Jury
The distinguished jury will award a First and Second Place prize.

A Public Opinion Prize is also awarded following an online vote by the general public. Online voting will take place from November 15th, 1pm – November 17th, 12pm (EST).
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Winners of both prizes will receive a selection of CCA publications as well as ‘Friends of the CCA’ memberships and access to the CCA’s international network.

Members of the jury

Vikram Bhatt is Professor of Architecture, McGill University, where he also directs activities of Minimum Cost Housing Group involved in human settlements action-research projects around the globe. He is as well the recipient of Margolese prize awarded to a Canadian for contributions to the development or improvement of living environments for Canadians of all economic classes. Published widely, more recently, he co-authored Designing for Modern India, Mapin 2016.

Susane Havelka, M. Arch, is a doctoral candidate at McGill University in Architecture; she investigates self-built houses and building systems in the Eastern Arctic. She is inspired by the creative ingenuity and DIY abilities that exists within Arctic settlements. Susane earned a Master of Architecture degree at Columbia University and Bachelor of Science in Art and Design at MIT.

Lisa Koperqualuk (Conférencier) was born in Puvirnituq on the eastern shore of Northern Quebec where she was raised by her grandparents Lydia and Aisa Koperqualuk. After her elementary schooling in a small remote community, she continued her education in southern Canada eventually earning her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Concordia University in Montreal and her Master’s degree in Anthropology from Laval University in Quebec City. Her interests lie in the environmental, political and community development of Inuit communities. Her fluency in Inuktitut, English and French lends her the capacity to communicate easily between different cultures bringing the Inuit voice to the fore.

His Worship Tunu, Mayor of Kuujuaq, is Mayor of Kuujjuaq since 2012. Tunu graduated from high school in 1989 in French and exemplifies the new generation of young Inuit, fluent in Inuktitut, French and English having also worked in Information Technology field. His involvement in the Recreation, especially support for Inuit Youth at the local, regional and national is recognized. Social programs and support for Inuit in Nunavik remain his priority.

Dr. Mylene Riva is Assistant Professor at McGill University, cross-appointed at the Institute for Health and Social Policy and the Department of Geography. She works on the social and environmental determinants of Indigenous Peoples’ health and well-being, with a focus on housing and community conditions. She leads the multidisciplinary project Housing, health, and well-being across the Arctic: Regional, local, and family perspectives, funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and by ArcticNet - a Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada.

Dr. Rafico Ruiz is the FQRSC and Roberta Bondar Postdoctoral Fellow in Northern and Polar Studies at Trent University. An expert in Communication Studies and the History & Theory of Architecture, he studies the relationships between mediation and social space, particularly in the Arctic and Subarctic; the cultural geographies of natural resource engagements; and the philosophical and political stakes of infrastructural and ecological systems. His work appears in the International Journal of Communication, Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, the Journal of Northern Studies and Communication +1, amongst others.

Lola Sheppard is Associate Professor in Architecture at the University of Waterloo and a founding partner of Lateral Office, Toronto. Dedicated to the productive overlap of architecture, landscape, urbanism and their responses to environment; the firm is particularly focusing on design and research in the Canadian North promoting the role of architecture and urbanism as vehicles to support local culture, community and economy. Many North: Spatial Practice in a Polar Territory, examining these issues will be published by Actar in 2016.

Geneviève Vachon is an architect (MOAQ) and teaches Urban Design and Architecture at the School of Architecture at Laval University. With the research group Habitats + Cultures, she participated in the ARUC - Tetauan (SSHRC, Casault and al. 2009-14) in partnership with the Innu communities of Quebec Côte-Nord habitats and indigenous cultural landscapes. She is also responsible for the project Habiter au nord du 49e parallèle (FSC, 2014-16) which aims to provide visualization tools for sustainable management of Innu communities. As an expert in participatory planning approaches she has worked on various research projects with a particular interest in the adaptation of urban areas to climate changes.

The Right Honourable Senator Charlie Watt represents the province of Quebec and the Senatorial Division of Inkerman in the Senate of Canada since January 16, 1984. His particular area of concern and specialization is Aboriginal issue; his personal interest and pastime include hunting, fishing, and raising and training Husky dog teams. His private career includes serving as: a Northern officer with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs (1969-79); Founding President of the Northern Quebec Inuit Association (1972-78); Founding President of Makivik Corporation (1978-82), for which he also served as Treasurer (1987-88) and President (1988-94); President of Air Inuit Ltd. (1988-94). He has also served as Chairman of a number of companies, including Seaku Fisheries (1988-94), Uttuulik Leasing (1988-94) and Kigaq Travel (1988-94). His public career includes serving as Co-Chair of the Inuit Committee on National Issues (1979-84), Member of the Nunavik Constitutional Committee (1985-95) and as a Board Member of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (1988-94).