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The Sunflower

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Opening its doors in September 2022, the Sunflower consists of four two-story buildings containing housing units and a one-story community building. This space has 25 units, offering a variety of 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom units, including four fully accessible units. In our community building, residents can access services and programs developed by Adsum staff and Peer Support Workers. Additional support is offered by our Social Worker who works with residents at our various permanent housing sites.

Located at:
40 Flower Court
Lakeside, NS B3T 1B1

Who The Sunflower supports

The Sunflower houses approximately 50-60 women, gender-diverse people, and families. The Sunflower was designed to be low-income housing that was both beautiful, family orientated and environmentally sustainable with rent geared to each households’ income.

This is a referral based intake program.

Naming of the Sunflower

This space was named in honour of Adsum’s cherished friend, Patti Melanson, a nurse, health and housing advocate, and recipient of the Order of Nova Scotia, who passed away in 2018. Patti’s daughters, Ella and Mackenzie were asked to name the development as a tribute to Patti and her vision for a more just society where housing, safety and dignity were afforded to all its members.

(902) 876-5011

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I am so thankful to Adsum for being an advocate for mothers like me. I am especially grateful that I can always be myself without judgement and that my opinions and feedback are encouraged and valued.
Adsum Client

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Construction of three multi-unit residential buildings and curved pathways between them. In the middle of the pathways are large, decorative rocks. Wooden poles can be seen marking the pathways and the buildings are covered in white construction paper.

13 children's picture books are laid out on a dark wooden background.

Construction of a multi-unit residential building. The foreground of the image includes piles of scrap wood and a construction machine. Four yellow doors can be seen on the building which is covered in white construction paper.

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902-423-4443

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Adsum for Women & Children operates in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq. Adsum provides a range of shelter and housing support services in and near Kjipuktuk. We recognize that colonization has jeopardized Indigenous Peoples’ history and connection to this land. We are committed to demonstrating practices within our organization that are rooted in reconciliation and decolonization.

At Adsum, we understand that we are all treaty people. Adsum recognizes that acknowledgment is meaningless without action. We aim to keep our commitment to reconciliation in all our approaches, and strive to reflect, ask questions, and seek guidance and direction from our relationships with Mi’kmaw knowledge keepers. We acknowledge the overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples within the unhoused population. We are committed to hiring and retaining Indigenous staff, to trauma-informed practices that recognize the impact of the generational trauma suffered by many Indigenous women, Two-Spirit people, and families that seek our services, to educating our staff and seeking professional development opportunities whenever possible, and to working in partnerships with Mi’kmaw service providers.

2026

Adsum for Women and Children

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