Time 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM ET
Program Description
The RAIC’s Annual Conference on Architecture is an important gathering for the profession in Canada. As the state of our day-to-day lives continues to shift and we adapt to new realities, the RAIC’s commitment to supporting the practice remains a top priority. The RAIC has therefore transitioned its annual conference to a virtual platform. Join your colleagues and peers in a virtual learning and networking experience. The RAIC Virtual Conference on Architecture brings together professionals at every stage in their career to learn, explore, and discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the practice.
The virtual program offers eighteen hours of structured learning in a flexible format, including a live broadcast on June 4, 2020 with six sessions, and access to twelve additional on-demand sessions. Participants will learn from industry-leading experts through educational sessions on a diverse range of topics.
Broadcast Sessions
1. Canadian Architecture Forums on Education: Toward an Architecture Policy for Canada
Time 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
This session will share outcomes of a year-long consultation process involving students and professors from all 12 Canadian schools of architecture. Beginning in Fall 2019, a series of forums were held to gauge and debate aspirations and concerns of the next generation of design professionals...read more.
Speaker(s)
Lisa Landrum, B.Arch, M.Arch2, PhD, MAA, AIA, FRAIC
Associate Professor, Associate Dean, University of Manitoba
Anne Bordeleau, B.Arch, M.Arch2, PhD, Resigtered Quebec
Associate Professor and O'Donovan Director, School of Architecture, University of Waterloo
2. Architecture, Anthropology and Social Acceptance: Design that Created Zones of Acceptance in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Time 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
This presentation documents a series of community-based design initiatives dating from 2001 to the present day, spear-headed by the Portland Hotel Community Services Society, that deliver a comprehensive response to the needs of individuals living on the margins in Vancouver with multiple barriers to their psycho-social well-being...read more.
Speaker(s)
Sean McEwen, Architect aibc fraic
Architect, S.R. McEwen Architect
Dan Small, PhD, MPhil. Cantab., BA Soc/Anth Hon, BA Psych. Hon
Medical Anthropologist, University of British Columbia
3. Housing Academic Communities – Designing Exceptional Environments for Student Living
Time 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
Student housing has the ability to impact academic performance and influence future success. Learn how student residence design is responding to economic and cultural change to create inspiring environments that foster a sense of community and fellowship...read more.
Speaker(s)
Ana Maria Llanos, M. Arch. Architect AIBC OAA RAIC LEED AP
Principal, Diamond Schmitt Architects
Gary Watson, B.Tech.Arch BEDS M.Arch, OAA, MRAIC
Senior Associate, Diamond Schmitt Architects
4. Avoiding Burn Out
Time 2:00 PM– 3:00 PM EDT
For many of those in the architectural profession, long hours and build up of stress is an accepted reality. Owners of firms, along with their employees, can feel overwhelmed by the shear number of tasks and concerns which must be juggled on any given day - from financial concerns relating to running a practice to general project issues...read more.
Speaker(s)
Ksenia Eic, MRAIC
Managing Associate, Taylor Architecture Group
RAIC EP Committee Member
5. Canada Declares - How Canadian Architects can begin to address the challenge of halving our annual emissions by 2030.
Time 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
The challenge we face is overwhelming and complex. Our industry's emissions currently account for 40% of total global annual emissions. Of that, only roughly 20% is attributable to a building's operational energy. The much larger 80% is attributable to embodied energy. This is contrary to previous understanding and something I believe we are only beginning to fully comprehend...read more.
Speaker(s)
Kelly Alvarez Doran, M.Arch, OAA
Senior Principal, MASS Design Group
Anthony Pak, P.Eng., MSc.
Principal, Priopta
6. Rise for Architecture
Time 7:00 PM- 8:00 PM
This presentation and discussion will discuss a current collaborative initiative of the Canadian Architectural Licensing Authorities (CALA), the Canadian Council of University Schools of Architecture (CCUSA) and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) focused on the development and implementation of an Architecture Policy for Canada...read more.
Speaker(s)
Darryl Condon, Architect, AIBC, AAA, SAA, OAA, NLAA, AIA, FRAIC, LEED AP
Managing Principal, HCMA Architecture + Design
Lisa Landrum, B.Arch, M.Arch2, PhD, MAA, AIA, FRAIC
Associate Professor, Associate Dean, University of Manitoba
Registration Fee
RAIC Member $225
Non-Member $285
RAIC Intern Member $149
Intern Non-Member $185
RAIC Student Member $99
Student Non-Member $125
Retired Member $149
Retired Non-Member $185
** Registration will be closed on June 3 at 11:59 PM. **
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