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Introducing the Nunavut Association of Landscape Architects01-07-04 | News
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The Nunavut Territory, over a million square miles and home to a small but hardy landscape architect association. So, you think you?EUR??,,????'???re up on who?EUR??,,????'???s who and what?EUR??,,????'???s what in the realm of landscape architect associations. We all know about our fraternal association up north, the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, but you may not have heard about another Canadian association: the Nunavut Association of Landscape Architects (NuALA). Nunavut, "our land" in the Inuktitut language, is home to Canada?EUR??,,????'???s Inuit, or should we say, Nunavut is home to Canada, as the Inuit have lived here for millennia. The territory spans about 1.2 million square miles, extending north and west of Hudson?EUR??,,????'???s Bay to the North Pole. Nunavut, population 29,000, of which 85 percent are Inuit, was officially created April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. The landscapes here range from the muskeg (peat bogs) of the Kivalliq to the soaring mountain peaks and fiords of North Baffin. Richard Wyma, NuALA, a PhD student in landscape architecture at the University of Guelph in Ontario, reports to the CSLA that NuALA is completing its first full year as an association with five full members and is ?EUR??,,????'??considering the addition of new associate and honorary members to ensure we continue to be relevant to Nunavut.?EUR??,,????'?? NuALA is developing its policies and by-laws, in keeping with the CSLA by-laws, and is also participating in the sustainable northern cities research in Iqaluit, the capital.
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