b'INDIGENOUS SPACEScurrently require 24-hours notice. Once Indigenous House is completed, that will no longer be the case. If a student comes and wants to smudge, there wont be an issue inside the building whatso-ever. Its fantastic, Crawford says. Indigenous House was designed by Formline Architecture and led by B.C.-basedIndigenousarchitect Alfred V. Waugh. Waughs design team was inspired by traditional wigwams, in particular how they regulated temper-ature by circulating air through birch bark air shafts, rock foundations and centralcampfires.InIndigenous House, this concept will be modern-ized through a series of underground air tubes and a curved roof structure, both of which harken back to traditional Indigenouswigwams. Its important to view this building as being alive, says Crawford. Its not just a physical structure with a roof, walls and a room; its alive in the sense that it embodies Indigenous knowledge andJID) at the University of Victoriathe ways of knowing and doing. We areworlds first joint Indigenous law degree respectful of honouring this not onlyprogramis aiming to improve those during its creation, but in the programsnumbers. It recently got a helping hand and activities that will take place there.with the construction of a 2,440-square-metre National Centre for Indigenous Construction on the 10,700-square- Laws (NCIL) to be built on campus as foot space began in December 2022,part of an expansion of the universitys and while its completion is still far off,existing Fraser Building.the universitys commitment to Truth and Reconciliation is solid. IndigenousThe NCIL will add classroom, clinical House is one of its short-term initia- and research space, as well as room for tives within its greater commitment tostudent support initiatives. Designed by Truth and Reconciliation; longer-termTwo Row Architect, an Indigenous-owned solutions include inclusive curriculumfirm from the Six Nations of the Grand content by 2025, expanded languageRiver and Tkaronto in Ontario, the curva-offerings, ethical oversight for scholarsceous structures form was inspired by working with Indigenous communities,Coast Salish traditions passed on through and an increase in Indigenous staff. local community members, Elders and hereditary Chiefs. It was designed to INDIGENOUS LAW reflect relations between the law school Prior to the start of the COVID-19andtheSonghees,Esquimaltand pandemic, the Law Society of BritishWSNE people, and will incorporate Columbia announced that only 2.7 perCoast Salish signage and public art.cent of lawyers in the province identi-fied as Indigenousthe second-lowestOnce completed in the fall of 2024, the demographic compared to 51.9 perNCIL will house an Elders room and cent of individuals who identify neithergarden, as well as spaces for gathering, as Indigenous, nor a visible minority.ceremony and sharing of histories and Indigenous people make up over 4.6knowledge. The design will encourage per cent of B.C.s population, whichplace-based learning, incorporating means there is a underrepresentationindoor/outdoor learning with an outdoor of Indigenous lawyers in the province.learning deck and a sky classroom. It will also house the Environmental Law Centre, TheCanadianCommonLawandthe Business Law Clinic and the Access Indigenous Legal Orders program (JD/ to Justice Centre.24A CCAB PUBLICATION2023'