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Every year we collect donations from our vendors and supporters and  distribute gift certificates to the family members we serve across British Columbia. In many Indigenous cultures, gifting is a [...]

M’akola Housing Society received the Royal Roads University Chancellor’s Community Recognition Award and was recognized for its work over the past 35 years providing safe, affordable housing to [...]

Every September 30, our teams wear orange shirts in support of Orange Shirt Day, to honour and remember the children who attended residential school; the survivors and the one’s who never made it [...]

M’akola Housing Society hosted the first Change-Makers  Gathering to celebrate the launch of Indigenous People’s Week. The event was a community gathering based on the Elders teaching “You [...]

M’akola staff spent the afternoon at Beecher Bay First Nation helping members of the youth drum group make drums. The day was a partnership between Beecher Bay First Nation, FortisBC, Sooke [...]

New affordable rental homes open in Courtenay BC, in partnership with the province and M’akola Housing Society. Single’s with low-moderate incomes, those at risk for, or experiencing homelessness [...]

Housing and Municipal Affairs Minister Selina Robinson invited M’akola CEO Kevin Albers and Director of Communications and Indigenous Relations, Charla Huber to meet her at the Legislature [...]

The Songhees Nation and M’akola co-hosted another wonderful Winter Wellness challenge. This year marked our fifth annual Winter Wellness Event. An eve of stories, drumming, coming together to [...]

K’ómoks First Nation  invited our teams from M’akola Housing Society, M’akola Development Services, as well as Ready to Rent, for us to join their community for a dinner and presentations. [...]

This year, thanks to the generous support of our suppliers and vendors we have been able to raise $15,000 for the family members we serve across BC through the M’akola Holiday Gift Fund. We sent [...]