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December 9th Issue
DAS News |
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In this issue: M.Arch milestone presentations | M.Arch Symposium | Awards Night photos, applications open for DAS tenure-track role, Women in Architecture Across Canada Symposium & more! |
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DAS M.arch Milestone Presentations
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Join us for milestone presentations this week! |
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House [verb]: A Zine Exhibition
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House [verb], a zine exhibition concluding the fall 2025 edition of the elective ‘Everything is Housing’, opened November 25th in the DAS atrium, returning in May for the year-end show!
Guided by instructor Robert Raynor, 48 MArch & fourth-year BArchSc students explored a series of self-selected ‘big questions’ about today’s world of housing over the semester, culminating in zines with compelling thesis statements and visual narratives.
In a housing crisis, climate crisis, homelessness crisis, and crisis of connection in an alienated world, their thesis statements interrogate the question: how should we approach the act of housing?
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Reimagining the Future of the Lincoln Alexander School of Law
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Over the Fall 2025 term, architecture and law students collaborated on reimagining the future home of the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at 277 Victoria Street. On November 28, students presented their models, drawings, and vision statements with a full house of guest critics, demonstrating how design can embody commitments to justice, inclusion, and community-building. Check out images of the reviews here. Event summary here.
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Photos from Awards Night
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Photos from the 2025 Student Awards ceremony are now available online. Thank you to all of our donors and recipients for joining us for a wonderful evening to celebrate student achievements!
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We're Hiring: Tenure Track Role
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We are seeking an innovative and passionate assistant professor to join our vibrant, downtown Toronto campus starting July 1, 2026.
🔹 What we’re looking for:
A dedicated educator and researcher with expertise in areas like housing innovation, adaptive reuse, building science, sustainability, emerging materials, and more.
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An accredited architecture degree
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Professional experience
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A record of research/creative activity
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A commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion
We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous and equity-deserving candidates.
📅 Apply by January 12, 2026
Help shape the future of architectural education and research in one of the world’s most dynamic cities! |
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Upcoming Events |
Guest Lecture with Janice Lee & Allan Baniña from GOW Hastings
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January 22nd | 6:30 PM
ARC 202, 325 Church St.
Ways of Learning
Gow Hastings Architects is an architecture and design studio in Toronto specialising in education spaces and creating vibrant places for learning, research, discovery, and play. Drawing on key projects, associates Allan Baniña and Janice Lee will detail how their work addresses the evolving needs of students in an era of consequential social, environmental, and technological change—and reimagines ways of learning today and for the future. Connecting to these insights, in parallel, Allan and Janice will trace their own journey as students and reflect on the lessons learned that have shaped their perspectives as design professionals.
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| Watch Previous Lectures on Our Youtube Channel |
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Stay Tuned: M.Arch Symposium
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The first year M.Arch class is excited to introduce the 2026 Craft Symposium!
Inspired by a study trip to Venice, the M.Arch 2027 cohort proposes a symposium exploring the state of craft in Toronto and contemporary architecture. Examining authorship, the architects role, and the place of craft in architecture: we invite you to explore craft through accessible, tactile, and engaging workshops and talks with industry professionals.
Stay tuned for more information and dates. |
| Follow @tmudas_symposium for updates |
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Save the Date - Taking Stock: Voices of Women in Architecture Across Canada Symposium
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Save the Date! “Taking Stock” is a 2-day symposium at Toronto Metropolitan University, Department of Architectural Science, 6-7 March, that brings together students, architects, academics, advocates, historians, journalists, policymakers, statisticians, and others to share knowledge and experiences, advance essential conversations, and spark systemic, embedded change in pedagogy, practice, and policy for women in architecture. More details will be made available in January.
This event is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), researchers from Laurentian University, McGill University, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto Metropolitan University, and University of Toronto, as well as partners Black Architects and Interior Designers Association, Building Equality in Architecture North, Building Equality in Architecture Toronto, KPMB Architects, Northern Ontario Society of Architects, Ontario Association of Architects, South Asian Society of Architects, and Together Design Lab.
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Extracurricular |
Keilhauer Supports DAS Student Lounge |
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Once a closed-off classroom with no natural light or community purpose, ARC 402C has been transformed into a vibrant social hub through creative collaboration between arc.soc student leaders, DAS Chair Lisa Landrum, and one of Canada’s greenest furniture manufacturers, Keilhauer.
Keilhauer’s donation of design-forward furnishings - and the selective removal of concrete block walls - turned a formerly windowless space into the new arc.soc Student Lounge, designed to foster student well-being, collaboration, and creativity.
Read more here.
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Student Opportunities |
ACSA Competitions |
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ACSA has a long precedence in creating and providing competitions for students and faculty. ACSA competitions are national and international in scope, offering unique opportunities to investigate, develop, and challenge systematic approaches to design. Entries are critiqued and judged by a jury of experts with diverse backgrounds. Competitions also assist instructors with developing a range of design challenges for use in their courses.
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2026 RAIC Foundation (RAICF) Scholarships, Grants, Bursaries and Awards |
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Are you a student, graduate, intern or emerging architect focused on making your mark in Canadian architecture? Apply for the RAIC Foundation’s 2026 Scholarships and Bursaries and receive recognition and monetary support for your outstanding work.
In 2026, the Foundation will be awarding 13 different scholarships, bursaries and grants worth a total amount of more than $80,000 to be distributed to 24 recipients! |
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Light of Tomorrow:
International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture |
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Same competition – new name.
The International VELUX Award for students of architecture is relaunched as Light of Tomorrow by VELUX for the 2026 edition of the competition and award!
Kickstart your journey – REGISTER NOW
Begin your journey by downloading the Award Brief
To receive updates and notifications, registration details, and key dates for the 2026 edition – sign up for our newsletter.
Get inspired by browsing the 2024 projects and previous winners:
About Light of Tomorrow by VELUX 2026
The competition and award challenges students to explore the theme of daylight – to create a deeper understanding of this ever-relevant source of energy, light, and life. |
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2026 FORM Student Innovation Competition Now Open! |
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Submit your furniture design projects by Feb. 27, 2026, for your chance to win a trip to join Formica Corporation at NeoCon 2026 and a cash prize!
Formica Corporation invites architecture and design students to submit a furniture design embodying the theme “mood-boosting design”.
As expressive, meaningful and mood-boosting spaces are on the rise, Formica Corporation is inviting students to answer the call and create furniture pieces that inspire, emotionally uplift and spark joy. This can come to life, for example, with bold colors, unexpected color combinations, layered textures — all elements that can be achieved by experimenting with optical and physical textures across Formica Corporation’s product range. Pieces can be used for any residential and commercial setting and must incorporate at least three or more Formica® Brand and/or FENIX® products.
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Competition - Spatializing Justice: Building Blocks |
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Critical intervention into the urban field requires first recognizing the contested spatial and institutional power dynamics that drive today’s urban and bio-regional crises. The 2026 Lyceum Fellowship competition asks participants to first expose and visualize a particular conflict—reflecting on the requisite political, economic, social, and spatial processes—then design the conditions to tackle this conflict. |
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External Events & Opportunities
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SSAC 2026: Call for Sessions |
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SSAC 2026: Call for Sessions
Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada – 51st Annual Conference
Saint John (New Brunswick)
May 27–30, 2026
Theme: Open Fields / Champs libres
For its 51st annual conference, the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada will gather in the beautiful city of Saint John, New Brunswick. The conference will take place from May 27 to 30, 2026.
Building on the stimulating experience of the 50th anniversary conference in Ottawa, SSAC is once again proposing an edition without a prescribed theme. Under the title Open Fields, SSAC aims to offer a space open to the plurality of approaches, subjects of study, and methodologies that nourish research on the built environment in Canada. |
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TMU Programming |
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Check out TMU's Wellbeing Central - a one-stop website for wellbeing resources for TMU students, staff, and faculty. |
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TMU Student Care - Reminder of Services |
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By promoting community standards of respect, civility and safety, TMU Student Care supports students in distress and those in need of personal support. Students, faculty and staff can contact the office by email studentcare@torontomu.ca.
Students in need of counselling may contact the Centre for Student Development and Counselling, at csdc@torontomu.ca. Indicate “Architecture” in the subject line for prioritized appointments.
If you are in distress and need immediate assistance, please reach out to: The Gerstein Centre 24/7 Distress Line, a free, confidential support line for anyone experiencing an emotional crisis and needing immediate assistance: 416-929-5200; or Good 2 Talk, a free, confidential counselling support line specifically for post-secondary school students: 1-866-925-5454
If you are concerned about your own safety or the safety of a TMU community member, please contact TMU Community Safety and Security at: 416-979-5040, security@torontomu.ca, or for emergencies, please call 911.
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Giving Tuesday |
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Give today and help unlock opportunities for students who need it most. The ripple effect starts with you—let’s open more doors together: https://ow.ly/qM4o50Xt7a6
Your gift today helps students overcome barriers, dream bigger and do more. Let’s open more doors together and keep the ripple effect going. Support TMU students: https://ow.ly/qM4o50Xt7a6 |
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Alumni News |
Call For Mentors |
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Are you ready to give back to the next generation of architecture leaders?
The Discover Mentorship Program at FEAS matches senior career professionals with third and fourth year students. Our goal is to provide students with professional development, support, and guidance as they prepare to embark in meaningful careers.
Mentorship can inspire and motivate students to achieve their full potential in the transition from university to the professional world. If you have five years of career experience and would like to learn more about getting involved as a mentor, please contact Kieran Lynch at kieran.lynch@torontomu.ca.
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Most of our guest lectures are live-streamed. Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch our recordings! |
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