Dr. Susane Havelka joins the podcast to discuss community-drivenhousing initiatives in Northern Canada. As the Senior Director of the Inter-Nation Collaboration Team at BC2, she brings her research and architectural expertise to empower remote Northern communities in designing andbuilding their own homes. In this episode, she discusses the relationship between self-building and wellbeing, shares stories of self-built housing initiatives, and explores how culturally relevant, community-driven approachesto housing can improve quality of life.

00:44 Welcome to Better Ways to Build in Canada

01:44 Meet Suzanne Havelka: A Leader in Northern Housing

02:56 The Importance of Self-Building in Northern Communities

10:41 Suzanne's Journey back to Academia and to community

15:20 Community-Led Housing Initiatives

37:44 Lightning Round: Quick Insights

43:15 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

BC2 Inter-Nation Collaboration: https://groupebc2.ca/en/about/expertise/#internation-collaboration

Blueprint for a Hack: Leveraging Informal Building Practices: https://actar.com/product/blueprint-for-a-hack/

Lived-In Architecture: Le Corbusier's Pessac Revisited by PhilippeBoudon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3794411-lived-in-architecture

Best Practices inBuilding Systems (BPiBS) | BPiBS is a collaborative and interdisciplinaryresearch project focused on improving how housing and building systems function.

Host: Elisabeth Girgis

Guest question: Ariya Kosavisutte, Theodore McEwen

Production support and sound editing by Makenzie Pratt

Impact Moderato Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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