots2roofs.org/projects daily 0.75 2023-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1616464680531-K12BP0B03WOC5R3TCJTL/Screenshot_2021-03-22%2BFINAL%2BCHF%2BSUBMISSION%2B-%2BGoogle%2BDrive.jpg Projects - ʔaq'am’s Elders Aging In Community 20-Unit Project Since 2018, R2R has worked with the ʔaq'am Community of the Ktunaxa Nation on supportive multi-unit housing that meets the needs of Elders and families living on reserve, built Net-zero ready to the BC Step Code’s high-performance standards. The central Community Hub features common space for shared meals, visiting medical professionals, child care, and cultural and ceremonial activities. Currently the project is funded by the Indigenous Homes Innovation project of Indigenous Services Canada, Columbia Basin Trust, and is in the application process of BC Housing’s Community Development Fund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1616463927049-0HLJ8VC9ODGDN61S7UGK/0DB73867-19B7-425D-B1CF-7E2F9AD4443E.jpeg Projects - Sustainable Livelihoods All our community based work embeds a training and education component that shifts projects from simply building infrastructure to being vehicles for capacity development and lasting livelihoods for members. We are working with partners from the Canadian Union of Skilled Workers - Aboriginal Skilled Workers Association, University of Victoria, Camosun College, BCIT, Prepare to Work and others to outline curricula along a continuum from low-skilled workforce entry positions to specialized high-performance Red Seal trades, clean energy installation, and technical retrofits. R2R are also looking at how to best support administrative, leadership, and care-work opportunities for local staffing over the duration of projects’ operations and management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1616464179638-R50SV6D5SEXKEZ3MKJKH/Screenshot_2021-03-22+Application+docs+-+Google+Drive.png Projects - Stackwall project Elders in ʔaq'am have been interested for years in how to best utilize local small diameter wood resources for housing developments. Our team is researching the building sciences, training, and monitoring required to develop stackwall (aka “cordwood”) for housing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1620677930295-XQO0JVIAWUVJ2C7BUOL0/D591D7A6-415B-41A8-9513-C9CF2B232157.jpeg Projects - Cohousing on Vancouver Island With the market too hot to handle, housing on Vancouver Island is not accessible for most average wage earners or people on fixed incomes. The R2R team are exploring different opportunities for net-zero, affordable cohousing projects that will serve intergenerational needs. Please contact our team if you or someone you know is interested in discussing how cohousing might work for you, your family and friends. https://www.roots2roofs.org/kristopher daily 0.75 2021-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1612477394895-HMGJGO03CBDBJWMECTOX/linkedinlogo.png Kristopher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1617943246260-08SVQYIIGZL9OGR8OLMW/505C2A79-3C88-4F1C-8375-6DB6A16F6E6B.jpeg Kristopher - Kristopher Stevens https://www.roots2roofs.org/tom daily 0.75 2021-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1619553229555-2RP1BG1ERU9JEIY4BUNK/Tom+pic+2.jpg Tom https://www.roots2roofs.org/carlo daily 0.75 2021-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1613026148924-Y4E9U5PIDXEFDM853VUO/26B903AD-C3C6-43A0-904F-A03DDBFE82DB.jpeg Carlo - Carlo Iachetti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1612477394895-HMGJGO03CBDBJWMECTOX/linkedinlogo.png Carlo https://www.roots2roofs.org/bruen daily 0.75 2021-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/1619552838924-BL1FU1IS44JLIYIVDMQV/IMG_7370.jpg Bruen https://www.roots2roofs.org/rohan daily 0.75 2023-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e1761ffa759d4338466ccef/9d2adb28-e338-43b4-b0e7-0e6cef07080f/IMG-20121001-00861.jpg Rohan - Rohan Walters Rohan Walters B. Arch. is the principal designer of Spaces By Rohan Inc., an independent design firm working with architects, engineers, interior designers, businesses, property managers and property owners. Spaces By Rohan Inc. has also been responsible for the complete development, design and construction of two ‘alternative’ homes in the Toronto: 157 Coxwell Avenue, 1292 College Street (The Triangle House), and 1294 College Street (The Driveway House). Two of the three projects acknowledged in UTOPIA, Towards A New Toronto, Coach House Books. The other, 1294 College Street (The Driveway House), has been published in the Globe and Mail newspaper. These houses represent Rohan’s ability to craft artistically, economically, and sustainably appropriate solutions in positive and unexpected ways, properties previously described as ‘difficult’. Rohan’s work has been featured in the Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, City TV various other media. Rohan has been a guest critic and lecturer at OCADU and York University over the years. Most recently Rohan has had a roll in affecting Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Policy acceptance in Ontario. Additionally, Cohousing has arisen once again in our culture as a potent development and living strategy for more stable and sustainable communities. Architecture and planning are a reflection of our collective hearts. We breath into our hearts the air we share, like the architecture and design we build.