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Promoting Diversity & Inclusio...

Recent surveys have noted a drop in the percentage of women who study architecture versus those who are in practice - a number that goes down even further when you look at the number of firm partners...

Conversations without Bias

As an architect I have come across many different client types over years and yet it is with my work with BEAT that has brought my attention to the importance of why as architects we need to be as...

Inclusivity and Diversity in A...

As a principal in a firm that works primarily on smaller projects, I’ve come to recognize the importance of developing a strong team with a wide range of professional, educational, and personal...

Architect, Who Happens to be a...

After graduating from university in 1979, I travelled across the country. In Vancouver, I needed to find a job. I had seen a building on the cover of Canadian Architect and it spoke to me, so I...

Promouvoir la diversité et l’i...

Tous les jours, je me bats contre les idées préconçues que les gens ont envers moi (je sais que je ne suis pas la seule!)...  Particulièrement sur les chantiers de construction, mais également...

TSA at Pride!

Held yearly since 1981, Toronto’s Pride parade was born as a march seeking to give a voice to the LGBTQ2 community in its fight for equal rights and the end of discrimination. Today, Pride has...

Advocating for Architecture in...

Due to its intense and lengthy post-secondary academic requirements, the profession of architecture is often perceived as “exclusive” … and sometimes even...

Towards an Empathetic Architec...

What I find amazing about architecture is its innate ability to crystallize, in built form, the intangible ideals of an entire society. It can encapsulate constructed sociocultural narratives that...