Learning by making: exploring possibilities for a local construction ecosystem through a makerspace in Kangiqsualujjuaq

• Main Author: Edmonds, Isaac
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Laurentian University of Sudbury 2021
• Subjects: Makerspace; indigenuity; cultural sustainability; local materials; Inuit; Nunavik; Kangiqsualujjuaq; inuit
• Online Access: https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3704

The current construction industry in Nunavik is largely disconnected from the northern communities where the buildings themselves are constructed. Fabrication occurs in Quebec, materials are shipped north via barge and assembly is completed by a visiting southern construction crew. Furthermore, the...