Canadore College and the District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board (DNSSAB) are partnering to offer cohabitation options for students and older adults in a local apartment building. More than 60 two-bedroom apartments will be made available at the residence for students and seniors to live together. DNSSAB Board Chair Mark King explained that this “outside-the-box” solution offers affordable student housing options while fostering companionship and security for older residents. Canadore President George Burton said that this initiative is part of the college’s “village model” of health and wellness services, which “is based on bringing the very best of Indigenous, eastern and western wellness practices together in a multidisciplinary approach with the individual at the centre of all this.”
