2023 RAIC Awards: Towards Home
Winner of a 2023 RAIC Architectural Journalism & Media Award
ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards Home is an Indigenous-led exhibition and…
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Exhibition Review: Towards Home
TEXT Leah Snyder
PHOTOS Mathieu Gagnon © CCA
The idea of home is adaptable, meaning many things to many people. It also has meaning to other mammals, birds,…
Working with Indigenous Architects and Indigenous Procurement Requirements
TEXT Elsa Lam with Kelly Edzerza-Bapty, Dr. David Fortin, Tiffany Shaw, Dr. Patrick Stewart, and Alfred Waugh
In the past few years, there has been an…
Longview: Malahat Skywalk, Vancouver Island, BC
Last August, a new tourist attraction opened in Malahat First Nation, just north of Victoria, BC. The Malahat SkyWalk is a 600-metre walkway that spirals up…
Ten Indigenous Designers
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Decolonizing the Design Process with Five Indigenous Land-Based Paradigms
“… a space that is somehow meaningfully organized and on the very point of speech, a kind of articulated thinking that fails to reach its ultimate translation…
Rainbow Butterfly, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Last year, Winnipeg’s Nestaweya River Trail included a striking ruby-red shelter. Its swooping form was inspired by the red jingle dresses that have become a…
Master’s Program Students Add Indigenous Voices to the CCA’s Collection
Three graduate students, Aamirah Nakhuda, Aidan Qualizza, and Sofia Munera Mora, have published their research undertaken as part of the Canadian Centre for…
Williams Lake First Nation government administration building, British Columbia
The Williams Lake First Nation government administration building is a dynamic two-storey hybrid mass timber facility located in the central interior of British…
RAIC Journal: 2021 RAIC International Indigenous Architecture and Design Symposium…
The Symposium focused on Indigenous representation, narratives, and collaborations, with sessions related to two themes: Making Room for New Indigenous Voices…
Architect selected for TTO’s Mohawk Language Cultural Centre
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Resources for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 30 is the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, recognizing and commemorating the intergenerational harm that residential schools…
Seven Grandfathers
The Seven Grandfather Teachings were first shared with Manasc by the late Elder Peter O’Chiese. Manasc was introduced to Elder O’Chiese by Diana Steinhauer, one…
Twenty + Change: dk Architecture, North Vancouver, British Columbia
A member of Xaxli’p First Nation in the British Columbia interior, Dave Kitazaki is committed to using his profession to help Indigenous people across B.C.…
RAIC signs UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
The RAIC is pleased to report that the motion to adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples—proposed by RAIC Truth and…
Architect Harriet Burdett-Moulton receives honorary doctorate from Carleton
Along with celebrating over 6,000 graduating students this year, Carleton University has presented an honorary doctorate to Métis architect Harriet…