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International Women's Day


In celebration of International Women’s Day, WOAS launched a week-long Instagram campaign sharing informative resources, infographics and toolkits on Women in Design.

 

Quick Facts on Gender Diversity in Canada’s Architecture Profession:

 

5 Inspiring Organizations and Resources Championing Women in Architecture:

 

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View fullsize Join us tomorrow, Wednesday June 8th @7-8:30 pm(EST), BEA[N] talks to BEA[N] Member at large Holly Sutton about her award-winning Thesis (OAA SHIFT 2021 Resiliency/Architecture Challenge), "Mining Scars of Single Industry Communities: The Lakesh
View fullsize The BEA North team wanted to say thank you to everyone for participating in our International Women’s Day Celebrations! Thank you to the guest speakers who spoke at our event, all those who submitted for the exhibition, and everyone who attende
View fullsize Our final submission of the 2022 Women in Design Exhibition✨ Introducing~Susan Fitzgerald Susan Fitzgerald (FRAIC, NSAA, PhD) is the Design Director and a Managing Partner at FBM, a multidisciplinary design office based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She i
View fullsize Introducing~Lejla Sejdinovic, a Master of Architecture student at Carleton University. This project includes the design of an urban forestry workshop that acts as the public face to a range of forestry groups conducting research on various tree spe
View fullsize Introducing~Zephyra Vun (aka anARCHI design, aka Zef) hails from Winnipeg, Canada and is dedicated to architecting flow. She strives to preserve the gradually disappearing emphasis on the human body’s participation in design and artistic expres
View fullsize Introducing~Breana Chabot Once a thriving urban environment, Downtown Sudbury is now a place the average Sudburian avoids. Due to a lack of local residents and urban density, it is unable to sustain public life, support the well-being of its inhabit
View fullsize Introducing~Ruth Elder of Larocque Elder Architects Temagami First Nation – Multi-Use Facility, Bear Island, Temagami, ON A municipal hub for the First Nation community, the Lakeview Gathering Place sits firmly rooted on the shores of Lake Tem
View fullsize Introducing~Vani Goel Pursuing a degree in architecture while majoring in urbanism has allowed me to develop my passion for design and the built environment. I believe that as architects and urban planners, we have the power of designing the future,
View fullsize Introducing~Jane Abbott of Abbott Brown Architects The Hip Boathouse Location: Herman’s Island Nova Scotia Completed: November 2020 The Covid pandemic has triggered an urge to retreat to nature, and to foster spaces for reflection, contemplat
View fullsize Introducing~Emma Ducharme As a Toronto-based artist, my work seeks inspiration in the form of escape; from the city, from the noise, from the ever-pressing demand for quantifiable success. Choosing repurposed materiality over a premeditated visual ou
View fullsize Introducing~Melissa Wakefield Pool House Built in 1949, this Federally designated heritage building can be generalized as long, narrow gable form - consistent with local vernacular buildings. In 2018, design work for rehabilitation of the interior t
View fullsize We are so excited to launch our Pan-Canadian Women in Design Exhibition! The work of a woman in design will be exhibited each day as well as permanently exhibited on our website beanorth.com Introducing~Corina Amarioarei [Master of Architecture st
View fullsize This years International Women’s Day (IWD) theme is #BreakTheBias 🙅‍♀️ “Imagine a general equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable and inclusive. A world where differ
View fullsize Inspiring words from the first female Vice President @kamalaharris✨
View fullsize ✨Introducing our final speaker and fellow BEA(N) advisory member: Betsy Williamson!✨ Betsy Williamson is a principal in the architectural design studio Williamson Williamson, an office committed to using both built and unbuilt work as vehicles to exp
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View fullsize ✨Introducing our 3rd speaker, our fellow BEA(N) member and proud Sudburian Angèle Dmytruk!✨Angèle is a partner / architect at 3RDLINE STUDIO and Polestar CM Inc.She first joined 3rdLine.Studio in 2010 as an intern architect and 2018 as
View fullsize Daily reminder: be yourself🙌🏼
View fullsize ✨Introducing our second speaker: Megan Torza!✨ Megan is an architect whose professional development has been influenced by a strong personal interest in adaptive re-use and the integration of contemporary architecture into historic urban fabric. She
View fullsize Some @serenawilliams inspiration✨
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Women in Design Exhibition [2020]
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