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Let’s talk about…Land and Memory (November 17, 2020)
Panelists: artist Tiffany Shaw-Collinge; Iman Bukhari/Canadian Cultural Mosaic Foundation; Jessie Andjelic/SPECTACLE Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism.
Moderated by: Suzanne Harris-Brandts/Carlton University, with opening remarks by Elder Treffrey Deerfoot. Read more here.
"Where do we belong when everything is on the move?" (Charles Landry)
Let’s talk about…movement (January 22, 2019)
How does architecture define movement in the city? What is the connection to public life?
Panelists include: Giovanna Borasi/Canadian Centre for Architecture; Amanda Kolson Hurley/City Lab; Don Mulligan/retired engineer; Nabeel Ramji/Pedesting; Brigitte Shim/Shim + Sutcliffe Architects; Cowboy Smithx/Iiniistsi Treaty Arts Society and Marianna Vaidman Stone/Gehl Institute.
In two generations, We’ve shifted from refillable glass bottles to single-use packaging,leaving in the wake some “un-useful” remains.
Let’s talk about…waste (September 24, 2019)
Panelists include: Adam Corneil/Unbuilders; Sharon Howland/City of Calgary; Lourdes Juan/Leftovers Foundation; Sumer Singh/Mitharu. Moderator: Jennifer Koole.
Read more here.
When talking about connectivity, we must ask: connected to what? And to whom?
Let’s talk about…connectivity (December 4, 2017)
Panelists include: Alison Karim-McSwiney/International Avenue BIA; Antonio Gómez-Palacio/DIALOG; Fabiola MacIntyre/Green Line; Josh White/Dream Unlimited. Moderator:Todd Hirsch.
Read more here.
What are the complex challenges to adaptive reuse while accommodating the pressures to growth?
Let’s talk about…ICONOMY (November 25, 2015)
Focused on a building known as the Lacey Court, we hear about the history behind J. Stevenson & Associates and what Calgary was like in the 1950s. Discussion with: Alex Bozikovic/Globe and Mail; Dale Taylor and L Frederick Valentine. Presenting ideas are: Bioi, FAAS Architecture and Studio North. Read more here and here.