Bohdana Innes

Jay Benedict Award
2020
School
Laurentian University
Program
Masters of Architecture
Community
Wawa

Bohdana grew up in Wawa, Ontario, but traveled back and forth between Moose Factory and Wawa. She enjoys kayaking, hiking, fishing, beading, wood making and carving. Bohdana works with First Nation communities across Ontario and will soon be one of the 20 registered Indigenous architects in Canada. One day Bohdana hopes to develop an all Indigenous architecture and construction firm that will work with First Nation communities all throughout Northern Ontario. She is currently enrolled in a Masters of Architecture program at Laurentian University and anticipates her graduation in April 2022.