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#RisingYouth grantee Michael
Maclean created the Finding A
Youth Voice Through Design-Build
project with the goal of using
design as a tool for northern
youth agency, innovation,
responsibility, and change. The
project was a design-build for
both Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in and non-
Indigenous youth between the
ages of 14 to 30 giving them the
opportunity to learn the 3D design
process firsthand by working
collaboratively on a full-scale built
prototype for a public space.
The built projects led to a series
of events and workshops in
partnership with the Robert
Service School Wood Shop,
(s)Hiver Winter Arts
Festival, and the Tr'ondëk
Hwëch'in Youth Centre.
" Our first structure was a
community gathering space
for (s)Hiver Winter Arts
Festival and was titled The
Riverside Gathering and
Warming Pavilion (RGWP).
This space was created on
the frozen Yukon River and
was located near the centre
of town. This process was
exciting because it allowed
us to get out of the wood
shop and onto the land."
MICHAEL MACLEAN
Finding A Youth Voice
Through Design-Build
Michael Maclean | $1,500
Dawson, Yukon
YUKON
Dawson is located on Tr'ondëk
Hwëch'in and Hän Nation Territory.
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