Inspired by the ‘Unceded: Voices of the Land’ exhibit showcased at the 2018 Venice Biennale and now housed at the Canadian Museum of History until Fall 2020, this Future Cities Roundtable dialogue focuses on the unique ways that Indigenous architects and designers are channeling their respective Indigenous identities, values, ecologies, relationships to land and place, stories, cosmologies, resistance, and creative expressions into exciting and holistic methods for building cities and communities that are more restorative, community-driven, inclusive, resilient, and humane.
This Roundtable is also an invitation to architects, urban designers and planners, civic and cultural institutions, and decision-makers to learn from renowned Indigenous thought leaders and practitioners: Douglas Cardinal, Tamarah Begay and Daniel Glenn about the value of consulting with Indigenous communities, worldviews and methods; and engaging with processes of decolonizing and righting relationships within all city building initiatives that occur on occupied Indigenous territories.