Student Housing in the News

September 22, 2023

HSHS Executive Director on Addressing the Student Housing Crisis

Today, our Executive Director Mitchell Archibald was interviewed by Preston Mulligan on CBC Radio’s Mainstreet, where they explored potential solutions to the student housing crisis. 

We are grateful for this opportunity to share more about our history, showcase the meaningful and impactful work that we do, and discuss the opportunities for the not-for-profit sector to address and improve the student housing crisis across our province. 

A recording of the full feature on student housing is available at https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-37-mainstreet-ns/clip/16011359-how-address-student-housing-crisis. 

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We work and live in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi’kmaq Wəlastəkwiyik (Maliseet), and Passamaquoddy Peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1726.

The treaties did not deal with the surrender of lands and resources but in fact, recognized Mi’kmaq and Wəlastəkwiyik (Maliseet) title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations.

Student Housing Nova Scotia acknowledges the Peace & Friendship Treaties signed in this Territory and recognizes that we are all Treaty People.

We also acknowledge that people of African descent have been in Nova Scotia for over 400 years, and we honour and offer gratitude to those ancestors of African descent who came before us to this land.