Community

Integrating Traditional Values in Modern Development


	Vision in Planning the New Village
	Vision of a Sustainable Community
	Major Objectives
	Architecture

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Oujé-Bougoumou's Housing Program

In the area of housing it was our intention to avoid the situation in which the vast majority of aboriginal people in Canada find themselves: with inadequate and inappropriate housing, and saddled with government programs which do not meet aboriginal housing needs. The community has designed and implemented its own housing program with the objective of addressing the housing needs of all the community members with an emphasis on individual home ownership. By designing a housing program locally and for the long-term we have developed a model which will result in the community becoming self-sufficient in the area of housing and not dependent upon inadequate governmental programs.

The community's housing program provides affordable, comfortable and energy-efficient housing to all community members with an emphasis on local labour for the construction, and conformity with the natural terrain to reduce costs of water/sewer infrastructure. The community is on its way to natural terrain within the larger context of sustainability.

	Housing
	The Home Ownership Program
	The Rental Program

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Oujé-Bougoumou's Alternative Energy Program

We have also installed a very innovative alternative energy system whereby we take the waste sawdust from sawmills operating in the region and convert that industrial waste into energy to provide heat and hot water for the entire village.

Our energy system is proof that energy can be generated as if communities and the environment mattered, unlike megaprojects, for instance. It is proof also that the philosophies and traditional practices of aboriginal peoples are relevant to the establishment of modern sustainable communities.

	District Heating: Introduction
	District Heating: The Impact of Alternative Energy
	Cost-Benefit Analysis
	Summary of Community Benefits
	Technical Elements
	Some Statistics

Alternative
Energy

Technical Elements of the Oujé-Bougoumou
District Heating System

Heating Plant

Distribution System

Consumer Heat Transfer Station

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Virtual Visit to the Community


	Our Location
	Our People
	Our Buildings
	Virtual Explore the Tradional Cree Village
	QuickTime VR Panoramas

Virtual Visit to
the Community

Virtual Explore the Traditional Cree Village


	Cree Cultural Village
	Log Cabins
	Moss House
	Cree Cultural Teacher

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