The RAIC invites proposals to present continuing education sessions and architectural tours during the RAIC 2022 Conference on Architecture to be held from May 11 – 14, 2022 in Vancouver, BC and online. 

Don’t miss this rewarding opportunity to share your expertise, relevant content, and insight at this exceptional event. 

The deadline for submissions is July 31, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. ET 

The RAIC is pleased to now offer an on-demand course for the architecture community. The Path- Your Journey Through Indigenous Canada was created by a majority Indigenous-owned company and has been developed with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis advisors and reviewers. The program consists of five  online modules made up of videos and quizzes that focus on the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples of Canada, the history of Indigenous peoples and their relationship with European settlers, the British Crown, and the Dominion of Canada. This program is on-demand and can be done at the registrant's own pace. Upon completion of the program, a certificate can be downloaded. 

2021 marks the 25th annual National Indigenous Peoples Day, first declared in 1996 to celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. This year, join us for an exploration of urbanism with Indigenous practitioners, some at the onset of their careers, and others at the fore.

Date: June 21 
Time: 12pm-1pm ET 
 
Panelists:  

Eladia Smoke, Principal Architect, Smoke Architecture, Master Lecturer at Laurentian University’s McEwen School of Architecture. Based in Hamilton, Ms Smoke is Anishinaabekwe from Obishikokaang, Lac Seul First Nation.  

Tonii Lerat, Community Planner with Urban Systems, and a Board Member, Canadian Institute of Planners. Based in Saskatoon, Ms Lerat is Nehiyaw from Cowessess First Nation. 

Lorna Crowshoe, Aboriginal Issues Strategist with the City of Calgary. Based in Calgary, Ms. Crowshoe is from Piikani First Nation. 

Danilo Caron, EIT, and Indigenous Student Engagement Coordinator at UBC Engineering Student Services. Based in Vancouver, Mr. Caron’s roots are from Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation. 

Naomi Ratte, Landscape Architecture student, University of Manitoba, and co-editor of Voices of the Land: Indigenous Design and Planning from the Prairies. Based in Winnipeg, Ms. Ratte is a member of Peguis First Nation. 

The National Urban Design Awards of the RAIC, Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) recognize excellence in urban design and demonstrate its importance to the general public. In the first year of a two-year cycle, Canadian municipalities will administer a local, RAIC/CIP/CSLA endorsed, Urban Design Award Program. The municipal cycle is now open for submissions.

Photo caption: Jennifer and her son watch the crane place hollow core slabs at Wigwamen Terrace, Toronto.

JENNIFER DAVIS, BAS, MArch, MRAIC

LGA Architectural Partners, Toronto

When the RAIC Foundation’s College of Fellows awarded the 2019 Centennial Fund to me, I was grateful to be recognized for my career achievements as an Intern Architect.

Since the pandemic hit, I’ve witnessed the contributions our profession can make from our kitchen tables, basement offices, and makeshift standing desks. I’ve continued to build my career at Toronto-based LGA Architectural Partners, leading a re-cladding project for two apartment towers owned by Toronto Community Housing Corp. New windows and insulation for 4100 and 4110 Lawrence Ave East will improve energy efficiency and comfort for over 350 low-income families. Working closely with TCHC, our team has innovated new ways to engage tenants through online surveys and feedback sessions that potentially improve access for people with mobility issues or childcare commitments. Other recent projects I’ve worked on at LGA include a women’s shelter and an addition to a residence for Indigenous seniors. It’s been rewarding to improve affordable and supportive housing in an era when we’ve collectively rediscovered the importance of a healthy home environment.

It has been a great experience to teach the next generation of young architects as a Sessional Lecturer at University of Toronto. In its second year of development, ARC112: Architecture + Engineering is an undergraduate course that gives integrated teams of architecture and engineering students opportunities to work on design projects for real clients such as Teeple Architects (Toronto, ON), Nine Yards Studio (Charlottetown, PEI) and Woodford Architects (St. John’s, NL). Fostering connections between a global student body, industry, and different disciplines can be a messy process, but the students learned each others’ terminology and appreciated how diverse teams can produce great design!

Being mother to a toddler, I’ve been privileged to work continuously through the COVID-19 chaos: my professional successes are supported by grandparent-run daycare during lockdown and the Early Childhood Educators who work at our childcare centres. It is eye-opening to see how the architectural profession, the AEC industry, and society more broadly are built on a foundation of essential care work. I’ve developed a new point of view on the schools, childcare centres, seniors housing and shelters that are central to LGA Architectural Partners’ portfolio, now seeing them as infrastructure projects that are as important as roads and bridges. As we build our post-COVID communities, our profession will be bolstered by recognizing our interdependencies and collaborating to provide inclusive architecture that is designed for the full range of people in our society. 

We are pleased to announce that effective May 25, 2021, three students will be starting an 8-week work term with the RAIC until July 19, 2021.  The RAIC is able to participate in this opportunity thanks to the Canada Summer Jobs program. 

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) seeks an enthusiastic, efficient and tech-savvy candidate to support the organization in being the leading voice for excellence in the built environment in Canada, demonstrating how design enhances the quality of life, while addressing important issues of society through responsible architecture.

ICC Distribution Group has a proven VOC free unique crystalline waterproofing system that penetrates into the surface of cured concrete to fill and seal pores and capillary voids, creating a long term breathable protective zone within the concrete substrate. This technology is known to be environmentally safe for treating bridges and roadways over open bodies of water. Preventing damage such as repeated freeze/thaw cycles, advanced de-icing chemical brine attack (Calcium Oxy Chloride), as well as reducing ASR by as much as 37% on highly re-active aggregate.

The contest is open to companies, architect and design agencies, workshops, professional associations and freelancers. Both the work carried out and the projects that are in the conceptual stage are accepted. The Eurasian Prize Awards honor both projects that have already been brought to life and well-presented ideas and concepts.

Acceptance of works for participation in the 16th season of the Eurasian Prize, the largest architecture and design competition on the Eurasian area, will last until June 30, 2021, and after the cost of the registration fee will increase.

The participants can pay the registration fee now, but complement their projects in the own accounts on the Prize’s website until the entry deadline: add illustrations, change the description, etc.