The OAA 2023 Conference takes place in Sudbury from June 21 to 23. Planning is underway for this bespoke event, which will feature special Continuing Education opportunities, unique localized learning and social events, as well as the celebration of the SHIFT2023: Health & Architecture Challenge. More information, including a call for speakers, will be shared in the weeks to come.
The 2023 Conference explores Designing for Dignity:
Ontario’s architecture profession has the skills, education, and perspective to shape the built environments in which we all live and thrive, and this extends beyond cities and suburbs. For the first time, the OAA is holding its annual conference at the gateway to Northern Ontario—a place of resource extraction and regeneration, of remoteness and richness, of communities and challenges. The setting prompts us to have new conversations as well as to learn from and collaborate with local communities about the role the profession must play in supporting dignity for all.
This Conference will acknowledge those who call Sudbury home, from diverse Indigenous groups and Franco-Ontarians to urbanites, students, and those living in isolated areas. Throughout the province and around the world, it will explore how the architecture profession can better accommodate human needs by listening to local communities. It examines the imperative of respecting the land and planning for several generations... while also considering the need for safe housing, healthy spaces, and inspiring projects here and now.