Communities: Gift Lake Settlement
(Click here for the “Introduction to the Alberta Métis Settlements“) Located directly east of Peavine is Gift Lake Settlement, with a population of approximately 1,300. (1) Of the six settlements visited, […]
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Communities: East Prairie Settlement
(Click here for the “Introduction to the Alberta Métis Settlements”) Approximately 40 km southeast of High Prairie lies East Prairie Settlement, population approximately 812. (1) As the last of my settlement visits […]
Communities: Peavine Settlement
(Click here for the “Introduction to the Alberta Métis Settlements“) Located 56km north of High Prairie, and near Grouard, Alberta, is Peavine Settlement (formerly Big Prairie). Peavine has a population of […]
Communities: Buffalo Lake Settlement
(Click here for the “Introduction to the Alberta Métis Settlements“) Neighbouring Kikino is Buffalo Lake Settlement, an area originally called “Beaver River Colony #7” that was set aside by the government’s Métis Rehabilitation […]
Communities: Kikino Settlement
(Click here for the “Introduction to the Alberta Métis Settlements“) Located approximately 55km south of Lac La Biche, Alberta, lies Kikino Métis Settlement. Originally known as “Goodfish Lake Area No.7” and then […]
Communities: Elizabeth Settlement
(Click here for the “Introduction to the Alberta Métis Settlements“) Elizabeth Métis Settlement lies approximately 32km south of Cold Lake, Alberta, and has a population of around 650 people with […]
“Beyond Style: Reconsidering the Métis Architect”
On June 19th, two days prior to the 2014 National Aboriginal Day at the President’s Soapbox series on Laurentian University campus, Professor Fortin presented a short talk titled “Beyond Style: […]
The Logo
An early idea for the project was to attempt to find an image that would summarize my intentions and bring focus to the research before starting. The image is inspired […]
(in)Formally Canadian: A diachronic analysis of prairie Métis approaches to architectural design
Two of Canada’s most celebrated and prolific architects, Douglas Cardinal and Etienne Gaboury, are often recognized as being Métis, yet despite varying degrees of documentation regarding their individual careers and […]
The Métis Architect...(?) 