McIntosh entered the architecture program after completing a Bachelor of Science in neuroscience and mental health from Carleton University.
“At the core, my thesis is about how we interact with space and how those interactions and perceptions influence our ability to heal” she says. “I am deeply invested in learning more about this connection between place and health, displacement (emotional/physical), and trauma.”
“I think there is so much to be gained from Indigenous perspectives about health,” she adds. “We are intimately connected to what exists beyond the body, to our relationships with others, with our environment, and to the unknown.”
McIntosh applied to be part of Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic after the CCA issued an open call to Indigenous design students and emerging practitioners across Turtle Island, Sápmi, and Inuit Nunangat.
“I congratulate Andrea Mcintosh on her placement in this important CCA exhibition and initiative related to Arctic Indigenous design,” says Dr. Federica Goffi, interim director of the Azrieli School.
“This provides Andrea with the remarkable opportunity to participate with a group of students and artists in a series of seminars, discussions, and an exhibition, and I look forward to learning about this work and experience as it develops.”
Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic workshop participants:
– Robyn Adams, University of British Columbia
– Brit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Sámi University of Applied Sciences
– Jenni Hakovirta, Oulu School of Architecture
– Johanna Grete, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
– Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Sámi University of Applied Sciences
– Andrea McIntosh, Carleton University
– Reanna Merastry, University of Manitoba
– Naomi Ratte, University of Manitoba
– Magnus Antaris Tuolja, University of Gothenburg
