Full outline and presenter lineup now available. Plus, the event is recognized by the AIBC and eligible for 5.5 Core LU of which 4 contribute to completion of the Indigenous Peoples Learning requirement. Learn more and register today.

Are there interns at your firm - or others you know - who are preparing for the Examination for Architects in Canada (ExAC) exam? The RAIC offers a preparatory course, the NBCC Part 3 and Part 9, which is designed specifically to support their success.  

This popular course is taught by Jensen Hughes Consulting Canada Ltd., and is available on-demand as a series of 8, 2-hour learning sessions (16 hours in total). 

For interns who are interested in the course but would like to know more, there is also a live Q&A available. The Q&A is FREE for those already registered for the courses, and $25 for those not yet registered. 

Interns can register for the course anytime, or sign up for the next Q&A session! 

The RAIC Syllabus program is seeking instructors to join studios across the country including: Vancouver, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, London, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, and Halifax.   

Instructors play a vital role in the program, teaching the design Studio courses, from entry levels to the final Diploma Project, depending on the need of the regional Syllabus Chapter and their interests. Instructors are responsible for providing instruction, guidance, and support to students under the direction of the studio coordinator, as well providing evaluations of student work, a written end-of-term student assessment, and recommendation for final marks.  

Expected Time Commitment 

Instructors are expected to spend 1.5 to 3 hours per week with students for a duration of 12-15 weeks (Syllabus Term). 

If you are interested in becoming an instructor, complete this expression of interest.  

Deadline to apply - September 30, 2023. 

Are you interested in helping shape the 2024 Conference on Architecture taking place in Vancouver May 14-17, 2024? 

The RAIC is establishing a local advisory committee to support development of architectural tours, social activities, a firm crawl, and other events.

Interested? Submit your interest by August 31, 2023.

Looking to expand your professional knowledge and stay informed about key issues in the field? Now is the time to take advantage of the RAIC’s Continuing Education Summer Sale! RAIC members get 50% off on ALL our one-hour and 90 minute on-demand webinars until September 22, 2023. 

Enter the coupon code "RAIC50" at checkout to take advantage of this limited-time offer on our wide selection of quality webinars on topics such as Sustainability and Climate, Indigenous Architecture, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, and Accessible Design. Visit our store and make your purchase today! 

Every year the RAIC celebrates students from accredited architecture programs who are in the top ten percent of their class. These students, selected by their respective schools, receive RAIC Honour Roll certificates and the top recipient also receives the RAIC Student Medal. Follow the link to see pictures of the celebrations from the various architecture schools across the country.  

Congratulations to all the Student honor roll and medal recipients! 

Nominate your colleagues and peers for Fellowship and Honorary Fellowship in the RAIC. The College of Fellows formally recognizes members and distinguished laypersons who have made outstanding contributions to the profession in design, scholarship, or service to the profession or the community.

Nominations for Fellowship 
 
A Fellow of the RAIC College is a Member of the RAIC who has achieved professional eminence or has rendered distinctive service to the profession or to the community at large. Nomination and advancement to Fellowship is administered by the RAIC College. A Member must have been a member of the RAIC for at least five (5) non-consecutive years in the last ten years from submission date prior to nomination. Fellowship is bestowed for life and is one of the highest honours the RAIC can confer upon a member.
 
Nominations for Honorary Fellowship 
 
An Honorary Fellow of the RAIC College is an Honorary Member of the RAIC who has achieved international professional eminence or has rendered distinctive service to the profession or to the community at large, nationally or internationally. Architects registered in Canada are not eligible for nomination. Nomination and advancement to Honorary Fellowship is administered by the RAIC College. Honorary Fellowship is bestowed for life and is one of the highest honours the RAIC can confer upon an individual. 
 
We invite all members of the RAIC to nominate an individual. 
 
Please visit the College’s webpage to review the 2024 nomination process and requirements. 
 
Deadline for Fellowship and Honorary Fellowship nominations: October 31, 2023.  
  
All nominations must be submitted on RAIC’s online submission platform.

Following its Annual General Meeting in July, the Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Trustees to its Board. The new appointees are joined by Gerrie Doyle, recently elected Chancellor of the RAIC College of Fellows, who will act both as a Trustee and as a liaison between the Foundation and the RAIC Board of Directors.  

The new appointees are: 

• Michael J. Cox, Trustee 
• Gerrie Doyle, Trustee and Chancellor RAIC College of Fellows 
• Monica Guzman, Trustee 
• Allan Teramura, Trustee 

 See the following announcement to learn more.  

For 56 years, Canadian Architect has sponsored an annual national awards program, the only national awards that recognize projects in the design stage. The Awards of Excellence are open to all architects registered in Canada and to Canadian architectural graduates for buildings designed in Canada and abroad. Foreign architects are permitted to submit, provided they have partnered with a Canadian-registered architect. 

This year’s deadline for submissions is Monday, September 11, 2023. 

Projects must be in the design stage, scheduled for construction or under construction but not substantially complete by September 7, 2023. All projects must be commissioned by a client with the intention to build the submitted proposal. All building types and concisely presented urban design schemes are eligible. 

Awards are given for architectural design excellence. Jurors will consider the scheme’s response to the client’s program, site, geographic and/or urban context. They will evaluate its physical organization, form, composition, building systems, concept, process, structure, materials, environmental features and/or demonstration of social awareness. 

This year’s competition also includes the sixth annual Canadian Architect Photo Awards of Excellence, which challenges professional and non-professional architectural photographers to showcase their best images of a Canadian building. 

For more information and to enter starting August 1, visit https://www.canadianarchitect.com/awards 

The City of Ottawa is pleased to announce the 2023 Ottawa Urban Design Awards competition. The awards will be presented in five categories: Urban Infill, Public Places & Civic Spaces, Urban Elements, Visions & Master Plans, and Student Projects. In our 10th instalment of the program, the 2023 awards will honour exceptional projects in Ottawa completed between September 1, 2021, and August 31, 2023.     
 
Winners of an Award of Excellence will be sent forward as the Ottawa entry to the National Urban Design Awards competition in 2024. The winning teams of all Urban Design Awards will be presented their award at an in-person gala hosted by the City of Ottawa in November 2023. Electronic and hard copy submissions must be received by 4 p.m. on September 1st, 2023. Submission entry forms and program guidelines are available on the City’s website 
Urban design awards | City of Ottawa.  
 
Submissions will be juried in October 2023 by an independent panel of urban design experts.The applicants of winning projects will be notified in late October 2023 by e-mail.    
 
For more information, please contact UrbanDesignAwards@ottawa.ca.

The RAIC Job Board is a great way to save time when you’re looking for the best candidates in the field of architecture across Canada - and it’s FREE for RAIC members to post! 

Share a position available in your firm, a student job or a volunteer opportunity - simply log in to the members portal, then go to the RAIC Job Board and select “Add Job Posting” from the For Members menu on the left. 

Not a member yet? Join the RAIC today to get access to this valuable offer, or purchase a RAIC Job Board post from the RAIC Online Store for $149.

• Ask an Expert: NBCC Edition - September 28 at 1:00pm

ON DEMAND SESSIONS

• NBCC Part 3 & 9 Bundle

• RAIC 2023 Conference on Architecture is now On Demand!

• Introduction to the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada - Free for everyone!

The RAIC Promoting Equity and Justice Advocacy Committee (PEJ-AC) is pleased to announce they will be hosting a 3-part webinar series on disability issues within the built environment starting this fall. 

Date: Thursday, September 14, 2023  
Time: 9:00 am PT/ 12 Noon EST
Guest speaker: Annie Boivin, Senior Architect – Perkins & Will, and Disability Advocate 
Title: The Sum of all Parts: Disability Culture as a key component of Inclusive Design

Register for this webinar. Free for RAIC members.

The Vancouver Island South Network has another informative webinar planned for September. 

Date: Thursday, September 21, 2023 
Time: 12:00 Noon-1:30 PT 
Guest Speaker: Mike Wilson, Director of Campus Planning, University of Victoria 
Title: Campus Planning: An Update on Planning and Design at the University of Victoria

Registration is now open. 

Everyone is invited to the three-day symposium, (Un)Common Precedents, hosted by the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism (ASAU).

The free public event will be held at the ASAU from September 22 to 24, 2023, in the Pit. The event will combine keynotes, paper presentations, interdisciplinary workshops, a performance, an exhibition by architecture and music students, and a book publication.

For more information, and to register: https://www.criptic.org/agora-2

Enbridge Gas, based in Ontario, is Canada’s largest natural gas storage, transmission and distribution company, with more than 170 years of service to customers. For over 20 years, Enbridge Gas has offered customers energy efficiency programs to help them use energy wisely. Between 1995 and 2019, Enbridge Gas’ energy efficiency programs reduced customer consumption by 27.5 billion cubic metres of natural gas, which is enough natural gas savings to serve nearly 12 million homes for one year. These gas savings have resulted in a reduction of 51.5 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, roughly equal to removing 11.2 million cars from the road for one year.

Enbridge Gas developed the Savings by Design program in response to the Ontario Energy Board’s direction to integrate market transformation into their demand-side management programs. The commercial, residential and affordable housing streams of the Savings by Design program provide industry expertise, technical tools, and financial incentives to improve energy performance, lower operating costs and build new construction projects for a sustainable and resilient future.

Enbridge Gas is owned by Enbridge Inc., a Canadian-based leader in energy transportation and distribution. Learn more at enbridgegas.com.

Come join us from October 10^th to 15^th for a design festival known as Edmonton Design Week 2023. This festival will shine a light on the local design community, explore the role design plays in everyday life, and showcase how design is helping to tackle the challenges of the future. During this week-long festival, the public can view and interact with all facets of the Edmonton design community, including art, architecture, industrial design, furniture design, fashion, graphic design, and media. These disciplines will be showcased through interventions, talks, pop-ups, parties, and exhibitions at venues strategically positioned in the heart of downtown Edmonton. MADE (Media Architecture Design in Edmonton) is the primary facilitator of Edmonton Design Week while supporting, coordinating, and promoting events hosted by individuals and businesses in the design community.

The coming together and collaboration of a variety of different design practices to advocate for creative disciplines as a whole is the foundation of MADE. This is why the theme for EDW 2023 is MELD – the blending of elements into a cohesive whole. In this way, Design Week can create opportunities for new ideas and creativity between different design disciplines that normally may not interact. By creating more meaningful connections between designers, the City of Edmonton will benefit as a whole.

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