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OAA Continuing Education Webinar Series

Sessions in the OAA Continuing Education Webinar Series Open for Registration

The OAA's Continuing Education Webinar series is live and offered weeklysessions usually run on Thursdays from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm with closed-captioning.


More Webinars coming soon!

The series includes:

October 17, 2024
The Narrative Blueprint: High Impact Storytelling for Architects

October 31, 2024
Practically Magic: Practical applications for AI in Architecture and Construction

November 14, 2024
Carbon and Net Zero in the Low Rise Residential Sector   [Climate Action Education]

November 21, 2024
Design Buildings to Provide Ecosystem Services like Trees    [Climate Action Education]

November 28, 2024
A Specification Based Approach to Embodied Carbon – Discoveries, Challenges, and Opportunities    [Climate Action Education]


December 12, 2024
Commissioning 101- An Introduction for Architects

December 5, 2024
IFT, that’s it!!! Except for Addendums!

January 9, 2025
Designing Futures: Biophilic Architecture and Sustainable Well-being in Educational Spaces  [Climate Action Education]


January 16, 2025
Massive Passive: Innovations in Affordable Housing through Mass Timber Passive House Construction  [Climate Action Education]

January 21, 2025
Effective Project Planning for Tall Timber Residential Buildings 


March 13, 2025
Understanding your rights and obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act


If you have any questions or concerns, contact OAA Continuing Education at OAAcontinuingeducation@oaa.on.ca.


Attendance Policy:
Members are required to attend at least 80% of a webinar in order to qualify for Continuing Education learning hours.

Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations must be made at least 48 hours prior to the webinar in order to receive a refund. Webinar fees are not refunded if the cancellation is received after the deadline or if you are unable to attend.

2024 Series (Archive)

January 11, 2024
Building Blocks of Innovation: An Introduction to Generative AI for Architects

January 25, 2024
Understanding your Role as a Licensed Professional

February 1, 2024
"The Project": Project Management and Operational Management in The Design Endeavour

February 8, 2024
Calculate your Project’s Embedded Carbon in Part 9 Construction with the Material Carbon Emissions Estimator (MCE2)   [Climate Action Education]

February 15, 2024
Fabrication Design & Constructability for Mass Timber Structures

February 22, 2024
Condos, Architects, and Tarion’s New Home Warranty

February 29, 2024
Healthy Interior Design: Lessons Learned from a Pandemic

March 14, 2024
Building the Business Case to Build Sustainably  [Climate Action Education]

March 21, 2024
Build Climate Smart – Preparing Canada’s Built Environment for Climate Change  [Climate Action Education]

March 28, 2024
Embracing Digitization and AI in Architecture

April 4, 2024
Architects and Prompt Payment (Under the Ontario Construction Act): How Does This Affect Your Practice?

April 11, 2024
Architects and Adjudication (Under the Ontario Construction Act): How Does This Affect Your Practice?

April 18, 2024
Building Reuse, Embodied Carbon & Climate Action  [Climate Action Education]

April 25, 2024
The Franklin Flats Story: Innovative, Low-Carbon Strategies for Affordable Housing  [Climate Action Education]

May 2, 2024
ISO 19650 for Architectural Companies

May 9, 2024
Addressing Load Management Challenges for the “New Load” Profiles of Energy Efficient Homes  [Climate Action Education]

May 16, 2024
Communicating the Value of Design in Architecture

May 30, 2024
The Role of CSA/ASC B651:23 Standard in Building a Barrier Free Canada

June 3, 2024
Understanding the OAA’s Continuing Education Program

June 6, 2024
Embodied Carbon: What is it and How can Architects Reduce it?  [Climate Action Education]

June 13, 2024
Simplified & Sustainable Acoustic Solutions for Mass Timber Buildings [Climate Action Education]


June 20, 2024
Making Succession Work for Your Firm


September 12, 2024
Barrier-free, Accessible or Inclusive Design? Become a Design-for-All Ally

September 19, 2024
Usage of AI and IR Imaging in Energy Efficient Retrofits

September 26, 2024
Navigating Ontario's New 2024 Building Code

October 3, 2024
Electronic Document Authentication Requirements: What you Need to Know & How it Works

October 10, 2024
Access to CSA Modular Construction Standards

2023 Webinar Series


Jan 12, 2023
Parametric Energy Modelling – Empowering Design Decisions  [Climate Action Education]

Jan 19, 2023
Lessons Learned from Mass Timber Rapid Housing Projects

Jan 26, 2023
OAA Licensed Members, Copyrights and Moral Rights: In Practice and Practical Solutions

Feb 09, 2023
Designing Climate-Sensitive Public Spaces for All [Climate Action Education]

Feb 16, 2023
Design in an Uncertain Climate [Climate Action Education]

Feb 23, 2023
Understanding Your Role as a Licensed Professional

Mar 09, 2023
10 Important Features of a Wind-Resilient Building  [Climate Action Education]

Mar 14, 2023
OAA Contract Suite – 2021: Overview of the Updated Contracts for Architects and Lic. Tech. OAA

Mar 21, 2023
OAA Contract Suite – 2021: The New OAA 600 (Long form)

Mar 28, 2023
OAA Contract Suite – 2021: The new OAA 800-2021 (Short Form)

Apr 04, 2023
OAA Contract Suite – 2021: The new OAA 900 (Subconsultant Agreement)

Apr 13, 2023
Understanding Risk - A pathway to resilience  [Climate Action Education]

Apr 20, 2023
Regenerative Design Process in Addressing Climate Emergency  [Climate Action Education]

Apr 25, 2023
Mass Timber Construction at CNL: Environmental Impact Study


May 04, 2023

Cx 201 – What are the biggest challenges in commissioning?


May 11, 2023

Introduction to GBI & Green Globes for New Construction  [Climate Action Education]

May 25, 2023
Intro to Passive House Standard and Passive House Canada  [Climate Action Education]

September 7, 2023
Achieving Climate Goals through Adaptive Reuse and Retrofit  [Climate Action Education]

September 14, 2023
CSA Access Program 101: How to Access and Use the Free Program for OAA Architects

September 28, 2023
TEUI 2.0 - An OAA effort to bring clarity to energy and carbon metrics [Climate Action Education]

October 5, 2023
Designing a Net-zero Carbon School in Northern Ontario 


October 12, 2023
Meeting the Acoustic Requirements and Recommendations of the Ontario Building Code

October 19, 2023
Electronic Document Authentication: What you Need to Know & Requirements

November 2, 2023
Best Practices in Rooftop Safety

November 9, 2023
Copyrights and Moral Rights: In Practice and Practical Solutions

November 16, 2023
Carbon as Currency – A climate lens on design decisions  [Climate Action Education]

November 23, 2023
First Principles to Deep Energy Retrofits in Heritage Buildings  [Climate Action Education]

November 30, 2023
Renewing Low-rise Community Housing Towards Zero Carbon  [Climate Action Education]

December 7, 2023
The New Construction Act. What Architects Need to Know

2022 Webinar Series

Jan 06, 2022
EDI - Human Rights in the Workplace

Jan 13, 2022
Overcoming Common Legal Risks and Disputes in using BIM

Jan 20, 2022
EDI - The Business Case for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Jan 27, 2022
Communicating Your Value as an Architect

Feb 03, 2022
EDI - Understanding and Minimizing Unconscious Bias in the Hiring Process

Feb 10, 2022
Ontario’s New Excess Soils Legislation

Feb 15, 2022
EDI - Human Rights in the Workplace

Feb 24, 2022
Understanding Your Role as a Licensed Professional

Mar 01, 2022
EDI - The Business Case for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 

Mar 10, 2022
The New Construction Act. What Architects Need to Know!

Mar 15, 2022
EDI - Understanding and Minimizing Unconscious Bias in the Hiring Process

Mar 31, 2022
EDI - Human Rights in the Workplace

Apr 14, 2022
EDI - The Business Case for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 

Apr 28, 2022
EDI - Understanding and Minimizing Unconscious Bias in the Hiring Process

May 19, 2022
EDI - Human Rights in the Workplace

May 24, 2022
EDI - The Business Case for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Jun 02, 2022
First Principles to Deep Energy Retrofits in Heritage Bldg

Jun 07, 2022
EDI - Human Rights in the Workplace

Jun 16, 2022
EDI - Understanding and Minimizing Unconscious Bias in the Hiring Process

Jun 21, 2022
EDI - The Business Case for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Jul 12, 2022
EDI - Understanding and Minimizing Unconscious Bias in the Hiring Process

Jul 28, 2022
EDI - Human Rights in the Workplace

Aug 18, 2022
EDI - The Business Case for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Sep 15, 2022
CSA Group and Standardization in Modular Construction

Sep 20, 2022
Key Performance Indicators for Low Carbon Buildings


Sep 29, 2022
Part 1: Getting Ready for Encapsulated Mass Timber Constr.

Oct 06, 2022
OAA Contract Suite – 2021: Overview of the Updated Contracts for Architects and Lic. Tech. OAA 

Oct 13, 2022
Climate Change and Deep Energy Retrofits for MURBs

Oct 20, 2022
OAA Contract Suite – 2021: The New OAA 600 (Long form)

Oct 27, 2022
OAA Contract Suite – 2021: The new OAA 800-2021 (Short Form)

Nov 03, 2022
The Mechanics of Commissioning

Nov 17, 2022
Alternative Solutions  [Climate Action Education]

Nov 22, 2022
Why Diamond Schmitt Architects leverages BIM

Nov 29, 2022
OAA Contract Suite – 2021: The new OAA 900 (Subconsultant Agreement)

Dec 01, 2022
Intro to Passive House Standard and Passive House Canada  [Climate Action Education]

Dec 08, 2022
Part 2: Getting Ready for Encapsulated Mass Timber Constr. 

2021 Webinar Series


January 14, 2021
Managing Finances During Uncertain Times

January 28, 2021
Maintaining Sustainability and Growing your Firm

February 11, 2021
Understanding your Role as a Licensed Professional


February 25, 2021
Best Practices for Contract Administration and Adjudication

March 11, 2021
Building Strategic Resilience in Succession

March 25, 2021
2020 and 2022 Low-Rise Code Changes

April 8, 2021
Demystifying Tall Wood Buildings

April 22, 2021
Mastering the Graceful Exit: Leadership Continuity

June 3, 2021
First Principles to Deep Energy Retrofits in Old Buildings

June 17, 2021
An Indigenous Lens

July 8, 2021
Step-by-step Wiidosendiwag: Imbedding Indigenous Perspectives

July 22, 2021
Terminology Tips to Respectfully Engage with Indigenous People

Sep 16, 2021
Overcoming Common Legal Risks and Disputes in using BIM

Sep 23, 2021
EDI - Human Rights in the Workplace

Sep 30, 2021
2020/2022 Low-Rise Code Changes 

Oct 7, 2021
EDI - The Business Case for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Oct 14, 2021
Practice Management: Operational Systems – Finance 

Oct 21, 2021
EDI - Understanding and Minimizing Unconscious Bias in the Hiring Process

Oct 28, 2021
Best Practices for Contract Administration and Adjudication

Nov 4, 2021
EDI - Human Rights in the Workplace
 
Nov 18, 2021
EDI - The Business Case for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Nov 25, 2021
Prefabrication: Mass Timber Design Considerations 

Dec 2, 2021
Regulatory Requirements. Pro-Demnity Insurance 

Dec 9, 2021
EDI - Understanding and Minimizing Unconscious Bias in the Hiring Process

Dec 16, 2021
A Guide to Mid-Rise Wood Construction in Canada


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