What can be done to support Indigenous experiences of the built environment? Join landscape architect Naomi Ratte and architect Jason Surkan to learn more about the projects they are pursuing as the inaugural Indigenous-led Design Fellows at the CCA. Over the course of the week of February 20, Naomi and Jason will engage with CCA staff to create moments of learning and(...)
Shaughnessy House and online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation, historical Métis housing
23 February 2023, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Indigenous-led Design: Methods, Practices, Communities, Experiences
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What can be done to support Indigenous experiences of the built environment? Join landscape architect Naomi Ratte and architect Jason Surkan to learn more about the projects they are pursuing as the inaugural Indigenous-led Design Fellows at the CCA. Over the course of the week of February 20, Naomi and Jason will engage with CCA staff to create moments of learning and(...)
Shaughnessy House and online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation, historical Métis housing
Join Amina Lalor, Tin Ayala, and Ivana Molina Apaza as they discuss the projects they have undertaken through the CCA’s 2024-2025 Indigenous-led design Fellowship Program.
12 July 2025, 2pm to 3:30pm
Reciprocity: A conversation with Indigenous-led Design Fellows Ivana Molina Apaza, Tin Ayala and Amina Lalor
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Join Amina Lalor, Tin Ayala, and Ivana Molina Apaza as they discuss the projects they have undertaken through the CCA’s 2024-2025 Indigenous-led design Fellowship Program.
Shaughnessy House, CCA Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, place-based practices, place-based knowledges, pedagogy, environment, climate crisis, on-the-land learning
24 February 2024, 2pm to 3:30pm
Shaughnessy House, CCA Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, place-based practices, place-based knowledges, pedagogy, environment, climate crisis, on-the-land learning
16 October 2023
Collective Ground: Caring for the Future of Indigenous-Led Design
Ella den Elzen in conversation with Robyn Adams, Jenni Hakovirta, Nicole Luke, Reanna Merasty, Johanna Minde, Naomi Ratte, Tiffany Shaw, and Magnus Antaris Tuolja
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16 October 2023
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Futurecasting: Towards Indigenous-Led Architecture
Nicole Luke speaks to Rafico Ruiz and Ella den Elzen about collaboration, collectivity, and listening in the future of Indigenous design
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The St. Peter’s Indian Band (now Peguis First Nation) was forcibly removed from their original lands at Netley-Libau Marsh beginning in 1908, after an illegal surrender vote took place. Since then, the health of the area that was once the Peguis’s home has declined due to intense annual flooding and ice jams; the appearance of invasive species such as purple loosestrife,(...)
online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation
27 April 2023, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Peguis First Nation and the Netley-Libau Marsh: Documenting Indigenous Land Use and Occupancy at the Mouth of Lake Winnipeg
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The St. Peter’s Indian Band (now Peguis First Nation) was forcibly removed from their original lands at Netley-Libau Marsh beginning in 1908, after an illegal surrender vote took place. Since then, the health of the area that was once the Peguis’s home has declined due to intense annual flooding and ice jams; the appearance of invasive species such as purple loosestrife,(...)
online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation
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Futurecasting collection
CD048
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This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
2008-2023
Futurecasting collection
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CD048
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This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
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2008-2023
Main Galleries Keyword(s):
Joar Nango, Nicole Luke, Taqralik Partridge, Jocelyn Piirainen, Rafico Ruiz, circumpolar North, Inuit, Inuit Nunangat, Sami, Sapmi, Towards Home
11 June 2022 to 26 March 2023
Main Galleries Keyword(s):
Joar Nango, Nicole Luke, Taqralik Partridge, Jocelyn Piirainen, Rafico Ruiz, circumpolar North, Inuit, Inuit Nunangat, Sami, Sapmi, Towards Home
books
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350 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 24 cm
Montréal, Québec, Canada : Canadian Centre for Architecture ; Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Valiz ; Tromsø, Norway : MONDO Books, [2024], ©2024
ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ = Angirramut = Ruovttu guvlui = Towards home : Inuit & Sámi placemaking / edited by Joar Nango, Taqralik Partridge, Jocelyn Piirainen, and Rafico Ruiz ; with contributions by Robyn Adams [and 20 others]. Angirramut = Ruovttu guvlui = Towards home : Inuit & Sámi placemaking / editors, Joar Nango, Taqralik Partridge, Jocelyn Piirainen, Rafico Ruiz ; with contributions by Robyn Adams [and twenty others].
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350 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 24 cm
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Montréal, Québec, Canada : Canadian Centre for Architecture ; Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Valiz ; Tromsø, Norway : MONDO Books, [2024], ©2024
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ix, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024., ©2024
Architecture from public to commons / edited by Marcelo López-Dinardi.
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ix, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024., ©2024