The shortlist of candidates in the running to represent Canada at the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture has recently been announced by the Canada Council for the Arts.
The Canada Council is the Commissioner for Canada?s official representation at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition ? La Biennale di Venezia which aims to support proposals with ideas that “inspire, challenge and respond to current realities through the lens of contemporary Canadian architecture.”
The following is the shortlist of candidates.

Kuujjuaq Air Terminal Building (ATB). Photo by André Leclerc
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Siila Watt-Cloutier, Nunavik Inuk, environmental, cultural and human rights defender, political leader and writer ? Dr. Heather Igloliorte, Nunatsiavut Inuk, curator and art historian, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Decolonial and Transformational Indigenous Art Practices, University of Victoria ? Alain Fournier, architect, EVOQ Architecture ? Nicole Luke, Nunavut Inuk, intern architect and curator, Verne Reimer Architecture ? Sylvia Cloutier, Nunavik Inuk, producer and co-director, TULUGAK ? Lisa Koperqualuk, Nunavik Inuk, curator, anthropologist, president of Inuit Circumpolar Council ? Canada ?Sami Tannoury, architect, EVOQ Architecture ? Isabelle Laurier, curator, EVOQ Architecture ? Sarah Watson, curator, executive director, La Guilde ? André Dudemaine, Innu, artistic director, Terres en vue
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