The park includes a mound formation, which will serve as a space to connect visitors with the stars, the local worldview and embrace place-based knowledge that have existed in the region. Designated cardinal stones are selected and carved to represent the medicine wheel, seasonal changes and certain constellations.
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Approach
Seven (7) Sacred Teachings
The Seven Sacred Teachings are celebrated within the park, in-corporate on stones, play features, paths and walls, offering Anishinaabe teachings, in age-appropriate ways, that both children and adults can enjoy.
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number of community engagements
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Impact
Indigenous Building Methods
Canoe building and bent wood structure techniques, that originate from the local area, are referenced in the curved, organic and natural playground features throughout the park.
Awards
Honorary Fellow
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada is proud to announce that Wanda Dalla Costa, a prominent Indigenous voice and practitioner in North American architecture, has been awarded honorary fellowship for 2022.
Wanda Dalla Costa is a member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation and was the first First Nation woman to become an architect in Canada. Her firm, Tawaw Architecture Collective, is based in Phoenix, Arizona. She is the director and founder of Arizona State University’s Indigenous Design Collaborative, a community-driven design and construction program that brings together tribal community members, industry and multidisciplinary teams of university students and faculty to co-design and co-develop solutions for tribal communities.
Dalla Costa is a prominent Indigenous female voice within the architectural profession–specifically within the academic sphere in North America.
Awards
YBCA's 100 Honorees: Wanda Dalla Costa
Indigenous Design Collaborative's founder and design director Wanda Dalla Costa was recognized as YBCA 100 list of change makers and cultural activists working at the intersection of art, social change and civic life.
Awards
Trailblazer Award: Wanda Dalla Costa
Presented this year as part of NZ20, the world's largest net zero conference and expo, the Trailblazer Awards celebrate leaders who are building a net zero future through their work in the carbon, energy, water, waste, transit and/or policy sectors.
