21 June 2022, 11am to 6pm
No Parks?
Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
25 May 2017
No Parks?
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Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
drawings
PH1979:0603.02:008
architecture
published 1873
drawings
published 1873
architecture
textual records
DR2012:0012:101:010
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Assorted documents in English, including printouts of elevations, photocopies of elevations, diazotypes of an architectural drawing of an elevation, reference materials on indigenous peoples, correspondence (primarily printouts of emails), newspaper clippings, and notes related to the Aboriginal language plaques for the Canadian tribute to human rights.
1990-1993, 2001, 2007-2012
Elevations, reference materials about indigenous peoples in Canada, and correspondence, The Canadian tribute to human rights
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DR2012:0012:101:010
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Assorted documents in English, including printouts of elevations, photocopies of elevations, diazotypes of an architectural drawing of an elevation, reference materials on indigenous peoples, correspondence (primarily printouts of emails), newspaper clippings, and notes related to the Aboriginal language plaques for the Canadian tribute to human rights.
textual records
1990-1993, 2001, 2007-2012
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A.D. Thacker fonds
AP004
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The A.D. Thacker fonds is comprised of project proposals and documentation dating from around 1913-1938, depicting structures designed by Thacker. Much of Thacker's work was completed in Quebec, but he also completed projects in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Thacker designed many churches for religious institutions that were directly involved in the oppressive, colonial assimilation policies and systems of the Canadian government towards indigenous people. The fonds contains 33 drawings, 16 reprographic copies, 12 photographs and 8 textual documents.
1913-1944
A.D. Thacker fonds
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AP004
Synopsis:
The A.D. Thacker fonds is comprised of project proposals and documentation dating from around 1913-1938, depicting structures designed by Thacker. Much of Thacker's work was completed in Quebec, but he also completed projects in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Thacker designed many churches for religious institutions that were directly involved in the oppressive, colonial assimilation policies and systems of the Canadian government towards indigenous people. The fonds contains 33 drawings, 16 reprographic copies, 12 photographs and 8 textual documents.
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1913-1944
books
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xvii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2017., ©2017
Indigenous peoples and colonialism : global perspectives / Colin Samson and Carlos Gigoux.
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xvii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2017., ©2017
books
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xxxv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
London : Zed, 2021, ©2021
Decolonizing methodologies : research and indigenous peoples / Linda Tuhiwai Smith.
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xxxv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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London : Zed, 2021, ©2021
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Decolonizing museums : representing native America in national and tribal museums / Amy Lonetree.
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xxi, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Chapel Hill [North Carolina] : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012], ©2012
Decolonizing museums : representing native America in national and tribal museums / Amy Lonetree.
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xxi, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Chapel Hill [North Carolina] : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012], ©2012
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Becoming indigenous : governing imaginaries in the Anthropocene / David Chandler and Julian Reid.
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ix, 183 pages ; 23 cm
London : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2019], ©2019
Becoming indigenous : governing imaginaries in the Anthropocene / David Chandler and Julian Reid.
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ix, 183 pages ; 23 cm
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London : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2019], ©2019
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xxvi, 122 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Learning country in landscape architecture : indigenous knowledge systems, respect and appreciation / David S. Jones, editor.
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xxvi, 122 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]