RAIC Journal: Canada?s First Nations Designers / James K. Bird
James K. Bird. Photo: Robert R. Comeau
James K. Bird, 53, grew up in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, affiliated with the Northwest Territories Métis Nation and Athabasca Fort Chipewyan First Nation. A mature student studying Indigenous Studies and Architecture at the University of Toronto, he plans to pursue a Master?s degree in Architecture.
You describe yourself as ?a survivor of the effects of the residential school system.? How did that experience affect your ambition to become an architect"
For as long as I could hold a pencil in my hand, I knew that I wanted to be an architect. Residential schools and the whole trauma of that quickly ended that dream as a young person. The closest I could do was become a carpenter, which I did. But in the back of my mind, I was always dreaming someday that perhaps some door will open. That door opened in 2010. Words to Form is your architecture project response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?s call to commemorate the dark legacy of residential schools. How do you bring physical form to the idea of reconciliation"
Hosh key weeha we Towin is Cree for ?new relations.? We are looking at this new relationship building between Canadian and First Nations people, with an opportunity to rebuild in a space?I call it the ?affect? space?dedicated to thinking about reconciliation or conciliation.
For the project, I am placing seven memo-rial stones spaced out around a tree that represent the seven grandfather teachings. O...
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