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Nov 12

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Join us on Tuesday, November 12 as we launch the book ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards Home: Inuit and Sámi Placemaking alongside the Canadian Centre for Architecture. 

ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ (angirramut) in Inuktitut or ruovttu guvlui in North Sámi mean “towards home.” To move towards home is to reflect on where Sámi people and Inuit find home, on what their connections to their lands means, and on what these relationships could look like moving into the future. Informed by the perspectives of a group of Inuit, Sámi, and settler co-editors, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards Home: Inuit and Sámi Placemaking explores Northern Indigenous forms of sovereignty shaped by an understanding of the land as home.  

During this event hosted in Ilipvik, the publication’s managing editor Alexandra Pereira-Edwards will introduce the book, and contributors Nicole Luke, Reanna Merasty, and Naomi Ratte will speak to their work. A roundtable discussion will follow, addressing the book’s three grounding questions: Where is home? Where does land begin? And where do we go from here? 

 Books will be available for purchase on the day of the event. No registration required.

 

ABOUT THE CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE
The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is an international research institution operating from the fundamental premise that architecture is a public concern. It was founded in 1979 by Phyllis Lambert as a new type of cultural institution, with the specific aim of increasing public awareness of the role of architecture in contemporary society and promoting research in the field. The CCA produces exhibitions, publications, and a range of activities driven by a curiosity about how architecture shapes—and might reshape—contemporary life. It invites architects, scholars, and the wider public to engage with its collection, deepening the collective understanding of the past and giving new relevance to architectural thinking in light of current disciplinary and cultural issues. 

Speakers & Performers

Nicole Luke

Nicole Luke is an emerging Indigenous Architectural Intern and designer born in the Northwest Territories with family residing from the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut. She is committed to addressing the design challenges faced by northern communities and is passionate about inspiring youth to pursue education in design. She is dedicated to Indigenous initiatives and learning sustainable building practices within the design process. 

Reanna Merasty

Reanna Merasty (McKay) is a Nihithaw artist, writer, and advocate from Barren Lands First Nation and an Architectural Intern with Number TEN Architectural Group. She has dedicated her career to amplifying Indigenous voices in architecture and furthers her advocacy as the Manitoba Director with the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada Board and as a member of the University of Manitoba Board of Governors. 

Naomi Ratte

Naomi Ratte (Peguis First Nation) is a consultant and landscape architectural intern with NVision Insight Group Inc., where she provides support on projects related to territorial park design, interpretive planning, and traditional knowledge studies, including interviews and GIS mapping with community knowledge holders and much more. She co-founded the Indigenous Design and Planning Students’ Association (IDPSA) at the University of Manitoba and co-edited the publication Voices of the Land: Indigenous Design and Planning from the Prairies (2021), and is the recipient of three national awards of excellence for landscape architecture projects in Nunavut and Yukon. 

Alexandra Pereira-Edwards

Alexandra Pereira-Edwards is a designer, writer, and researcher based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, Canada, and an Editor at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Having worked variously in publishing and product design, Alexandra holds a Master of Architecture from Carleton University. Her work, which explores dynamics of power, infrastructure, and intimacy as they relate to space, has been published and presented internationally, including at Goldsmiths, University of London, and the Melbourne School of Design, among others. 

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