Credentials: Dean, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape

John Brown, PhD is Dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at the University of Calgary. He is a registered architect and founding partner of the residential design/build company Housebrand and more recently, Garden Loft, a start-up venture delivering new forms of prefabricated supportive housing. John is a past president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada is currently serving as the Senior Vice-President of the Commonwealth Association of Architects.

Managing Principal

Darryl Condon is interested in design that acts as a catalyst for positive social change. As Managing Principal at hcma architecture + design, he has helped create engaging public spaces across Canada for more than 35 years.

In 2025, Darryl completed a Doctorate of Design from the University of Calgary, where he researched and developed an advanced practice model to maximize public benefit from community facilities.

Darryl is a registered Architect, a LEED-Accredited Professional, and a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). He is a Past-President of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC), and has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture since 2014.

Chair, RAIC Centre for Architecture
Athabasca University

Dr. Henry Tsang (Ph.D, Architect, AAA, FRAIC, RHFAC, LEED GA, WELL AP) is the Chair of the RAIC Centre for Architecture at Athabasca University and the Principal of Henry Tsang Architect. His design, teaching and research work explores the intersections between IDEA (inclusion / diversity / equity / accessibility), sustainability, health, and culture in the built environment. Tsang is an RAIC Fellow and an appointed RAIC Advisor to Professional Practice. In 2024-2025, he was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Tokyo in Japan.

Principal Architect, Senior Planner, and Development Consultant
RJH Architecture + Planning

Rosaline Hill (OAA, RPP, MRAIC, MCIP, OPPI) is a registered professional planner and award-winning architect, named “Designer of the Year” at the 2021 GOHBA Awards. Principal of RJH Architecture + Planning, she specializes in residential infill and missing middle housing in Ottawa. Rosaline has consulted for the City of Ottawa on R4 zoning and is the founder of Walkable Ottawa and Ottawa Cohousing, advancing walkability and collaborative housing models in urban neighborhoods.

Principal
Teeple Architects Inc.

Wes Wilson, Principal at Teeple Architects, combines strategic creativity, technical expertise, and international experience in civic and institutional design. A University of Waterloo graduate, he has led major projects across Canada, including the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre, UBCO’s Nechako Housing Commons, Langara College’s Science & Technology Building, and several libraries. Wes views architecture as a public act, balancing ambition with empathy and civic value, and his collaborative approach delivers thoughtful, enduring results.

Principal
Teeple Architects Inc.

Avery Guthrie holds graduate degrees in architecture and history from the University of Toronto. Since joining Teeple Architects in 2011, she has led major post-secondary and community facility projects with a focus on planning and design. Committed to respectful collaboration with clients, stakeholders, and teams, Avery has been based in Vancouver since 2017, where she serves as the firm’s practice lead for Western Canada and the United States.

Project Manager (Architect)
ERA Architects

Kurt Kraler is a registered Architect (OAA) and project manager at ERA Architects. His work includes a wide variety of projects from hospitality to private residential to institutional. He specializes in the design of new construction for heritage contexts. Kurt is also the co-editor of “The Signs That Define Toronto”, an award-winning book that explores the history, culture, and stories behind some of the city’s most distinctive signs.

Heritage Consultant
Self-employed

John is a civic historian, heritage consultant, author and walking tour guide who brings an insight of urban planning and development, a love of architecture, and the fascination of the curious to his work. He is currently a vice president of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC and the former chair of the City’s Civic Assets Naming Committee. Johns recent projects include guiding the restoration of two locally prominent neon signs.

Principal/Architect
Merrick Architecture

Gregory Borowski is a Principal at Merrick Architecture. His architectural vision is steeped in his unusual life experience. Born in England, as a child his father took him to see many significant contemporary buildings in Europe. These impressions have remained in his mind, alongside a deep feeling for the organic qualities of European townscape. An interest in the poetic potential of contemporary architecture, and a wish to embrace outdoor space have subsequently informed his work.

Managing Associate
Merrick Architecture

Mark Zaitsoff is a Managing Associate at Merrick Architecture. He has been working in the architectural field since the completion of his schooling in 2003. Mark was an early adopter of the LEED Green Building Rating system becoming a LEED Accredited Professional in 2005. He has worked on a variety of LEED Certified Projects as well as on the documentation team for the Platinum Certified LEED ND, Vancouver Olympic Village and continues placing an emphasis on sustainable design on every project he works on. Mark has been working in Merrick Architecture’s Vancouver studio since 2007.

Western Canada Technical Representative
Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute

Ray (P. Eng.) is the staff liaison for CPCI Western Chapters (BC, AB, and MB/SK) and CPCI's Sustainability, Safety, and Productivity committee. He oversees technical inquiries, provincial codes and standards, and industry education in Western Canada. Ray also leads CPCI's efforts related to net-zero and life cycle assessments.

Principal - Structural Engineer
Grubb Engineering

Kelly (OAA, RPP, MRAIC, MCIP, OPPI) is the founder and principal structural engineer of Grubb Engineering. He has over 30 years of experience in structural design utilizing all major engineering materials. His team over the past decade has been heavily involved within the precast concrete industry including plant engineering support, precast component design, modelling with BIM, and structural design of numerous precast buildings throughout western Canada.

Partner Architect
Neuf Architects

As a partner architect at NEUF, Hugo Gagnon (OAQ, OAA, AAA, MRAIC, PHC) directs a practice dedicated to advancing the ecological transition of the built environment. As founder of NEUF’s Sustainable Strategies department, he specializes in collective housing, educational institutions, and sustainable master plans, as well as leading transdisciplinary teams and action-research initiatives with academia and industry. Guided by a user-centered and collaborative approach, Hugo combines technical expertise withe collective intelligence to deliver context-sensitive projects rooted in innovation.

Partner
Moriyama Teshima Architects

Brian Rudy (B.E.S., B.Arch), FRAIC, OAA, NSAA, NLAA, AAA, AIBC Partner, Moriyama Teshima Architects  Brian Rudy has led the design of major civic and cultural projects including the Canadian War Museum, Aga Khan Museum, and Etihad Museum. His work champions innovation, sustainability, and architecture’s civic purpose—rooted in a deep concern for memory, meaning, and the public experience of place. He played a central role in the 2024 Ontario Science Centre closure debate, leading media and public.

Editor, Canadian Architect
Canadian Architect

Elsa Lam (FRAIC, Hon. OAA, PhD) is the editor of Canadian Architect magazine. Lam played a key role in advocating against the closure of the Ontario Science Centre. Her research and analyses were widely cited in the mainstream media, as well as in the Ontario Legislature and at Toronto City Council hearings. She became a prominent spokesperson for the topic, with interviews across many print, radio, and television news outlets.

Chair Emeritus

Silvio Baldassarra, OAA, FRAIC, is an Architect with over 52 years of experience in design, management and delivery of some of Canada’s important buildings such as the Toronto Union Station, Toronto Sky Dome, Calgary Courts Centre, Ontario Court of Justice, 180 Wellington, The Canadian Plaza at the Peace and many other that have made a meaningful contribution to the pursuit of design excellence in the built environment and the future of architecture.

Today Silvio holds positions of NORR Chair Emeritus, RAIC Chair Advisors to Professional Practice ( RAPP ), President of Architettura and Design ICFF, and past founder and host of NORR ed.

Silvio believes that we as Architects never stop learning, informed from the past, the present an projecting into the future. He also believes that there is no distinction between Architecture and Engineering that it is one and that Architecture cannot exist on its own. That comes from lessons he discovered on Sky Dome, the worlds first retractable roof and carried throughout all of the projects including the Canadian Plaza at the Peace Bridge. That is why he founded NORRed and hosted it for 18 years as an education series available worldwide and is why today Silvio continues his passion for architecture/engineering education to audiences through the RAIC and ICFF.

Silvio has been recognized in multiple design and industry awards while at NORR and he personally was recognized as a Fellow of the RAIC 2010, Ontario Renew Award 1986, ASTM Sky Dome Award 1990, Premio Laziale dell’anno, Lazio Federation of Ontario 2017, Ordine Al Merito, Congress of Italian Canadians 2019 and King Charles III Coronation Medal 2024.

Owner/Principal Architect

A dynamic, collaborative architect licensed in Ontario and California, astute project manager and effective educator, I specialize in designing culturally-significant projects including hotels, museums, performing arts centres and transit hubs. Having emerged from the trades as a cabinetmaker and set carpenter prior to running my own practice, and also having worked on the owner’s side for a large public school board procuring capital projects, I have unique insight on the challenges of crafting balanced and fair contracts in the construction industry, and bring this expertise to the RAIC’s Professional Practice Working Group.

I have co-instructed the Ontario Association of Architects’ Admissions Course and have taught Architectural Technology courses at Centennial College while mentoring many students along the way. I have co-authored a chapter on Mentorship and Career Transitions for the latest CHOP, and presented an RAIC CHOP-CHAT session on the topic this past September.

Giving back to the profession, I was a Director with the Canadian Architectural Certification Board and was a founding Director with the AIA Canada Society. I am honoured to currently serve on Accessibility Standards Canada’s Built Environment Committee and Emergency Egress Technical Committee.

Vice President and Regional Business Leader

Elisa is a Vice President and the Regional Business Leader for Buildings for Canada West at Stantec. Her role combines active senior team leadership and management of significant projects, particularly of large-scale alternate delivery scope. She liaises with Stantec operations, discipline, and sectors leaders in Western Canada and across North America to optimize staff utilization, cross marketing opportunities, financial performance, and client service as well as project pursuit and execution.

Elisa is passionate about creating livable, sustainable cities. She is committed to building strong client relationships and is an advocate for collaborative and integrated project delivery having lead teams on multiple design-builds and IPDs, acting on behalf of clients or on the project delivery team. She prides herself on her strong communication skills, ability to drive projects forward and motivate teams.

Elisa is an active advocate for architecture and engineering consulting services and has served on many professional and industry committees. She is current Chair and RAIC representative on CCDC. She is a Fellow of the RAIC and is a licensed Architect in several jurisdictions in Canada.

When she’s not riding her horse, you’re likely to find Elisa skiing, sailing, or digging in her flower garden.

Managing Partner
Glaholt Bowles LLP

Andrea Lee is the managing partner of Glaholt Bowles LLP and is certified as a Specialist in Construction Law by the Law Society of Ontario. Andrea is also a Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. Andrea obtained her B.Arch. in 2002 and her LL.B. in 2005 and has practiced exclusively in construction law since. She regularly advises clients on construction contracts and design services agreements and assists her clients with all forms of dispute resolution involving complex claims. More about Andrea can be found here.

Research Director
Entro

Vedran (PhD, Cognitive Neuroscience University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON) leads Entro’s research and development department. His  work sits at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and environmental design. Vedran explores how environments shape thought, emotion, and behavior, with expertise spanning visual complexity, biophilic design, and emerging technologies.  Vedran has presented internationally at AIA, ANFA, EDRA, the Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, and Intelligent Buildings International. He holds a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience.

Design Principal and Founder, Professor of Practice
AK_A/FLDWRK / McGill University School of Architecture

Andrew King (FRAIC Prix de Rome, Professor of Practice) is a recognized design practitioner, a Prix de Rome, four Canadian Architect Awards and two AIA Progressive Architecture (P/A) Awards recipient. King is Professor in Practice at McGill University and has taught, lectured and exhibited internationally. King leads AKAFLDWRK, working with inclusionary public space, under-represented communities and cultural identity. He was named one of Canada’s design leaders by The Globe and Mail and is responsible for the some of Canada’s most influential projects.

Credentials: PhD, Architect AIBC, NWTAA, FRAIC, LEED AP

Sim’oogit Saa-Bax, Dr. Patrick Reid Stewart, is a hereditary chief of Wilp Daxaan Nisga’a, Village of Gingolx. He is the principal of Patrick R. Stewart Architect and an adjunct professor at the McEwen School of Architecture.

He serves as the Board Member for BC/Yukon of the RAIC and Co-Chair of the RAIC Governance Committee, a member of the Finance and Audit Committee, Chair of the Indigenous Task Force, and Co-Chair of the Truth & Reconciliation Task Force for the RAIC. He is also Co-Director of the Indigenous Peoples Work Program of the Union of International Architects and Chair of the Provincial Indigenous Homelessness Committee in British Columbia.

Dr. Stewart is Co-Editor of Our Voices: Indigeneity and Architecture (2018), Our Voices II: Decolonizing Practice (2021), and the upcoming Our Voices III: Catalysts for Change (2024). He was an exhibiting architect with Unceded at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale and a curatorial member of the exhibit Not For Sale with Architects Against Housing Alienation at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Credentials: BA, MArch, MRAIC, Intern Architect AIBC

Alanna Quock grew up along the Yukon River and now lives and works in the swiya of the shíshálh Nation on BC's Sunshine Coast. Her bones have Tāłtān, Tlingit, Celtic, northern, and coastal roots. For over twenty years she has worked alongside First Nations, communities, and governments across BC and Yukon — at the intersection of architecture, planning, Indigenous governance, and regenerative development. Her practice is relational at its core — rooted in deep listening, values-based planning, and translating community vision into built form and usable frameworks. She is the founder and principal of Regenative Design Ltd.

Credentials: MAA, MRAIC

Darian is Anishinaabe, a member of Swan Lake First Nation, an architect (MAA) and designer with a deep commitment to Indigenous design and community advocacy. Darian is a strong voice within Number TEN, the broader architectural community, and the Indigenous community. As an Indigenous Design Co-Lead, he champions designing through an Indigenous lens across all Number TEN projects.

Darian also serves as Co-Chair of Number TEN’s Indigenous Practice Knowledge Community and is a member of the RAIC’s Indigenous Task Force, which promotes and advances Indigenous design practices. In 2025, he was appointed Co-Chair of the RAIC’s Truth and Reconciliation Task Force, supporting the RAIC in implementing applicable calls from the 94 Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action, 231 Calls for Justice, and the adoption of UNDRIP. He has been involved with the Assiniboia Residential School Legacy Group since 2021, assisting in the design of their monument and now serving on their board.

Darian also initiated and led grassroots research into the St. Boniface Industrial School, resulting in a list of over 250 students who attended, including over 80 names of students who passed away. His work as a Residential School researcher has been acknowledged through numerous publications, including Niigaan Sinclair’s Wînipêk which recognizes Darian as a “renowned archivist.”

Credentials: OAA | MAA | FRAIC | LEED®AP

KaaSheGaaBaaWeak | 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. She founded Smoke Architecture as principal architect in 2014; is a founding partner of Oshkaabewis Engineering & Consulting, established 2024; and is an inaugural board member of Amplify Indigenous Voices in Architecture (AIVIA), in process 2024. She is the first Anishinaabekwe architect in Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, the third Indigenous woman licensed as an architect in Canada.

Eladia is a founding member of RAIC’s Indigenous Task Force established 2016, and was a full-time faculty member at Laurentian’s McEwen School of Architecture from 2016 to 2022. Eladia serves on The International Union of Architects Indigenous Peoples Work Programme (UIA IPWP), the Toronto Urban Design Review Panel, and the Hamilton Climate Change Advisory Committee. Professional work includes internationally award-winning community-based and institutional projects working alongside Indigenous peoples and listening closely to our Elders.

Senior Research Lead, Architect
Perkins&Will

Dr. Mohamed Imam (Ph.D., Architect AIBC, Int’l Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C, CPHD) is a Senior Researcher, Architect AIBC, and Associate at Perkins&Will with over a decade of experience in architecture, computation, and performance analysis, specializing in optimizing building resource circularity. He advances sustainable cities through multidisciplinary inquiry, leading design projects and research initiatives exploring emerging design and construction technologies. As an educator and public speaker, he bridges research and practice, translating evidence into actionable strategies and cultivating partnerships that accelerate regenerative, high-performance built environments.

Principal, Design Director
Perkins and Will Canada

Adrian (Architect AIBC, AAA, ARB, RIBA, BREEAM AP) is the design director for the Vancouver and Calgary studios of Perkins and Will, responsible for all design output across the studios. Born in Vancouver, Adrian is a registered Architect in British Columbia and Alberta in addition to being licensed through the ARB, and a member of the RIBA. Through a 35 year career, Adrian has led award winning projects across Europe, North America, Australasia, the Far and Middle East.

Director
Urban Narrative

Steven Smith (BA (Hons) Dip Arch RIBA) is an architect with over 30 years’ professional experience of practising as an architect and urbanist working on a diverse, international portfolio of projects.  His career has developed through his work on projects across Europe, Asia and Australia, and includes some of the most challenging, large-scale development projects.  Steven founded urban narrative in 2010 after a successful career at DEGW, an international research-based design consultancy.

BA (Hons) Dip Arch RIBA.

I am a RIBA registered Architect, Chartered Town Planner and Urban Designer with over 20 years of experience in design and regeneration. Project experience ranges from residential and cultural buildings to large scale masterplan for university campuses and new communities in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand. I am interested in taking masterplan concept into architecture / building design and explore the relationship on how the design of the buildings may affect the overall masterplan.

A registered architect in Quebec, Anne Bordeleau is currently Professor and Director at Carleton University's Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism, where she works with a great group of faculty, instructors, staff, students, and collaborators on expanding the boundaries of architecture as a discipline, always striving to make it more inclusive. As a scholar, teacher, and director, she is interested in architects' broadest roles within society, approaching architecture as a relational act and socio-environmental practice that carries great potential as well as responsibilities.

Bomani Khemet is an assistant professor of building science in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto, and is a registered professional engineer in the province of Ontario. He earned his Bachelors degree in Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa, a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering at Howard University, a Master of Building Science at Ryerson University and a Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering at Ryerson University.

Khemet has had several years of experience teaching both building science and HVAC courses to practicing architects and engineers within the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto. He has also taught graduate and undergraduate students building science at the University of Toronto’s Department of Civil Engineering.  Moreover, he has delivered lectures in advanced building envelopes and sustainable environmental control systems to undergraduate architectural students at Ryerson University.  

Professionally, Khemet has over a decade of engineering experience as a designer or manager on a variety of fascinating construction and transportation projects. These projects include the design of emission reduction technologies in heavy vehicles, as well as Reduction of Hazardous Substances initiatives for industrial products. Most notably, he has had the opportunity to work on Toronto’s Union Station Revitalisation project under a comprehensive transit re-signalling construction contract.

A registered architect (OAA), Jerry Hacker is the founder of hACT, an ideas based critical practice employing research through design to investigate, situate and construct architecture as infrastructure. Prior to launching hACT, Jerry spent 13 years as a senior associate and design leader with the critically acclaimed firm MBAC exploring diverse architectural themes such as the city as verb and negotiable space. During his extended collaboration with MBAC the practice was recognized with over 30 national and international peer reviewed awards for design excellence. 

While practicing, Jerry has developed a deep respect for the comprehensive and necessary interface between design, architectural technology, construction and environmental stewardship: A fertile ground where theory informs practice and practice informs theory. His experience weaving together design intention, building construction, and practice motivates his teaching philosophy in courses such as design studio, advanced building systems and structures, whereby he strives to help students learn to develop the capacity to craft highly poetic ideas and realize their comprehensive manifestation as one integrated body of knowledge and expertise.

Driven by the climate crisis, Dorothy Johns is on a mission to reduce the carbon footprint of existing and future buildings. Bridging the fields of architecture and building science, Johns’ interdisciplinary expertise makes her uniquely suited for “catching carbon” throughout a building’s lifespan. Her research focuses on understanding the behavior of materials and buildings – from sequestering carbon using innovative bio-based materials to engineering high-performance envelope systems to reduce a building's operational carbon. Passionate about working alongside industry and academia, Johns actively collaborates through her interdisciplinary Catching Carbon Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), and her professional practice, Woodhouse Studio. 

A TMU alumnus, Johns is now empowering the next generation of architectural science students. She brings real-world projects to the classroom and mentors students on their journey to becoming conscientious and unbiased leaders in the field. A member of the education subcommittee for the Ontario Building Envelope Council, Johns is dedicated to helping architecture and building science students make their climate-focused research and design work a reality.

Project Director
Kindred Construction

Sean is a results-driven construction leader with over 20 years of experience delivering major residential and commercial projects across the UK and Canada. As Project Director at Kindred Construction, he leads complex builds and champions innovation in mass timber, Passive House, and modular construction.

Business Development Manager
Kindred Construction

Brandon is a Vancouver-based construction professional with 10 years of experience. A graduate of Emily Carr University (Industrial Design) and BCIT’s Construction Management program, he is a Business Development Manager at Kindred. He advanced from carpenter to assistant superintendent, contributing to high-profile mixed-use, multi-family, and institutional projects, including Vienna House.

Principal
Patkau Architects

Greg, along with his fellow principals, leads Patkau Architects with broad experience from conceptual design to contract administration. He has led the design of university buildings, cultural buildings, and private residences. Recent highlights include the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering, UBC Sauder Expansion, U of T Academic Wood Tower, and Kiweki Point in Ottawa.

Associate
Patkau Architects

Tom joined Patkau Architects in 2006 and became Associate in 2022. He manages design and construction teams, facilitating collaboration, coordination, negotiation, and consensus among project stakeholders, contributors, and authorities. Tom contributed significantly to the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering, Audain Art Museum, Polygon Gallery, and numerous other projects.

Principal
Acton Ostry Architects

Alex is involved with business development and promotional endeavours for the practice. A skilled communicator with over 25 years of experience, Alex has expertise in the planning, design and construction of challenging, complex projects with extensive experience in educational design.

Architectural Consultant
Kreitmaker

Arie Elmaleh’s fifteen-year career in the masonry industry began with a focus on procuring and advising on masonry building materials, where he developed a deep understanding of material properties and industry dynamics. This foundational experience set the stage for his evolution into a leading brick, stone, and masonry product expert.

Credentials: Architectural Technologist AIBC, CAHP

Denis Gautier’s 20 years in architectural practice at Iredale Architecture was preceded by twenty years’ experience in exhibition design, curation, public programming, and senior administration for public art galleries across Western Canada. His breadth of understanding of cultural work marries with his practice in architecture to transform conceptual goals into community spaces. Denis has worked on large-scale cultural, commercial, institutional, heritage, health care, multi-family residential, educational, and hospitality projects.

Denis is highly proficient in three dimensional modeling, which provides visualizations and working drawings while leveraging the data embodied in the computer models to schedule material and assembly requirements for projects.

Credentials: PhD, Architect AIBC, NWTAA, FRAIC, LEED AP

Sim’oogit Saa-Bax, Dr. Patrick Reid Stewart, is a hereditary chief of Wilp Daxaan Nisga’a, Village of Gingolx. He is the principal of Patrick R. Stewart Architect and an adjunct professor at the McEwen School of Architecture.

He serves as the Board Member for BC/Yukon of the RAIC and Co-Chair of the RAIC Governance Committee, a member of the Finance and Audit Committee, Chair of the Indigenous Task Force, and Co-Chair of the Truth & Reconciliation Task Force for the RAIC. He is also Co-Director of the Indigenous Peoples Work Program of the Union of International Architects and Chair of the Provincial Indigenous Homelessness Committee in British Columbia.

Dr. Stewart is Co-Editor of Our Voices: Indigeneity and Architecture (2018), Our Voices II: Decolonizing Practice (2021), and the upcoming Our Voices III: Catalysts for Change (2024). He was an exhibiting architect with Unceded at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale and a curatorial member of the exhibit Not For Sale with Architects Against Housing Alienation at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Credentials: MAA, MRAIC

Darian is Anishinaabe, a member of Swan Lake First Nation, an architect (MAA) and designer with a deep commitment to Indigenous design and community advocacy. Darian is a strong voice within Number TEN, the broader architectural community, and the Indigenous community. As an Indigenous Design Co-Lead, he champions designing through an Indigenous lens across all Number TEN projects.

Darian also serves as Co-Chair of Number TEN’s Indigenous Practice Knowledge Community and is a member of the RAIC’s Indigenous Task Force, which promotes and advances Indigenous design practices. In 2025, he was appointed Co-Chair of the RAIC’s Truth and Reconciliation Task Force, supporting the RAIC in implementing applicable calls from the 94 Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action, 231 Calls for Justice, and the adoption of UNDRIP. He has been involved with the Assiniboia Residential School Legacy Group since 2021, assisting in the design of their monument and now serving on their board.

Darian also initiated and led grassroots research into the St. Boniface Industrial School, resulting in a list of over 250 students who attended, including over 80 names of students who passed away. His work as a Residential School researcher has been acknowledged through numerous publications, including Niigaan Sinclair’s Wînipêk which recognizes Darian as a “renowned archivist.”

Credentials: Lateral Agency, AIBC, FRAIC

Jennifer is a Registered Architect (AIBC), Fellow (RAIC), Regenerative Practitioner (TRP), and founding Principal of Lateral Agency. More deeply, she is a Mother, Daughter, Auntie, Partner and settler of mixed European descent (Scottish, Irish, English, French); living uninvited yet sustained by the unceded təməxʷ (sacred lands) of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations (colonially known as Vancouver).

Interest in the creative agency of spatial design led her to urban history and environmental design. Interest in how to leverage change in/across complex systems led her to systems ecology, watershed-based planning, climate policy, regenerative design and transformative development. Giving birth to her daughter months after the Paris Agreement and Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report (2015); and successive reports on escalating crises of climate (IPCC 2018), biodiversity (IPBES 2019), and femicide (MMIWG 2019) led her to found a practice dedicated to growing collaborative capacities to address these interwoven eco-social health and justice issues. This has led in turn to transdisciplinary participatory research, teaching and practicing decolonizing design, planning, policy, political ecology, governance, law.

Jennifer is honored to work with and (un)learn from diverse groups through Lateral – including governments, health, housing and guardian organizations (Indigenous, federal, provincial, regional, local); and talented, dedicated colleagues across contexts through variousvolunteer roles – including: Planetary Health Alliance Working Group; Founding Chair of RAIC Committee on Regenerative Environments (CORE); member of RAIC Climate Action Plan Steering and Implementation Committees; and Co-Chair of the RAIC Truth and Reconciliation Task Force.

Credentials: Acting Chief Architect, Global Affairs Canada, OAQ, FRAIC, LEED® Green Associate™

Marie-Louise Gidaro is the Acting Chief Architect at Global Affairs Canada, responsible for providing architectural leadership and expertise for a complex, international portfolio of real property assets supporting Canada’s diplomatic presence in more than 180 countries worldwide.

Marie Louise began her architectural career in Montreal’s private sector after earning a Bachelor of Architecture from the Université de Montréal. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) from McGill University, reflecting her conviction that architecture is fundamentally rooted in the human experience.

She joined Public Works and Government Services Canada in 1999, where she contributed to numerous projects, advancing innovative approaches to workplace design. Since 2007 at Global Affairs Canada, she has applied her expertise across a wide range of projects and leadership roles, with a consistent focus on design excellence and raising the standard of architectural expression.

Her leadership in sustainable development has been instrumental in transforming Global Affairs Canada’s approach to greening its international real property portfolio. She led the development and implementation of Global Affairs Canada’s Sustainable Development Strategic Framework for Missions Abroad, a metrics-driven roadmap for environmental performance. She also initiated Global Affairs Canada’s Design Excellence Protocol, Diplomacy by Design: A Design Excellence Framework, establishing a structured approach to measuring and advancing architectural quality within the Department.

Marie Louise’s current focus is firmly centred on the meaningful integration of Indigenous considerations in the planning and design of Canadian diplomatic buildings abroad. She led the development of Global Affairs Canada’s Indigenous-Informed Design Guidelines: A Design Excellence + Engagement Framework, which elevates Indigenous engagement—both with Indigenous Peoples in Canada and internationally—to equal importance with physical design outcomes, fostering respectful, meaningful, and reciprocal collaboration.

Her professional engagement includes past membership on BOMA Canada’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Council, the Federal Industry Real Property Advisory Council, and the Federal Architects Network. She has been a presenter at past Real Property Institute of Canada (RPIC) National Real Property workshop. She currently serves on the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Task Force for Truth and Reconciliation. Marie Louise is a licensed architect in Quebec (OAQ) and was inducted into the RAIC College of Fellows in May 2024.

Principal / Owner
BIM DnA Group

Claudia Cozzitorto (OAA, CCMP, MRAIC, LEED AP, M.Arch, B.Arch Sci) is an architect and digital transformation leader with 20 years’ experience in Ontario and British Columbia. As Principal of BIM DnA Group, she champions openBIM standards and innovation in Canada’s built environment. She serves on buildingSMART Canada’s leadership team, has chaired the Toronto BIM Community, and contributes to the Canadian Handbook of Practice. An OAA-registered architect and certified change management professional, a frequent national speaker and advocate for gender equity in digital construction.

Vivian Lee is a registered architect in the U.S. and Canada and director of the Master of Architecture program at the University of Toronto. She is founding partner of LAMAS, where her research explores craft and vernacular traditions in the age of digital architecture.

BSc (Arch), MArch, MA, PhD

Michael Faciejew is a historian and theorist of the global built environment. He researches the intersecting histories of architecture, media, technology, and colonialism since 1800. He is currently at work on his first book project, which examines the architectural and imperial transformations that forged a modern culture of information in Europe between 1890 and 1960. He is also developing the interdisciplinary edited volume After Concrete: Rethinking the Dynamics of a Material, which investigates the history and future of reinforced concrete through its relationship to global environmental change (Birkhäuser, forthcoming 2026). He is the recipient of a SSHRC Insight Development Grant (IDG) for the research project “Terraqueous Architectures in Settler Colonial Canada” (2025–2027), which studies key structures that have negotiated land and water, and thus settler colonial politics, since the 1867 Confederation. He recently co-edited a special issue of Architecture Beyond Europe (ABE Journal) themed “Transactional Spaces: Currency in the Imperial Built Environment,” which looks at how architecture participated in the production of a global colonial economy. Other research projects deepen the study of related questions, including the relationship between architecture, money, and banking in histories of extractive colonialism; the built environments of early-twentieth-century wireless technology; and the relationship between information and knowledge in architectural culture. He is a former Associate Editor (Reviews) and Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Architectural Education (JAE). He was previously a postdoctoral associate at Yale University, where he coordinated the interdisciplinary Mellon Sawyer Seminar "The Order of Multitudes: Atlas, Encyclopedia, Museum." He has taught history and design at Princeton University, Pratt Institute, the University of Toronto, and Yale University.

Georgia Cardosi is an Italian architect and adjunct professor at the School of Architecture of the Faculty of Environmental Design at Université de Montréal. She was awarded a 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship at RESAUD–Alioune Badiane (Réseau d’échanges stratégiques pour une Afrique urbaine durable), a UdeM/UN-Habitat program. She holds a Ph.D. in Urban Design and Planning from Université de Montréal (2020), with a thesis on design and adaptation in Kenyan informal settlements; a Master’s degree in Urban Design (Housing track) from McGill University (2011); a Master’s degree in Redevelopment of Infrastructure and Settlements for Cooperation and Development from the Polytechnic University of Milan (2004); and a Laurea Magistrale in Architecture from La Sapienza University of Rome (1997), with a thesis on the redevelopment of the southeast Roman metropolitan sector. She trained as a student and later worked as a junior architect at Luigi Pellegrin’s architecture studio in Rome, and practiced professionally in Italy for 14 years. In Montreal, she co-designed the Maison Autochtone du Québec with Ruccolo Faubert Architects. Her research lies at the intersection of social architecture, urban design, and project management, with a strong focus on sustainable, low-cost housing, urbanization in the Global South, and participatory design. Her teaching includes architecture and urban design studios, research on eco-efficient construction materials and sustainable building technologies, and community engagement with an emphasis on equitable access to housing.

BSc (UCalgary)
MArch (UCalgary)
MEDes (UCalgary)

Matthew Parker is an architectural designer and educator who has been a consistent presence at SAPL since 2010, currently working as an assistant professor with a focus on co-learning, collaboration, and divergence. He brings a wealth of professional experience to his teaching role from his work at the prominent design firm DIALOG. His current research includes the (re)production of architectural images within the contemporary mass-media landscape, innovative design pedagogies, and the equity of computation and digital fabrication.  With a career that spans over a decade in both professional practice and academia, Parker’s journey is marked by a deep commitment to education, a reflective and agile approach to teaching, and a dedication to pushing the boundaries of architectural pedagogy by destabilizing rigidities. His work emphasizes the importance of creating discomfort in the learning process, challenging students to think critically and question their assumptions.

Parker’s approach to teaching at SAPL is characterized by a commitment to challenging students, fostering collaboration, and continually re-evaluating the methods and structures of architectural education. He is committed to realizing the potential of architecture as a force for societal good but recognizes that this requires a continuous process of pedagogic evolution and critical self-reflection. As he continues to innovate in his teaching, Parker remains dedicated to pushing the boundaries of architectural pedagogy, ensuring that it remains relevant and impactful in a rapidly changing world.

Architect, AIBC, FRAIC, LEED AP, Bachelor of Interior Design, Master of Architecture.

Catherine Nickerson is an Architect and Consultant who provides advisor services to public sector and non-profit clients. She specializes in needs assessments; master planning; strategic options analysis; feasibility studies; and business plans for major capital projects. Catherine has participated in various publications and conference presentations; and has been a recipient of Province of BC; RAIC; and Canada Green Building Council awards.

Project Director, Facility Advisory Services

Montana State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors "2275", BSV.

Gerry is a consulting engineer and management consultant. Gerry provides advisory services for public sector, private sector and non-profit clients on capital project strategy and the development of fiscally, environmentally, and socially responsible capital projects. Gerry is a recognized thought leader, author, public speaker, and award winner including: AEC Project Value Chain - Adding New Value, 2023; AEC Project Value Chain, Keynote Speaker, 2025 CIC Forum; AEC Innovators Award, Bronze, 2025, KP REDDY CO.

Co-founder
Ha/f Climate Design

Kelly (OAA) is a father, architect, and educator whose holistic approach to design has been shaped by global work. At SvN, he engaged the resource development sector, and as MASS Design Group’s East African Director, he led projects including the award-winning Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture. These experiences deepened his awareness of design’s social and environmental impacts. He is Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto, Senior Fellow of Architecture 2030, and member of the RAIC

B. Arch, B.ASc., AAA

Audrina is an Australian and Canadian architect with over 20 years of professional experience. Audrina’s role as the Director of Sustainable Construction enables her to support Chandos Construction to deliver lower carbon buildings, attain energy targets on buildings, research and develop climate resiliency strategies and reduce our GHG emissions in operations. Audrina brings a multidisciplinary aspect into her role and is excited to be collaborating with industry partners to build a healthy and resilient, low-carbon construction sector.

David Fortin is a Professor at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture and a registered architect. David has research interests in Indigenous-led co-design and reconciliation through architecture. He is of mixed Red River Métis heritage with family roots across the prairies and Northern BC.

I am a specialist in ethnography, landscape studies, and critical studies of design and planning. Much of my research and teaching activities explore what I call REURBANISM : the processes of transformation, contestation, and negotiation that occur in (re)urban(ising) landscapes. These are operationalised through action-research collaborations with public agencies and civil-society organisations as well as conventional investigative research and practical work on urban design and participatory governance. In a nutshell, I’m fascinated by how architects, planners, and other future-minded specialists engage with one another (or not…) and with non-specialists who offer other important forms of knowledge and expertise to develop techniques, possibilities, and capacities for transforming (sub)urban landscapes to make better use of scarce resources while maintaining the qualities of place that people value about the settings that they know and inhabit on an everyday basis.

My interests in both research and professional practice encompass major themes that are familiar to most architects, landscape architects, planners, and geographers : housing, infrastructure, public space, cultural landscapes, urban design, and deliberative democracy. I typically do work that is inductive in a ‘constructivist’ orientation, and I am especially intrigued by narratives, representations, text, and discourse as they apply to the futuring work of architecture, urban design, and urban planning. What sorts of stories do we tell about the complexities of human settlements and the processes by which places become ‘(sub)urban’ ? How do specialists and non-specialists engage with the transformations, continuities, and ruptures that come with the passage of time, notably the liminal or transitional phases ‘from’ some condition ‘to’ some other condition ? How can design can act as a hinge between natural process and human culture to guide change ? More strategically, my activities focus on the deliberate policy-led remaking of everyday space through what is known in German as Stadtumbau (literally the reworking of cities and suburbs). I also have enduring interests in the dynamics of the rural-urban fringe (often described as ‘periurban’ or ‘exurban’ settings), including second homes and the ways in which landscape amenities affect patterns of growth and development over time.

Steven Beites is a tenured Professor at the Laurentian University’s McEwen School of Architecture. Steven holds a Master of Architecture Degree from the University of Toronto, a Post Professional Degree in Architecture (M.Sc.) from the University of Michigan, and is a Ph.D. Candidate at the European Graduate School (EGS) in Switzerland. Steven’s research operates at the intersection of technology, environmental stewardship and social responsibility, deeply rooted on addressing issues of housing supply and affordability. At its core, his work aims to transform the affordable housing landscape in Northern Ontario through the integration of emergent design, robotics, material science and advanced fabrication. With emphasis placed on locally sourced bio-based materials and automated construction practices, Steven’s research not only seeks to improve the efficiency and affordability of housing but also plays a critical role in decarbonizing our built environment. 

MArch

James runs JIM, a studio focused on designing structures within an urbanizing, post-anthropocene landscape. JIM is a member of the Field Collective, a coalition of small BC architectural firms sharing resources and knowledge to address our communities’ challenges, such as social injustice and climate change. Before starting his firm, James practiced across North America on projects ranging from Alaska’s North Slope schools to pro-bono community projects in Philadelphia’s inner city.  He has also worked as a project manager for several contractors and fabricators.

Beyond practice, James has taught graduate studios at SALA since 2016. He also remains involved in archaeological projects throughout the Mediterranean, including studying Morgantina in central Sicily since 2008. There, he collaborates on both a legacy project looking at the Central Sanctuary and newly excavated material in a suburban district.

Born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, James grew up on the ancestorial territories of the Apsáalooke, Lakota, Ute, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Nations and forty-eight other Tribal Nations that were tied to the lands for trade, hunting, gathering, and healing.

More information on JIM can be found at the website: jim.studio

MArch, AAA, MRAIC

Ian Mulder trained at the University of Toronto, Daniel’s School of Architecture. He began his career in the modular building industry and subsequently worked in practices focused on high rise, commercial and institutional projects. In 2021, Ian joined the City of Edmonton office of the City Architect. Recent projects have included the development of the Point Access Block guideline, a City initiative to support the development of signal egress buildings through Alternative Solution.

MSc, P.Eng, CP, CEng, PMSFPE, CFPS

Kieran is an internationally trained and experienced Fire Engineer & Code Consultant with 18+ years within the fire industry and leads the LMDG Calgary office. He has the unique distinction of attaining both undergraduate and post graduate degrees in fire engineering and fire & explosion engineering. He has led the development of numerous iconic and notable projects in Canada, United Kingdom, Myanmar, United Arab Emirates, and the United States.

Architectural Designer
VELD Architect Inc.

Rifat (OAA Intern Architect) is an architectural designer, researcher, and advocate for inclusive and climate-resilient infrastructure. With experience in Canada and Bangladesh, she specializes in adaptive reuse, heritage conservation, and data-driven infrastructure audits that dismantle systemic barriers for marginalized communities. Her MArch thesis, Reconquering Homeland, integrates food-growing terraces and urban retrofitting strategies to empower displaced populations.  As Lead Advisor for InfrastructHER through UBC’s Venture Founder program, Rifat is building a transnational platform for gender-responsive, culturally inclusive, biodiversity-conscious infrastructure.

Co-founder
InfrastructHER

Maisha is a Karen McKellin International Leader of Tomorrow Scholar at the University of British Columbia, a delegate to COP30, and a UBC Sustainability Ambassador. She is also the first Bangladeshi to work with the Jane Goodall Institute. As a BIPOC woman, she recognized gaps in Canada’s infrastructure for marginalized communities, which led her to found InfrastructHER, an initiative that addresses these challenges through storytelling workshops and co-creation. Passionate about culture and data, Maisha critically examines how policies shape infrastructure, questioning who benefits, who is excluded, and how decisions across the Global North and Global South reproduce or challenge existing inequities.

Dr. Lisa Landrum is an academic leader, award-winning teacher, widely-published author, licensed architect, fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and past-president of the Canadian Architectural Certification Board. She is the current Chair of the Canadian Council of University Schools of Architecture (CCUSA), and Professor and Chair of the Department of Architectural Science at TMU.

Terri Fuglem is associate professor and head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Manitoba. Her areas of teaching and research engage the history and theory of architecture, as well as design thesis and design pedagogy for beginning students. Her current interests include Canadian architectural education and advocacy for archival preservation.

Kearon Roy Taylor is a designer, researcher, and organizer. A Peter Reyner Banham Fellow at SUNY Buffalo (2023-4) and later Design Research and Teaching Fellow at Northeastern University in Boston (2024-5), their work spanning exhibition and practice is grounded in architecture’s territorial ambitions and the political economy of contemporary urbanism.

As former Associate Partner at Lateral Office, they served as design lead on projects ranging from built work in Canada’s far North in partnership with Indigenous communities, to multiple international exhibitions (Seoul Architecture Biennale 2017, Oslo Triennale 2019, Venice Biennale 2021, Exhibit Columbus 2021, and Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2022). Lateral Office’s first major built work, the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre in Iqaluit, NU, was honoured with a Canadian Architect Award of Merit (2023).

Hailing from the Shield landscape of Northern Ontario, Roy Taylor has also taught at the John H. Daniels School of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto. An RIAC Student Medalist, Roy Taylor’s work with Lateral Office has also been honoured with two ACSA Faculty Design Awards (2022, 2024) and a Silver Medal from the Holcim-Lafarge Foundation (2023). As organiser, they served as co-steward of The Architecture Lobby’s Tkaronto chapter, where they were engaged in the creation of the collaborative mapping project countermap.land for documenting racist and colonial spaces in “Canada.”

Sara is an architectural and urban historian whose research focuses on the link between architecture and capital. She writes about the relationship between real estate developers and architects in the twentieth century, uncovering how money has shaped cities.

Sara’s first book was Developing Expertise: Architecture and Real Estate in Metropolitan America (2016, Yale University Press). Organized in two parts, it studies early suburbs and the profession of real estate development as well as postwar urban renewal in American city centres. Developing Expertise argues that real estate developers influenced public policy through their professional organizations, used design to promote investment security, and employed new financing techniques and sources of capital that avoided risk.

Sara was awarded a 2019 Research Fellowship with the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) that supports her second book project, titled Building Capital. The book focuses on large, urban redevelopment projects to understand, amid the deregulation and financialization of the 1970s-80s, the contingent relationships between financing, professional practice, and design.

Recently, Sara has completed two edited volumes, one a journal and another a book. She co-edited with Joy Knoblauch a themed issue of the Journal of Architectural Education on the topic of “Health” (76:1, 2022). Sara also co-edited a book called The Evolving Project: The Journal of Architectural Education and the Expansion of Scholarship, with Igor Marjanović and Marc Neveu (ORO Editions, 2021), on the journal’s 75-year history. She serves on the editorial board for the MIT journal Thresholds and for a book series titled “Exploring Architecture” by Birkhäuser. She is on the Board of Directors of the Vancouver Urbanarium Society, where she recently co-chaired an international ideas competition called “The Mixing Middle” (2022) that asked for design proposals that challenge single-use zoning in residential areas.

Before coming to UBC, Sara taught in the schools of architecture at Rice, Columbia, Princeton, and Yale. She was Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities Research Center at Rice University. The Graham Foundation, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Mellon Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the Fellowship of Woodrow Wilson Scholars have supported Sara’s research. With a professional degree in architecture, she has also worked at architecture offices in Houston and New York.

Project Manager (Architect)
ERA Architects

Kurt Kraler is a registered Architect (OAA) and project manager at ERA Architects. His work includes a wide variety of projects from hospitality to private residential to institutional. He specializes in the design of new construction for heritage contexts. Kurt is also the co-editor of “The Signs That Define Toronto”, an award-winning book that explores the history, culture, and stories behind some of the city’s most distinctive signs.

Heritage Consultant
Self-employed

John is a civic historian, heritage consultant, author and walking tour guide who brings an insight of urban planning and development, a love of architecture, and the fascination of the curious to his work. He is currently a vice president of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC and the former chair of the City’s Civic Assets Naming Committee. Johns recent projects include guiding the restoration of two locally prominent neon signs.

Architect and Project Manager

Daniel Wilson is an Architect and Project Manager at ZGF Architects with over 11 years of experience on complex, high-profile mixed-use projects, particularly multi-family residential developments. He is deeply involved in advancing mass-timber solutions, guided by principles of building craft, environmental stewardship, and design innovation. Daniel has played a central role in several high-performance initiatives, including his work as Project Architect for 981 Davie, where he led mass-timber and construction methodology evaluation. He has also contributed to key studies such as SFU Renewable Cities’ Design Solutions to Prefab Mass Timber Construction and Building Capacity – Local Prefab Mass Timber Solutions, as well as BTY’s Making Mass Timber Work for High-Rise Residential in BC.

Project Manager

With over 15 years of experience in British Columbia and internationally, Yassine Belkoura has delivered numerous large-scale, high-performance projects. His leadership includes overseeing construction of a $90m Passive House–certified tower in Vancouver, a multi-phase residential community on the Sunshine Coast, and a $135m university campus in Morocco. Yassine specializes in sustainable construction practices, value engineering, and high-level design coordination, providing a pragmatic and results-driven perspective on delivering complex developments efficiently and effectively.

Principal
Patkau Architects

Greg, along with his fellow principals, leads Patkau Architects with broad experience from conceptual design to contract administration. He has led the design of university buildings, cultural buildings, and private residences. Recent highlights include the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering, UBC Sauder Expansion, U of T Academic Wood Tower, and Kiweki Point in Ottawa.

Associate
Patkau Architects

Tom joined Patkau Architects in 2006 and became Associate in 2022. He manages design and construction teams, facilitating collaboration, coordination, negotiation, and consensus among project stakeholders, contributors, and authorities. Tom contributed significantly to the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering, Audain Art Museum, Polygon Gallery, and numerous other projects.

Principal
Acton Ostry Architects

Alex is involved with business development and promotional endeavours for the practice. A skilled communicator with over 25 years of experience, Alex has expertise in the planning, design and construction of challenging, complex projects with extensive experience in educational design.

Architectural Consultant
Kreitmaker

Arie Elmaleh’s fifteen-year career in the masonry industry began with a focus on procuring and advising on masonry building materials, where he developed a deep understanding of material properties and industry dynamics. This foundational experience set the stage for his evolution into a leading brick, stone, and masonry product expert.

Credentials: Architectural Technologist AIBC, CAHP

Denis Gautier’s 20 years in architectural practice at Iredale Architecture was preceded by twenty years’ experience in exhibition design, curation, public programming, and senior administration for public art galleries across Western Canada. His breadth of understanding of cultural work marries with his practice in architecture to transform conceptual goals into community spaces. Denis has worked on large-scale cultural, commercial, institutional, heritage, health care, multi-family residential, educational, and hospitality projects.

Denis is highly proficient in three dimensional modeling, which provides visualizations and working drawings while leveraging the data embodied in the computer models to schedule material and assembly requirements for projects.

Associate, Architect AIBC
Local Practice Architecture + Design

Graham (BASc, BEDS, MArch, LFA) is a Métis architect in Vancouver, BC, dedicated to embedding regenerative design into the heart of our communities. With a background in engineering, ecology, and construction, he brings curiosity, care, and collaboration to creating places that restore ecosystems, honour cultural narratives, and nurture belonging. A proud citizen of the Métis Nation of BC, he works with Indigenous Nations and local communities, championing sovereignty and believing in architecture’s power for reconciliation and renewal.

Calgary Studio Director, Intern Architect AAA

Meighan (BEnvD, MArch) is an Intern Architect of Kwickwa̱sut’inuxw Ha̱xwa’mis (Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw), Métis, and Eastern European descent, leading Two Row’s Calgary office with over a decade of experience. Holding degrees in Architecture, Environmental Design, and Visual Arts, she integrates storytelling, language, and ecological teachings into design to help reclaim Indigenous identity in urban spaces. Her creative work also includes curating the Winnipeg Design Festival, contributing to the Seoul Biennale, and designing the cover of Voices of the Land. 

Principal, Architect AIBC, MRAIC, Architekt AKBW

Inge Roecker is an Associate Professor at UBC SALA and founding Principal at AIR studio, an internationally awarded research-in-practice architecture design firm. A Passive House professional, her practice centers on inclusion, health, and wellbeing in housing. With decades of experience in missing middle and single-egress buildings from her German practice, she brings this expertise to Canada. Her academic work and advocacy focus on social issues in housing and bringing the Baugruppe/Citizen Developer model to Canada.

Principal
Acute Architecture Ltd.

With over 30 years of expertise in architecture and construction, Basel (MSc., MArch., Architect AAA, AIBC, MRAIC, LEED® AP, Prosci CP) is a dedicated professional recognized for successfully managing complex, multidisciplinary design, planning and construction of projects across, institutional, commercial, and educational sectors. Basel is the founder of Acute Architecture Ltd. in Alberta. He has delivered over 40 innovative, human-centred, and sustainable projects. Basel’s career is distinguished by contributions to international conferences, research publications in respected journals, and recognition through architectural design competitions and awards.

Associate
dHk Architects

Jessica’s (BEnvD, MArch, Architect AIBC, MRAIC) education and career has centered on community engagement and equitable housing, including projects throughout the Pacific Northwest and the UK. She is currently an Associate at dHKarchitects in Victoria, BC. Her work spans from master-planning to grass-roots design-build projects.  Alongside professional practice, Jessica applies design skills and thinking to volunteer work: historic preservation, arts organizations, mentorship, and advocacy within the profession. She champions design literacy and promotes interdisciplinary collaboration.

Intern
Urban Arts Architecture

Mika (MArch, Intern AIBC) believes that architecture should be a driver of social change. Her work as an Intern Architect at Urban Arts Architecture and her education has demonstrated her desire to see how architecture and engagement can build community and help heal divides. She has worked with indigenous communities and vulnerable populations in a range of projects across BC. She is also an active volunteer with Women in Architecture Vancouver as a co-chair of the Steering Committee.

Associate
DIALOG

Kate (Architect AIBC, MRAIC, BESD, BA, BArch) has been an architect at DIALOG studio for three decades. Her extensive work on multi-faceted municipal, arts and educational projects has resulted in numerous award-winning designs, including for the Richmond, BC City Hall, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation’s downtown redevelopment project, and the Nest at UBC.  Kate is a devoted mentor who enjoys collaborating with and sharing her experience with younger colleagues and students alike. Kate is an active member of Women in Architecture Vancouver.

Principal
Human Studio

Credentials: Architect AIBC, MRAIC, LEED AP

Maia Low is a Senior Partner at Vancouver-based Human Studio. At Human Studio, she has led initiatives to reimagine the firm’s culture by dismantling traditional systems that have historically excluded women, creating structures that promote gender equity, supporting mothers in practice, and strengthening inclusivity within the profession. Her commitment extends beyond her practice through her leadership roles, including co-chairing the RAIC Committee for the Advancement of Justice and Equity and serving as a long-time volunteer with Women in Architecture Vancouver.

Intern Architect and Material Researcher
NEUF Architect(e)s and Carleton University

Cameron Penney (M.Arch, Hon. Biology, OAA Intern Architect) is an intern architect at NEUF Architect(e)s and material researcher at Carleton University. His research focuses on the scalability of rammed earth, 3D printed earth, and BioRock. A 2023 graduate of Carleton’s M.Arch program, Penney’s research has been published in the Journal of Architecture Education, Canadian Architect, and Dezeen. Building on his undergraduate degree in Urban Ecology, Penney co-founded Landscape Lab and is former editor of Building 22 at Carleton University.

Partner
LGA Architectural Partners

Janna Levitt ( BA, B.Arch, OAA, AAA, NWTAA, FRAIC) co-founded LGA Architectural Partners in 1993. As Partner in Charge, her projects include Laurentian University’s McEwen School of Architecture, the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, and the Ulster Multiplex Condo. She teaches at U of T Daniels Faculty and was previously Adjunct Professor at Waterloo and Dalhousie. A frequent lecturer and jury member, Janna served on the Canada Council Venice Biennale Advisory Committee. Under Janna's leadership, LGA has received numerous prestigious awards.

Principal
Michael Green Architecture

Natalie Telewiak (Architect AIBC, AIA, B.Eng.), Principal at MGA, leading interdisciplinary teams to create elegant, high-performance designs integrating structure, systems, and architecture. With backgrounds in architecture and engineering, her work emphasizes material logic, collaboration, and design’s power to build community and reconnect us with nature. Accomplishments include the Governor General’s Award-winning Ronald McDonald House in Vancouver and Google’s first mass timber projects in California. Current work includes the Royal BC Museum PARC Campus and First Nations-led projects across BC.

Architect AIBC
Michael Green Architecture

Originally from Toronto, Chris has a keen interest in Vancouver’s affordable housing crisis through an expanding body of work in the market, non-market and indigenous housing spheres. He received his Master of Architecture from the University of Waterloo and has worked with architecture firms in Toronto, Edmonton, and Sydney, Australia, and he spent several years in construction, building houses and a unique adaptive-reuse of a century-old schoolhouse. Currently Chris is leading a portfolio of BC-based work which includes affordable housing, First Nations and community projects.

Partner, MJMA Architecture & Design
MJMA Architecture & Design

A Partner and Architect at MJMA Architecture & Design in Toronto, Ted is an inspiring studio leader and speaker who sets design standards, charts the firm’s future and fosters its interdisciplinary direction. Ted leads a broad range of community recreation and higher education projects across Canada, through the US and as far as Australia and New Zealand – all projects share high recognition for design excellence, user satisfaction, environmental stewardship and public realm enhancement.

Credentials: Master of Architecture; FRAIC; OAA; Architect AIBC; AAA; SAA; NSAA; LEED AP; Member, OAA Policy Advisory Coordination; Member, OAA ConEd Advisory Committee; Member, RAIC Southwest Ontario Regional Committee; International Associate, American Institute of Architects; Higher Education Subcommittee, AIA Committee for Architectural Education; Member, Society of College and University Planners

Principal, MJMA Architecture & Design
MJMA Architecture & Design

A Principal and Architect at MJMA Architecture & Design, Tyler has been the lead designer of the mass timber zero carbon & net zero energy Henley Rowing Centre, and the Churchill Meadows Community Centre projects.  Tyler brings a thoughtful and rigorous approach to his design work, balancing functionality, simplicity and materiality. His focus within MJMA has been the advancement of innovative mass timber structures that are rooted in a community-based design approach.

Credentials: OAA; M.Arch; Hon.Bachelor of Architectural Studies; MRAIC; City of Hamilton Design Review Panel.

Director, Technical and Program Content, Accessibility Certification
Rick Hansen Foundation

Kevin Ng (RHFAC Professional) is the Technical Director at the Rick Hansen Foundation and oversees the technical, training and continuing education contents of the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification™ (RHFAC) program. He has over fifteen years' experience working in accessibility consulting in Canada and internationally, which includes developing accessibility design standards, conducting accessibility audits, and accessible design reviews. He also advises on various research partnerships advancing accessibility and inclusion in the built environment.

Henry’s architectural career is quite the jumble of building types from small to ginormous. He led or was second-in-command of $6.7B worth of projects before starting Hygge Architecture Ltd.

Buildings are custom, multi-party, and risk-filled complex products where literally anything or anyone can go off course at any time. He is the author of the upcoming publication, The Art of Better Buildings: A PreConstruction Guidance Book: Strategies towards Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification.

Architect
Ron Wickman Architect

Ron Wickman is an Architect, Author and Activist who specializes in Accessible Architecture. He set up his own Edmonton based practice in 1995, and he specializes in providing consulting services for persons with disabilities and for projects focused on affording individuals with disabilities greater choices for independent movement. Ron is also committed to providing affordable, accessible, adaptable, and healthy housing and has written many articles and two books on accessible design. He has been a guest speaker and participant in numerous sessions involving accessibility, innovative housing, and urban and community planning.

Senior Manager
Rick Hansen Foundation

Teri Thorson is the Senior Manager, Accessibility Certification at the Rick Hansen Foundation, where she leads national programs that support architects, planners, and building owners in advancing accessibility through the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification™ (RHFAC). A former Paralympian and long time accessibility advocate, Teri brings professional leadership and lived experience to advancing accessibility as a fundamental component of inclusive, human centred environments.

Intern Architect

Madsen is an Intern Architect whose practice bridges fieldwork-based learning and complex built work. His academic fieldwork in the Western Canadian Arctic continues to inform his systems-based, collaborative approach to practice. Madsen has recently worked on construction-phase projects including the Kelowna Airport Expansion and CMHC initiatives on Granville Island, with a focus on coordination and working within the layered relationship between people, infrastructure, and place.

Project Architect
Kasian

Andrew Boonngum was educated at the University of Manitoba and is a Registered AIBC architect with over 10 years of experience in Vancouver and Western Canada. As AOR for Sen̓áḵw, he leads coordination of technical design, infrastructure, and cultural vision to shape one of Vancouver’s most transformative communities.

Director, Community Development
Nchkay, Squamish Nation

Jacob E. Lewis III (Xayil) is the Director of Community Development at Nch’kay Development Limited Partnership, advancing Indigenous-led real estate and economic development. With experience in governance, finance, and operations, he integrates Squamish Nation values, culture, and long-term community priorities into partnerships, planning, and project delivery.

President

Tim leads PCI’s Executive Team and is a partner in PCI. He is actively involved in all aspects of PCI’s operations and oversees successful completion of its projects. Tim is also on the Board and actively supports PCI’s affiliate Warrington PCI Property Management (WPM).

Principal Associate

Justin a Principal Associate at DIALOG and is the Project Manager for the DIALOG integrated Design Team and leads the TOD Integration at GNW Station. Justin's 13 years at DIALOG has primarily been in the transit sector.

Associate
5468796 Architecture

Shannon Wiebe (MAA, M.Arch, B.Env.D) is an associate and registered architect with 5468796 Architecture in Winnipeg. Since 2008, she has contributed to projects spanning built work, urban interventions, public engagement and academic publications. Bridging practice and research, she pursues thoughtful design solutions that foster social connection and community resilience. She currently leads Shared Ground, an affordable housing initiative funded in part by the Government of Canada, helping non-profits unlock the potential of their land for community-based housing solutions.

Director, Sustainability
NORR

Blake Jackson (AIA, NCARB, LEED Fellow, WELL AP, Fitwel Amb., CPHC) is Director, Sustainability with NORR, a 750-person Toronto-based A&E company. He has 25 years' experience with a BArch from Kennesaw State and a MArch from the AA Graduate School. Blake serves on the Advisory Board for UMass Dartmouth, Program Committee for Healthy Cities Design International, and was elected VP of the Boston Society of Architects. He’s a BD+C Magazine '40 Under 40' (2015), LEED Fellow (2021), and AIA Young Architect Award recipient (2024).

Architect and Design Director
Lemay

Ricardo Serrano (OAQ), Design Director at Lemay, is an architect with 25 years of international experience in Canada, Venezuela, and beyond. He leads major institutional, cultural and sports projects, known for combining innovation, spatial harmony and heritage sensitivity. His work, including the Saint Joseph’s Oratory arrival experience, promotes inclusive design, community connection and conservation as a living practice, bridging cultures and shaping meaningful architectural experiences.