Join us in Winnipeg as we present our recent book ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards Home: Inuit and Sámi Placemaking, co-published with Valiz and Mondo Books.

ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ (angirramut) in Inuktitut or ruovttu guvlui in North Sámi mean “towards home.” To move towards home is to reflect on where Sámi people and Inuit find home, on what their connections to their lands means, and on what these relationships could look like moving into the future. Informed by the perspectives of a group of Inuit, Sámi, and settler co-editors, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards Home: Inuit and Sámi Placemaking explores Northern Indigenous forms of sovereignty shaped by an understanding of the land as home.

During this event hosted at Qaumajuq, the publication’s managing editor Alexandra Pereira-Edwards will introduce the book, and contributors Nicole Luke, Reanna Merasty, and Naomi Ratte will speak to their work. A roundtable discussion will follow, addressing the book’s three grounding questions: Where is home? Where does land begin? And where do we go from here?

This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required. Books will be available for purchase on the day of the event.

6:30pm – Qaumajuq doors open
7pm – Event begins in Ilipvik
8pm – Reception in Ilavut

Nicole Luke is an emerging Indigenous Architectural Intern and designer born in the Northwest Territories with family residing from the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut. She is committed to addressing the design challenges faced by northern communities and is passionate about inspiring youth to pursue education in design. She is dedicated to Indigenous initiatives and learning sustainable building practices within the design process.

Reanna Merasty (McKay) is a Nihithaw artist, writer, and advocate from Barren Lands First Nation and an Architectural Intern with Number TEN Architectural Group. She has dedicated her career to amplifying Indigenous voices in architecture and furthers her advocacy as the Manitoba Director with the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada Board and as a member of the University of Manitoba Board of Governors.

Naomi Ratte (Peguis First Nation) is a consultant and landscape architectural intern with NVision Insight Group Inc., where she provides support on projects related to territorial park design, interpretive planning, and traditional knowledge studies, including interviews and GIS mapping with community knowledge holders and much more. She co-founded the Indigenous Design and Planning Students’ Association (IDPSA) at the University of Manitoba and co-edited the publication Voices of the Land: Indigenous Design and Planning from the Prairies (2021), and is the recipient of three national awards of excellence for landscape architecture projects in Nunavut and Yukon.