This article was published on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition ᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards Home at the University of Toronto John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design.

In preparation of the exhibit opening, the CCA published a text about the future of Indigenous-led design, with Ella den Elzen in conversation with Jenni Hakovirta, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Nicole Luke, Reanna Merasty, Naomi Ratte, Robyn Adams, and Tiffany Shaw. Focusing on the Futurecasting seminar and workshops series which centred land-based practices of architecture, the group reflects on what an Indigenous archival process could entail. 

Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic was a seminar and workshop series, embedded within the ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards Home project, that convened nine emerging Indigenous architecture and design practitioners from across Turtle Island and Sápmi.

The series centred land-based practices of architecture, taking place on the land and occupying institutional spaces like the museum and university. Futurecasting unfolded in three parts, the first of which was a series of virtual seminars in January and February 2022 led by Indigenous architects and knowledge-keepers from Turtle Island, Sápmi, and Kalaallit Nunaat.The seminars were followed by a land-based workshop in April 2022 at the Sámi University of Applied Sciences in Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino, Norway, in Sápmi.

The final chapter reconvened the Futurecasting participants at the CCA in Tiohti:áke/Montréal to discuss the legacy of the work that was produced over the course of the series and how it may be made accessible to future generations of Indigenous architecture students, designers, and communities. Spanning multiple geographies and months, the project produced a year-long reflection on what it means to design from and with the land, and on how Indigenous epistemologies should be embraced within design processes.