SUN-C09: Repositioning Campus Landscapes: Can Engaging Native Nations Promote Social and Environmental Resilience?

Sunday, October 29, 2023

3:45pm – 4:45pm CT

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Manisha Kaul, FASLA, PLA, AICP, LEED AP (she/her/hers)

Principal
Design Workshop, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois

Speaker(s)

Jenny L. Davis (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor & Director, American Indian Studies
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois
Lauren A. Leighty, ASLA, LEED AP (she/her/hers)

Principal | Campus Studio Leader
SmithGroup
Birmingham, Michigan

Campus landscape master plans are not just about climate resiliency, biodiversity restoration, expanding learning outdoors, or elevating the aesthetic. They must also acknowledge Indigenous peoples and lands by providing spaces for healing hearts, mending social fabric, and promoting mental health restoration.

Learning Outcomes:

Learn how the goal of creating an environmentally resilient campus landscape can center past and present Native American and Indigenous peoples and strengthen social fabric on campuses.
Understand how key components to engaging with Native Nations and Indigenous Peoples in university campus landscape initiatives can make the new spaces on campus restorative, educational and engaging.
Discuss how to create welcoming spaces for all and normalize the Indigenous presence on campus in a meaningful way.
Explore how campus planning process can serve as a model for higher education institutions across the United States to acknowledge Indigenous Lands and Peoples in a meaningful way.