For your homework: build a birchbark canoe

Laurentian University School of Architecture students will have a public display of their creations Dec. 13.

Members of the community are welcome to stop in to view the work, enjoy refreshments and chat with students, staff and faculty of Laurentian Architecture.

“Last winter, the ice huts created by our first-year students for their design-build project were just so impressive,” said the school's director, Terrance Galvin, in a press release.

“This year, as the first-year class works on ice huts, our second-year students are building birchbark and carbon-fibre canoes, under the guidance of two expert canoe builders and in partnership with Wahnipitae First Nation.

“This is another superb hands-on learning exercise, and our students are rightly proud of what they’ve achieved.”

The exhibition runs 12-4 p.m. at the architecture school building, located at 85 Elm St.