CBC’s Tapestry Podcast: Why Canada's 27,000 faith buildings are crucial for communities
Across Canada, church congregations are dwindling and costs to maintain their buildings continue to rise. As a result, many of Canada's 27,000 faith spaces and buildings across Canada are in danger of closing. But potentially, many of those spaces could be reborn and repurposed as community hubs that everyone could use.
“Many faith spaces are ideal for this repurposing since many were built with gathering in mind. So I believe in collective action and mutual support networks and sharing of wealth and resources, and a really interconnected seeing of the other. They are often located literally geographically at the centre of their communities.” - Kendra Fry
