Mar 12, 2024
Health services within the new Biindigen Well-Being Centre will have ‘profound impact,’ says DAHC board chair
Federal funding announcements aren’t always as emotional as one held Monday morning in Hamilton’s east end.
People teared up, hugged and expressed their appreciation for one another’s work on a long-term Indigenous health and housing project.
“To see a place that is representative of Indigenous people and run by Indigenous people is so empowering,” said Alex Jacobs-Blum, vice chair of De dwa de dehs nye s Aboriginal Health Centre (DAHC), one of several Indigenous organizations which will be running the project.
Members of Parliament Filomena Tassi, Chad Collins and Lisa Hepfner were in attendance to announce the government of Canada is investing $13 million in a health centre set to be built in Hamilton’s McQueston neighbourhood, within the larger, new Biindigen Well-Being Centre. The complex will also include family, social and housing services.
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