The Government of Canada has launched an Engagement Paper on Canada’s first National Infrastructure Assessment: “Building the Canada We Want in 2050.” It sets out the purpose and benefits of undertaking a National Infrastructure Assessment and seeks input from the public, Indigenous peoples, provinces, territories, municipalities, and stakeholders on three main priorities of the assessment:

1] Assessing Canada’s infrastructure needs and establishing a long-term vision;

2] Improving coordination among infrastructure owners and funders; and

3] Determining the best ways to fund and finance infrastructure.

The National Infrastructure Assessment, once in place, will help identify Canada’s evolving needs and priorities in the built environment and undertake evidence-based long-term planning toward a net-zero emissions future.

We want to hear from you to inform our response.

Please provide your feedback by May 31, 20215:00pm PST.

• The RAIC Promoting Equity and Justice Advisory Committee held its first meeting in April and is beginning work on the Taking Action Plan for the organization. 
• The RAIC meets regularly with a National Urbanism coalition, which are currently planning joint activities for National Indigenous History month 

 Learn more and apply before May 22, 2021.

New COVID-19 Resources 

The Canadian government continues to consider COVID-19 a serious health threat, with the risk to Canadians considered high.  The RAIC continues to prioritize the health, safety, and well-being of the RAIC community. We strive to share credible information on COVID-19 with our community and has engaged with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to share high quality information with our community. Links in this section of resources have been collected in collaboration with the PHAC.  

COVID-19 Vaccines: 

• NACI: Recommendations on the use of COVID-19 Vaccines
• Reported side effects following COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
• COVID-19 vaccination in Canada: Vaccines administered
• COVID-19 vaccination in Canada: Vaccination coverage
• Vaccines for COVID-19: How to get vaccinated or register 
• Vaccines for COVID-19: Shipments and deliveries
• Vaccines for COVID-19: What to expect at your vaccination

General information: 

• Current situation (map of total cases, active cases and recovered cases)
• Vaccines for children: Deciding to vaccinate
• Vaccination for adults

Recalls and Safety Alerts: 

• Health Canada provides update on the AstraZeneca and COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccines 

 Awareness resources 

• For travellers with COVID-19 symptoms returning to Canada by air
• For travellers without symptoms of COVID-19 returning to Canada by air
• For travellers with COVID-19 symptoms returning to Canada by land or water
• For travellers without symptoms of COVID-19 returning to Canada by land or water
• Going out safely during COVID-19

Also available, updated COVID-19 Standardized Protocols for all Canadian Construction Sites- now available from the Canadian Construction Association 

Fueled by the desire to strengthen the presence of books on architecture for young readers in their local public library, the RAIC Halifax network is proud to partner with Halifax Public Libraries to envision a book sponsorship project. This collaboration aims to build a comprehensive collection about architecture, specifically targeted towards children, adolescents, and teens.  

Books are, above all, a vehicle for meaning and values, a medium for knowledge and imagination.  
-Rosi and Evans, 2005  

Get involved!  

You can support this program and help build this collection by sponsoring one or more books.  Each book sponsorship is $25 and includes a personalized bookplate.    
To acknowledge and recognize sponsorship, all contributors will have the option for an individual or firm name added as a bookplate (decorative label in the front page of the book).  

The RAIC is thrilled to provide a new practice resource, CHOP: Introduction to the 3rd Edition, as a free webinar for RAIC members. This on-demand webinar covers the following topics:

• Creating the CHOP 3rd edition
• Changes from the CHOP 2nd edition
• Overview of Chapters, Part 1 to 6

Join the latest conversations on RAIC Connects:

RAIC Member Community

• Climate Action Series – Podcast Reflections 

  What characteristics of a 'business as usual' mindset hold us back  from responding to the climate emergency? 
  

  What lessons from our history could guide us in shifting our mindset, mobilizing, and taking action? 

Climate Action Community

• What’s Your Frame for Taking Action?
• Taking Action: Seth Klein’s A Good War Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency

Join one or all of the RAIC 2021 Virtual Conference special events! 

EP Mix and Mingle with the President – June 3  

We invite all students, interns, and other emerging practitioners to join us June 3, 2021, for a Mix and Mingle with President John Brown FRAIC. Also joining us for the event are Canadian Architecture Student Association (CASA) President Madsen Canitz and Vice President Fiona Hamilton. Bring your questions, meet new people, and learn more about the RAIC and CASA.   

This event is sponsored by the Alberta Regional Council of Carpenters and Allied Workers.

  
RAIC and CCA Special Event – June 10 

Designing intimacy, now?    

A conversation with the Canadian Centre for Architecture around ongoing research into contemporary social and demographic changes, and what they might mean for architecture. In a moment of cultural tension between desires for social connection and desires for more security, what urban and architectural responses do we see? 

Celebrate our Community 

• RAIC Awards Celebration – June 3 

Join the RAIC as we celebrate our 2021 awards winners! Throughout the evening, hear from the  teams behind the awarded projects and celebrate excellence in Canadian architecture.  

This event is sponsored by GlasCurtain inc.

• RAIC College of Fellows and RAIC Syllabus Graduates Celebration – June 17 

Join us for the 2020 and 2021 College of Fellows and RAIC Syllabus Virtual Celebration!  

The College of Fellows formally recognizes members and distinguished laypersons who have  made outstanding contributions to the profession.  

Fellowship in the RAIC is an honour conferred on members singled out for their contribution to research, scholarship, public service or professional standing to the good of architecture in  Canada, or elsewhere. The 2020 and 2021 Fellows will be invited to attend the investiture and  induction ceremony at the next (in-person) RAIC Conference. 

Closing Event Hosted by CORE – June 29 

Towards A Climate Action Plan  

Join members of the RAIC’s Committee on Regenerative Environments (CORE) and special  guests as they discuss their work since the passing of the RAIC Resolution for Urgent and  Sustained Action on Climate and Ecological Health, at the 2019 Conference—and on the  inaugural RAIC Congress on Architecture: Climate Action and Architecture in Canada, coming  October 4, 2021. 

*All events are free and everyone is welcome. Pre-registration is required (select the free conference preview pass if only registering for the above events. 

The RAIC welcomes everyone to the organization. We are committed to equity and justice as well as inclusion across race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability and age.