Living in Northern Quebec

Created for the IAPS 26 Conference (RUNNING OUT OF TIME: Setting the pace for future generations, Online), this capsule provides a visually engaging overview of the shared challenges faced by the Innu First Nation of Nitassinan and the Inuit of Nunavik in relation to their built environments. It also delves into the collaborative efforts undertaken as part of our intercultural research partnership, with a particular focus on innovative design projects. For additional details and comprehensive results, please visit: https://www.habiterlenordquebecois.org/ By: Living in Northern Quebec Research Partnership (SSHRC 2015-2021), Geneviève Vachon (dir.) , Samuel Boudreault (coord.) and Clement Féménias Métivet (vid.)

This time-lapse video reveals an ordinary winter day in one of the largest villages in Nunavik (about 1500 residents). The view embraces Salluit’s fjord, located on the Hudson’s Strait. It was produced as part of an urban design thesis project entitled "Strategic Scenarios for Salluit’’ (2018) funded by Living in Northern Quebec. The proposal can be found at www.habiterlenordquebecois.org/essai-du-avarello By / Par : M Avarello, S Gauthier and N Delucinge, LINQ. Music / Musique : The Jerry Cans - Ukuiq

Mamu Metuetau (Jouons ensemble | Let's Play Together) est une activité de conception-construction co-orchestrée par la communauté innue de Uashat mak Mani-utenam (3125 résidents) et les écoles d'architecture de l'Université Laval (Québec) et de l'Université Laurentienne (Sudbury). L'activité consistait à construire des modules de jeu pour deux écoles primaires tout en impliquant leurs élèves et leurs enseignants. Les modules font partie d'une stratégie de réaménagement visant à transformer à terme des cours d'école génériques en espaces communautaires. L'activité a mobilisé l'ingéniosité et la créativité des jeunes Innus, tout en engageant une conversation avec les futurs architectes sur le pouvoir des lieux culturellement appropriés pour soutenir l'identité. *** Mamu Metuetau (Jouons ensemble | Let's Play Together) is a design-build activity co-orchestrated by the Innu community of Uashat mak Mani-utenam (3125 residents) and the Schools of Architecture at Université Laval (Quebec City) and Laurentian University (Sudbury). The activity consisted of building play modules for two elementary schools while involving their pupils and teachers. The modules are part of a redesign strategy to eventually transform generic school yards into community spaces. The activity mobilized the ingenuity and creativity of young Innus, while initiating a conversation with future architects about the power of culturally appropriate places to support identity. By / Par: Living in Northern Quebec / Habiter le Nord québécois, C Féménias Métivet, dir.

In this video, Marc Blouin and Catherine Orzes take us on a journey through the northern Canadian region of Nunavik, where they have been designing projects in association with the Inuit community for the past decade.