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• TITLE: Community-Led Transformation of the Housing and Education Systems by York Factory First Nation, Manitoba, Canada

  AUTHORS: Mojibade Odejinmi, Shirley Thompson, Darryl Wastesicoot

  KEYWORDS: Indigenous, Housing, Education, First Nations, Post-Secondary, Homebuilding, Trades, First Nation, Indian Act

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.13 No.12, December 31, 2025

  ABSTRACT: First Nation communities in Canada face systemic barriers to quality housing and education. This participatory research with Indigenous people from York Factory First Nation (YFFN) from 2022 to 2025 focused on youth capacity-building and developing funding proposals. The YFFN partnered with the University of Manitoba to compete successfully for a “rural, rapid housing” $8.4 million grant in 2023-2024 to fund infrastructure for the education and housing ecosystem of YFFN. This grant funded a state-of-the-art trades school building, four prototype housing designs, dormitory facilities and a Wikiwin post-secondary education program. The Wikiwin “earn as you learn” program offered 20 YFFN youth paid internships to build YFFN houses and take university courses in their community. To analyze the sustainable livelihood benefits of the Wikiwin program, all 20 Wikiwin students were surveyed when starting in 2023 or 2024, and again in 2025, with an 85% response rate (n = 17). A paired t-test found statistically significant (p p