With social distancing and lockdown orders underway, media outlets, and urban scholars have sounded alarms for the end of the city. They are concerned that such restrictive measures will blunt the...
Conscious Cities Festival 2020 invites leading practitioners, activists, scientists and the general public from around the globe to explore the dialogue between people and place. Between October...
Co-moderated by: Kaari Kitawi We are shaped by our context and histories. However, we also and critically shape our context and history to influence the future. While this appears so obvious, it took...
‘Emotional/Identity Tax’ is used to describe the experience of many historically marginalized professionals in Canada who report being treated differently, subject to additional responsibilities, and...
‘Ideas Forum: Community Care’ features five fast-paced and fun presentations (20 slides shown for 20 seconds each) exploring the themes and questions from DesignTO’s thematic exhibition on care in...
Design through and Indigenous Lens explores the ways in which we, as Indigenous Peoples, approach the world We will be discussing how to improve the process of design and architecture...
Arctic Architecture Transitioning from Traditional Buildings to Contemporary Structures and Some of the Resulting Problems Unique to Arctic Architecture Harriet Burdett-Moulton NWTAA, FRAIC, Ph. D...
The Daniels Faculty at the University of Toronto and Black Students in Design (BSD) are launching a 10-week mentorship program called Building Black Success through Design (BBSD). BBSD is a free...
In Conversation with Black Students in Design: Building Black Spaces brings together leading scholars Rashad Shabazz, Dr. Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall, and Rinaldo Walcott to discuss the role of...
Significant development partnerships with Indigenous stakeholders are poised to transform the landscape in major Canadian cities. Join ULI British Columbia, Alberta and Toronto as we explore this...