In northern Ontario, First Nations communities have watched modular homes arrive, only to deteriorate and be condemned within two decades. Frustrated with temporary solutions, three First Nations in the Chapleau area launched a non-profit initiative in 2019 to build homes using do-it-yourself building kits named One Bowl… These kits include doors, windows, a prefabricated frame, and thermal logs — a material designed specifically for cold climates. The logs consist of white pine on the exterior and interior, with expanded polystyrene insulation in the middle. Those logs are currently made from white pine harvested in Québec, but One Bowl hopes to soon be producing that material in northern Ontario. ‘Living in a full white pine building itself is gorgeous. The smell is amazing, and it’s definitely a shift over conventional construction technology,; said Candace Larsen, a business development manager for One Bowl.