Jake (he\/him) is a Cree from the Mushkegowuk Territory situated in Northern Ontario, also known as Treaty 9 or the James Bay Treaty. Coupled with scholarly activities and professional practice he has worked and collaborated with firms in Ontario and British Columbia.<\/p>\n
Jake is cross-appointed with the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism.<\/p>\n
PhD Candidate, Planning \u2013 University of British Columbia, 2016-present<\/p>\n
MArch \u2013 Ryerson University, 2010<\/p>\n
BArch \u2013 Ryerson University, 2006<\/p>\n
Civil Engineering Technology \u2013 Lakehead University, 2001<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Jake\u2019s approach to community design is interdisciplinary informed by Architecture, Engineering and Indigenous Planning Principles. He is currently a Doctoral Candidate with UBC\u2019s School of Community and Regional Planning, SCARP with a research focus on resiliency, the internal migration and displacement of indigenous communities (a type of \u2018domestic\u2019 diaspora) including the foregrounding of an etymology of indigenous design missing in Canadian Schools of Architecture.<\/p>\n
His approach to design education is based on phronesis, a type of \u2018practical wisdom\u2019 thus ensuring the ways Indigenous people express themselves are not to be seen (or considered) as anecdotal evidence but worthy of critical discussion. He brings forward a cultural narrative about the way indigenous practitioners come to bare the historical injustices imposed upon indigenous communities and the sociological forces that continue to shape and often ill define the working relationships with indigenous communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Jake is an active member of the RAIC Indigenous Task Force and is currently involved with the development of a National Architecture Policy for Canada that centralizes the valued inclusion of Canada\u2019s Indigenous peoples\u2019 presence, livelihood and wellbeing across the built environment. He has spoken at conferences and community events nationally and internationally on Indigenous design. In 2008, Jake was a contributing artist to Canada\u2019s participation with the Venice Biennale via the exhibition, 41\u00b0 to 66\u00b0 Architecture in Canada: Region, Culture and Tectonics. In 2011, he was awarded the ARCC King Medal for Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Design Research that acknowledges innovation, integrity, and scholarship. And more recently, part of a team of Indigenous architects and designers responsible for UNCEDED, Canada\u2019s contribution to the 2018 Venice Biennale of Architecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Weypiskosiweywin: the people have been displaced in Our Voices: Indigeneity and Architecture, 2018<\/p>\n
The Phrotenic Role of the Indigenous Trickster in Planning & Design (in review), 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"people-type":[75],"yoast_head":"\n