Visitors to ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Vers chez soi / Towards Home are greeted by The Porch, a wooden structure that displays everyday objects from Indigenous peoples of the Arctic, including a kerosene lantern, backpacks, clothing, and a freezer. For the Inuit and Sámi members of Towards Home’s curatorial team, it conjures up a unique blend of comforting smells—from motor oil, animal pelts, and other sources—distinct to northern living. Beyond its manifestation of Arctic material culture, The Porch is a declaratory statement welcoming Indigenous visitors into the museum, a space known neither for valuing their perspectives nor their presence. Designed by Taqralik Partridge and Tiffany Shaw, it marks the entrance to what Partridge terms a “space different from what [visitors] would expect of a building that looks like the CCA.”