May 24 – 27: SSAC Conference ~ Layered Histories
On May 24th to the 27th, the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada held their 43rd Annual Conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario at the Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre. The […]
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Road Allowance Communities and other post-1885 Housing Challenges
After the 1885 resistance, the Métis were forced to leave their homes after the government would not grant them deeds to the lands that they had for so long inhabited.(1) […]
Strategies for the Future of Aboriginal Housing Design and Communities
From the time of road allowance communities, the campaign towards safeguarding the notion of home and nationhood for the Métis is a battle which has and continues to be fought […]
Material Culture: Red River Cart
While Canada’s waterways were instrumental playing a role in the commercialization of the fur trade and the country’s development, “on the Plains the canoe proved far from ideal as a […]
The Métis Architect...(?) 