Concurrent Education Session

SUN-D02: Indigenous Design: Design Adapted to Place

Sunday, October 6, 2024

3:45pm – 5:00pm ET

Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146A

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, NY/HSW, FL

Lead Speaker(s)

Naomi Ratte

Indigenous Planning + Design Consultant / Co-Chair
NVision Insight Group / Canadian Society Landscape Architects Reconciliation Advisory Committee
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Session Guide

Speaker(s)

Grant Fahlgren (he/him/his)

Indigenous Design Lead / Co-Chair
PFS Studio / Canadian Society Landscape Architects Reconciliation Advisory Committee
Toronto, Ontario

The profession of landscape architecture in Canada is taking steps toward renewed relations with Indigenous peoples, a process known as Reconciliation. The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Reconciliation Advisory Committee supports this process through research, practice, advocacy, and policy that is changing the practice of landscape architecture in Canada.

Learning Outcomes:

Gain awareness of Indigenous perspectives and lessons that contribute to the profession of landscape architecture, in both a historical and contemporary context.
Gain awareness of efforts of Reconciliation in the Canadian context and understanding of how the lessons and advancements can apply to the United States.
Understand that Indigenous cultures are not simply stories and symbols. Recognize how the role that living with and engaging local environments connects us to place and indigeneity in landscape architecture.
Understand the effective role that collaboration with Indigenous communities and practice has in building shared goals and visions that lead to a more informed, diverse approach to landscape architecture.