A new centre dedicated to Mi'kmaw culture will be built after an investment of $20 million from the federal government and the Mi'kmawey Debert Cultural Centre.
This was announced by Alana Hirtle, Member of Parliament for Cumberland-Colchester and Tim Bernard, Executive Director of the Mi'kmawey Debert Cultural Centre.
The Mi'kmawey Debert Cultural Centre will offer community and public educational programming including workshops, language and storytelling sessions, and land-based learning experiences that share Mi'kmaw knowledge and worldviews, and provide healing spaces for survivors and descendants in an area where the Mi'kmaq have lived for more than 11,000 years. The centre, which will be located across from the Mi'kmawey Debert Interpretive Trail, will be built to a net-zero carbon standard. Climate resilient aspects of the building include building placement for solar orientation, prevailing wind orientation, site drainage and natural shading in summer and winter. The centre is expected to attract more than 67,000 visitors annually.
