Event Description
The Indigenous Peoples Work Programme (IPWP) was constituted in 2022. The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) serve as the Secretariat to the IPWP. Dr. Patrick Stewart (Nisga’a), Elisapeta Heta (Māori) and Whare Temu (Māori) serve as the inaugural Co-Directors of the Work Programme.
As one of the newest Work Programme’s in the UIA, it gives a platform to often marginalized, overlooked and underfunded Indigenous issues in the built environment. Indigenous architects and their allies from around the world have exhibited and presented their work at the UIA Congress in Copenhagen in 2023, the UIA Forum in Kuala Lumpur in 2024 and currently working on an exhibit and presentations for the RAIC Conference in Montreal 2025 and the UIA Congress in Barcelona in 2026. Based upon a consensus governance model, the IPWP showcases the work of its over volunteer thirty members representing fifteen member countries through webinars, lectures, publications and in-person presentations. We look forward to seeing you in Montreal and Barcelona. Stop by our booth and listen to a presentation or just say “hi”.
In this conference session, Dr. Stewart will give an overview of the work being carried out by its members, its mission and the challenges it faces.
Speaker
Sim'oogit Ksi Baxhlkw Patrick Reid Stewart, PhD, Architect AIBC, NWTAA, NCARB, FRAIC, LEED AP, Principal, Patrick R Stewart Architect
CES: Estimated 1 LU/ HSW for AIA Members
Speaker Bio
Dr. Patrick Stewart is a hereditary chief of the Killerwhale House of Daaxan of the Nisga’a Nation and is celebrating 30 years at the helm of his firm, Patrick R. Stewart Architect. He currently serves as Treasurer for the RAIC and co-chairs both the RAIC Indigenous Task Force and the Truth and Reconciliation Task Force. He also chairs the Provincial Aboriginal Homelessness Committee in BC and is a co-director of the Union of International Architects Indigenous Peoples Work Programme (UIA_IPWP).
An Adjunct Professor at the McEwen School of Architecture at Laurentian University, Patrick is also co-editor of Our Voices: Indigeneity and Architecture (2018) and Our Voices II: The Decolonial Project (2021) [ORO Editions].
His contributions to global discourse on Indigenous architecture include exhibiting as part of UNCEDED at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale and co-curating NOT FOR SALE at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale.
