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May 24 – 27: SSAC Conference ~ Layered Histories

January 28, 2018by dkastelein Leave a comment

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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Conferences and Public Talks

Road Allowance Communities and other post-1885 Housing Challenges

August 9, 2017by dkastelein 2 Comments

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) […]

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Communities

Strategies for the Future of Aboriginal Housing Design and Communities

August 3, 2017by dkastelein Leave a comment

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 […]

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Introduction to the Project

Material Culture: Red River Cart

July 29, 2016by dkastelein Leave a comment

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 […]

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Material Culture

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  • CONVERSATIONS: ELMER GHOSTKEEPER June 4, 2018
  • COMMUNITY: CYPRESS HILLS May 11, 2018
  • Métis Architecture and Design Symposium March 19, 2018
  • May 24 – 27: SSAC Conference ~ Layered Histories January 28, 2018
  • Métis Domestic Thresholds and the Politics of Imposed Privacy November 17, 2017

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  • Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI)
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