RORY RICHARDS

Rory Richards

Chief Executive Officer

NOQU Modular (Vancouver, BC)

Rory Richards has dedicated more than twenty years to founding and leading numerous successful, cross-sector Canadian businesses. A proud Coast Salish woman of Shíshálh (Sechelt) descent, Rory’s work at NUQO blends her community-first, values-led mentality with modular construction methods to tackle one of society’s biggest challenges: affordable Indigenous housing.

Honoured with the Medal of Good Citizenship by the Province of British Columbia, as well as the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, Rory’s history of heart-led work is long. The outstanding, female-led construction team she’s built at NUQO reflects Rory’s integrity, passion for social justice, and fierce advocacy for quality, culturally appropriate Indigenous housing.

A mother of three young children, Rory is also a vocal supporter of quality childcare and has worked alongside respected childcare advocates for many years to increase access to quality, affordable, public childcare. Their co-created adaptive modular childcare prototype will launch in 2023.

“Designing and building someone’s home is an intimate act. Homes have the ability to heal, to change the trajectory of a person’s life journey. Tremendous trust is given to us by our partners and I consider it an honour to do the work that we do.”