The Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre in Halifax will be able to construct a permanent new location in the heart of the city with the help of an additional $28.8 million in financing that the federal government announced today.
According to Pam Glode-Desroches, executive director of the centre, the project represents a “unprecedented turning point” in the city’s efforts to promote peace.
The friendship centre, which is now situated in a temporary site, provides more than 55 programmes, including early childhood education, housing support, language learning, and harm prevention.
According to Glode-Desroches, the new 70,000 square foot structure will enable the friendship centre to increase programming that helps Halifax’s expanding population of urban Indigenous people.
Since its founding in 1972, the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre has relocated three times while providing assistance to more than 7,000 Indigenous people in Halifax.
The $4 million Ottawa previously announced is in addition to the $28.8 million revealed today.
The Canadian Press initially released this article on October 27, 2022.
Ottawa grants $28.8 million to Halifax’s Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Center for a new construction.
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