• Challenge: Delivered over 17,500 hours of self-subsidized in-store advisory support to homeowners, tenants, and tradespersons undertaking retrofit, repair, and maintenance projects. Focused on enhancing local Canadian housing resilience in under-resourced neighborhoods, particularly in relation to economic stressors, displacement and climate other external risks

• Solution: 

  • Support, supplies coordination and vocational training/capacity building for 1,700+ residential contractors, installers, and property developers for residential and community infrastructure upgrades.

  • Processed Government energy rebates and technical specifications for HVAC systems, furnaces, hot water tanks, water and rainwater systems, and building envelope upgrades (doors, windows, and installations), in collaboration with Ontario Building code as also federal, provincial, and municipal regulations

• Impact:
  ✅ 20% rebuild cost reduction
  ✅ Safer Homes, Stronger Communities resilience model adoption

• Role: CRC Construction Delegate

• Scope:

  • Assessed 155+ buildings for tsunami damage/financial assistance.

  • Reconstructed/repaired 55+ structures using local labor and materials.

• Impact:
  ✅ Durable, culturally adapted reconstruction efforts, democratically executed
  ✅ Community-led recovery framework

Integrated Design for Arctic Resilience
*Yellowknife’s Greenstone Building (2004) – LEED-Certified Government Facility*

Mission-Driven Approach:
❄️ Climate-Responsive Architecture: Designed for -40°C winters with passive solar photovoltaics, triple-glazed windows, and locally sourced timber.
🌱 Beyond LEED Criteria: Integrated  Indigenous Nation building traditions with energy modeling (achieved 35% reduced consumption vs. baseline).
🔋 Systems Innovation: First NWT facility with ground-source heat pumps + waste heat recovery from server rooms.

Lasting Impact:
→ Became template for federal Arctic infrastructure (PSPC 2005-2010).
→ Trained over 11 Indigenous contractors in green construction techniques.

"Proving sustainability in the North isn’t about luxury—it’s about survival, sovereignty, and smart design."

Child-Centered Disaster Recovery
25 Integrated Child Development Centers (ICDCs) – Save the Children International Consortium

Mission in Action:
🏗️ Infrastructure Reconstruction: Rebuilt 25/125 ICDCs using seismic-resistant pre-cast blocks + recycled content (60% cost savings).
🧒 Community Anchors: Centers doubled as training hubs, vocational spaces, and community shelters.
🤝 Hyper-Local Partnerships: Training for over 110 construction artisans in earthquake-safe masonry, creating a 5-year maintenance cooperative part of YUVA framework

Scalable Lessons:
→ Model adopted by UNICEF Gujarat for 200+ centers (2005).
→ Inspired CRC’s 2010 Haiti child-safe shelter guidelines.

"When children thrive, communities rebuild themselves."