Architect Harriet Burdett-Moulton receives honorary doctorate from Carleton
Along with celebrating over 6,000 graduating students this year, Carleton University has presented an honorary doctorate to Métis architect Harriet Burdett-Moulton. She is among seven recipients of honorary degrees from Carleton in recognition of contributions to their chosen fields and Canadian society.
Harriet Burdett-Moulton was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, on June 17, 2021 “in recognition of her distinguished career in architecture, especially centred on Indigenous peoples and the Canadian Arctic,” according to the citation from Carleton University.
Ms. Burdett-Moulton is from Labrador and spent her early life in a traditional nomadic lifestyle. “My mother went to a residential school until grade 3, and she was so determined that I would not go to a residential school that we moved to Cartwright,” recalls Burdett-Moulton in her commencement address. Ms. Burdett-Moulton was the first architect to practice in what is now Nunavut, says Carleton University. For more than 40 years, she has had a distinguished career in architecture, especially centred on Indigenous peoples and the Canadian Arctic. She has led more than 150 design projects across northern Canada with an emphasis on honouring Inuit heritage and culture.
In 1976 Harriet graduated from TUNS, now the Dalhousie School of Architecture, and became the first registered Indigenous female Architect in Canada in 1979.
She has received many honours in her career. In...
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