TIME: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Eladia Smoke is Anishinaabekwe from Obishikokaang | Lac Seul First Nation, with family roots in Alderville First Nation, Winnipeg, and Toronto.
Eladia has worked in architecture since 2002, and founded Smoke Architecture as principal architect in 2014. She is a Master Lecturer at Laurentian’s McEwen School of Architecture. Her career includes principal architect with Architecture 49, Thunder Bay, and architect with Prairie Architects, Winnipeg. Eladia has served on the RAIC’s Indigenous Task Force since its inception, 2015.
Current professional work includes community centre, office, and multi-family residential projects, working with First Nation clients. Past professional projects include the Aboriginal People’s Television Network studios, Migiizi Agamik Aboriginal Student Centre at University of Manitoba, and Makoonsag Intergenerational Learning Centre; completed in Winnipeg with Prairie Architects.
Eladia served as a committee and council member with Manitoba Association of Architects from 2011-2014. Eladia also served as a board member of Urban Shaman Gallery of Contemporary Aboriginal Art from 2010 2014, and participated in the first all-Aboriginal showcase of architecture there in 2014: Maandaw ‘Igaan Mazinibii’igan.
This lecture is co-hosted by the Department of Architectural Science (DAS) and Building Equity in Architecture Toronto (BEAT).
No registration is required for this event.
This Lecture is Sponsored by:
Building Equity in Architecture Toronto
Esri Canada
Diamond Schmitt Architects
Thames Valley Brick & Tile
Ontario Association of Architects