Les chemins de la diversité se cachent parfois dans les chapitres de l’Histoire coloniale. En explorant le monde de l’architecture et son apport à notre société, on tente de comprendre l’influence bénéfique que cette profession peut apporter aux communautés autochtones. En passant par le Nunavut, le Nunavik ou les terres des Premières Nations, nous pourrons y voir des exemples concrets de cette influence évocatrice. Maya Cousineau Mollen, of Innu descent, was adopted, on the will of her Innu mother, by a Quebecois family. She started to write poetry at the age of 14 and her first collection of poems, Bréviaire du matricule 082, was published in fall 2019. With over 22 years of experience in the communities of the First Nations, she is now Inuit and First Nations Community Development Advisor for the architectural company EVOQ. Through its various projects, EVOQ encourages Inuit and First Nations people to reappropriate their cultural and historical identities and express them via the poetry of architecture. Maya has also been co-chair of the Montreal Indigenous Community Network and she volunteers with the Wolfpack Street Patrol, which brings together Quebecois and First Nations volunteers to bring support to homeless people. She is one of the signatories and allies for the Kanata debate. In December 2019, Ariane Mnouchkine invited her to join a writing retreat at the Théâtre du Soleil (Paris). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
