From Reconciliation to Reconstruction - Housing Canada’s First Nations

Canada is developing a National Housing Policy that addresses the long-standing needs of indigenous communities with respect to housing and social infrastructure. The substandard and deplorable housing conditions in First Nations are persistent for the fastest growing segment of Canada’s population. Architects have had limited involvement in addressing these problems over the last 150 years, and this lecture and open forum will highlight how we got to where we are; identify the potential roles for architects; and, present existing and emerging models for an architecture that embraces land, infrastructure, and housing  as a critical form of social and economic development.