NXC Issue #18
January 2023
School of Architecture Planning and Landscape
(University of Calgary)
In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report
into the lasting impact of Canada’s residential school system. Alongside
the report, the Commission also released 94 Calls to Action, calling upon
Canadians and institutions to take part in the path towards reconciliation.
It was these specific and direct calls to action that challenged us to begin
the journey towards reconciliation in the PLAN 616 design studio.
The PLAN 616 Spring 2022 course, open to University of Calgary graduate
Planning and Landscape Architecture students, was entitled “Baukultur”,
and focused on the culture of building. Hal Eagletail, traditional Knowledge
Keeper from the Tsuut’ina Nation, was appointed as a full-time studio
instructor for the course, together with Sven Kohlschmidt, an Urban Planner
from Germany, specializing in co-creative urban design.
In this magazine, we show how we have built respectful re
