I have a favourite hobby horse. It has to do with agency, independence and self-sufficiency. One of our studies, which was funded through CMHC, was the examination of natural alternative building materials as a way to use traditional teachings incorporated with natural materials so that indigenous women and two-spirit people can learn how to build their own homes again. Those five materials included stone, straw bale, timber frame, log and cordwood stackwall. That study was completed a couple of years ago. This summer, later, we'll be doing a demonstration build using two of those materials—straw bale and hempcrete.
We hope to demonstrate how physically demanding, how labour-intensive and how much hard work it is, yet at the same time, how much less cash you will have to put up front in order to build something. We also intend to demonstrate that needs are very different from wants. If people can be specific about what they need and how to meet those needs, then they can put together buildings for homes that will meet the needs.
That's another example of the activity that will be happening. Beyond that, the floor is open.