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September 2nd Issue
DAS News |
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Photography by Jorge Cruz Toro |
In this issue: Welcome New Students | Student Awards Open | Guest Lecture with Danny Roy & Dani Kastelein | Open Forum with DAS Chair | Stevan Evans Exhibit & More! |
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Welcome New Students! |
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Photography by Jorge Cruz Toro |
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As summer comes to a close, we enthusiastically look forward to welcoming new and returning students to the Department of Architectural Science (DAS). Classes start today! Thanks to the staff, faculty and student leaders of ACU, AIAS and ARC.SOC who have been busy shaping the dynamic program. Photos from our undergraduate orientation coming soon! |
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Student Awards - Application Portal Now Open!
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The 2025/26 Awards Cycle has begun! We encourage all students to log into AwardSpring and complete a general application. After completing the general application, students will be matched to all applicable awards.
IMPORTANT:
- You need to complete the general application in order to be considered for all awards, including non-application merit-based awards.
- If an award requires applicants to demonstrate financial need, you need to complete the Student Budget Form to be considered.
DAS will be giving out over $100,000 in award funds, so get your applications in now!
A guide on how to use AwardSpring is available here.
Deadline to apply: Wednesday, October 1st!
Questions? E-mail archsci.awards@torontomu.ca |
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Honouring Retiring Faculty: Decades of Impact at DAS
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On August 18th, we celebrated retiring faculty Professors Mark Gorgolewski, Jurij Leshchyshyn, and Edward Wójs, after decades of service to DAS. Their lasting impact – through teaching, practice, scholarship and leadership – will be remembered by generations of students, faculty, & staff.
Read more here.
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Being, Knowing, Doing: Fostering Indigenous Discourse with DAS
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For a second year in a row, the Department of Architectural Science (DAS) is using a modest grant from TMU’s Indigenous Education Council to support knowledge sharing and course enhancements that infuse Indigenous design perspectives across the curriculum.
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Upcoming Events |
DAS Guest Lecture with Danny Roy & Dani Kastelein
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September 11, 2025
6:30 PM EDT - 8:00 PM EDT
Department of Architectural Science, 325 Church St, ARC 202 (the Pit)
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Dani Kastelein
Dani Kastelein is a digital illustrator and intern architect at Brook McIlroy, where they bring a deep commitment to integrating Indigenous perspectives into the firm’s contemporary design practice. A registered citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario, Dani’s kinship ties trace from the Red River to the Georgian Bay region, with ancestral roots from Drummond Island.
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Danny Roy
Danny Roy is a registered professional planner and intern architect within the Indigenous Design Studio (IDS) of Brook McIlroy’s Toronto studio. He is Cree-Métis from the northern community of Sakitawak (Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan) and a member of English River Dene Nation in Treaty 10 territory.
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Open Forum with DAS Chair
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Exhibition Opening: On the Edge - Photographs of Toronto’s Downtown Waterfront 2023-2025 by Steven Evans
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Opening reception
Thursday, September 25, 2025
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Opening remarks and panel discussion
6:30 PM
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Moderator:
Elsa Lam – Editor, Canadian Architect Magazine
Panelists:
Steven Evans – Photographer
John Lorinc – Journalist, Editor
Marco Polo – Professor, DAS
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About the exhibition
The fifty photographs in this exhibition collectively present a record of the expansive downtown waterfront in its current state of flux, from the water’s edge in the south to the Gardiner Expressway in the north, and from Cherry Street in the east to Dufferin Street in the west. Steven Evans began photographing the industrial lands south of the Gardiner Expressway over 40 years ago as a media studies student. His long-standing fascination with the waterfront industrial landscapes and their architecture has endured through the years, and he has returned to photograph some of the inevitable changes as warehouses and factories gave way to condominiums and tourist attractions.
Over the past two years, in the aftermath of the destruction of West Island at Ontario Place by the provincial government, Evans has undertaken an in-depth photographic project documenting the complex transformation of the downtown waterfront. Covering the expanse of the lakeshore, in the exhibition ‘On the Edge,’ Evans has created a much-needed record that highlights what we often overlook – the mundane, the typical, the absurd, and even the extraordinary.
An illustrated brochure accompanies the exhibition with essays by Steven Evans, John Lorinc, and Marco Polo.
This exhibition is curated by Julia Jamrozik, Associate Professor, Department of Architectural Science, Toronto Metropolitan University with exhibition and graphic design by Hyo Yeon Tiana Lee.
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Extracurricular |
Growing the future: TMU student explores living building materials in Venice
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Allataifei stands beside the Picoplanktonics structure at the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture, a 3D-printed installation by Andrea Shin Ling and the Living Room Collective. The work explores the use of bio-materials to address the climate crisis from an architectural perspective. |
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Student Opportunities |
AIAS Applications Now Open! |
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Are you passionate about design, community, and professional growth? We're looking for enthusiastic and creative first year students to join the 2025–2026 AIAS TMU Chapter! Apply now to be a part of the Events, Public Relations, or Graphics teams and help shape the experiences and opportunities AIAS provides to the DAS community.
Apply Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeU3LLlYq1Pi2uuAfHVfp-88Tj3eNzuRTWsA_MPIx-FejPFqw/viewform?usp=dialog
Make sure you're signed into your TMU email when accessing the form.
Deadline: September 15th at 11:59 PM |
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Creating the City Within the City Competition |
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What is the “Creating the City within the City” competition?
An architecture ideas competition led by the McEwen School of Architecture, in collaboration with Vista Hospitality Co. Canada / Elm Place, open to architecture students and to intern architects. It offers the opportunity for entrants to think creatively about the potential adaptation of the Elm Place shopping center located in the heart of downtown Sudbury, filling in urban voids around the mall and building on top of/within the mall to transform an inward-facing commercial complex into a more diverse, vibrant and livable place by introducing new residential program.
The competition will demonstrate how architecture can lead the way in urban regeneration by rethinking the shopping mall so it can play a key role in transforming the Sudbury downtown core into the vibrant neighborhood it once was.
The competition calls the architects of tomorrow to imagine how we can reclaim space, redefine urban living, and create (or recreate) the city within the city… |
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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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The Architecture Drawing Prize (TADP) |
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Open to all students, architects, designers and artists. Submit your drawings before Friday, September 12 for a chance to win and have your work showcased globally! The Architecture Drawing Prize (TADP) celebrates and showcases the art and skill of architectural drawing in multiple formats. Established in 2017, the Prize has become a leading international platform for discourse around architectural drawing with both shortlisted and winning entries exhibited at Sir John Soane's Museum in London. |
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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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TMU Alumni Reunion 2025 |
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Saturday, September 20 12:30 - 5pm EDT
Toronto Metropolitan University is proud to invite alumni from the classes of 1950, 1955, 1960 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, and 2000 to a special on-campus reunion celebrating your milestone anniversaries.
This half-day gathering offers a chance to reunite with classmates, reminisce about your university experience, and mark this special milestone together.
If you plan to attend TMU’s Alumni Reunion Day, please consider stopping by the Architecture Building at 2:00pm for a small gathering and tour. We look forward to having you back on campus and hearing all about your stories.
So we can best prepare, please submit interest through this Google Form.
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TMU Programming |
Pwaaganigaawin / Pow Wow
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The Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) Pwaaganigaawin / Pow Wow returns on Friday, September 12, 2025. This year our theme is Mnaadenmin Shkagamik-kwe | Teyethinonwerá:ton Yonkhi'nihsténha Onhwéntsya | Honouring Mother Earth 🌎
The day will begin with the lighting of a sacred fire, followed by a sunrise ceremony conducted by Clay Shirt. Please bring your lawn chairs if you are attending the sunrise ceremony. There will be various styles of Pow Wow dancing, beautiful sounds of drums and singing, and many Indigenous vendors and information booths on-site.
Aambe bizhaak / Hati ónhka taontà:yon /All are welcome to join in the celebration. No registration is required. No admission fee. |
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Join us for a free, in-person event, Fireside Conversation with Philanthropist Roy Ratnavel, hosted by the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing. The event will take place on Thursday, September 25, 2025, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM EDT. Please join us at the Margaret Laurence Room (Second Floor), 55 Gould Street, Toronto, ON. Register here to confirm your attendance.
About the Conversation
Roy’s journey is a powerful story of resilience, perseverance, and success. From arriving in Canada as a young newcomer to becoming a senior executive in the financial sector, Roy has consistently used his experiences to inspire others and give back to communities around him. His philanthropic commitments focus on building stronger, more inclusive futures, with particular emphasis on equity and access to mental health and community services.
In this conversation, moderated by Sankavi Maheswaran (Manager of Operations and Partnerships, CERC HECW), Roy will reflect on the lessons he has learned about leadership, purpose, and creating meaningful change.
For questions or accessibility inquiries, please contact Tarndeep Pannu (tarndeep.pannu@torontomu.ca) by September 15, 2025.
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