Have you ever heard of Rooster Town? Most haven’t. It was a Winnipeg neighbourhood that was home to 250 Métis people between 1900 & 1960. That is until the city forced everyone out to make room for the building of Grant Park Shopping Centre and High School. Was it racism or urban development, and what were the consequences? Prairie Design Lab…
Music snippet of “Inuusiq” provided by The Jerry Cans with permission. Guests: Herbert Enns and Michael Robertson (credit: Herbert Enns)
The world’s biggest collection of Inuit art will soon be displayed at the brand new Inuit Art Centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Twelve years in the making, we will hear from those who made it happen. This includes WAG CEO Stephen Borys and leading expert on Inuit art Dr. Heather Igloliorte of Nunatsiavut as well as world-famous architect Michael Maltzan of Los…
The upside of garbage. Renovating our abandoned landfills to create new parks is making a big difference in Winnipeg. What should we do with 2000 acre Brady Road Landfill — the only active one in the city? A brilliant young U of M landscape architect shares her vision for what Brady Road could become. About | Krista Renwick Krista Renwick is a…
Welcome to Prairie Design Lab’s very first trailer episode. Episode-0: A snapshot.