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This season of the RAIC Podcast on Architecture is part of a series of activities and events leading up to the 2021 RAIC Congress on Architecture. Held on October 4, 2021 —World Architecture Day — the inaugural Congress will address Climate Action and Architecture in Canada.
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Monday Jul 19, 2021
RAIC Podcast on Architecture S01E04
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Cristina Gamboa
CEO, World Green Building Council
Cristina Gamboa is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) — a global action network comprised of 70 Green Building Councils, catalyzing the uptake of sustainable buildings for everyone, everywhere. An influential and inspirational leader in the field of sustainability, Cristina is passionate about radical cross-sector collaboration to bolster systemic change and make this the decade for net-zero emissions. She practices a holistic approach to sustainability, focusing on the social and economic benefits as well as environmental impacts. Cristina leads WorldGBC's coordination of the monumental Cities and Built Environment Day at COP26.
Joanne Perdue
Associate Vice President, Sustainability at the University of Calgary
Joanne Perdue is a Canada Clean50 honoree, former Board member of the Canada Green Building Council, a member of the RAIC Committee on Regenerative Environments and the RAIC Congress Steering Committee and is a licensed architect with the Alberta Association of Architects. Joanne is currently the Associate Vice President, Sustainability at the University of Calgary, she has been instrumental in advancing the university’s Climate Action Plan and sustainable buildings practice in concert with advancing the broader Institutional Sustainability Strategy.
Saturday Jun 26, 2021
RAIC Podcast on Architecture S01E03
Saturday Jun 26, 2021
Saturday Jun 26, 2021
In this season’s third episode, RAIC Congress on Architecture Steering Committee member Mona Lemoine talks with Wanda Dalla Costa about the role of Indigenous leadership and pedagogy concerning climate action.
Principal, Tawaw Architecture Collective
Wanda is a member of Saddle Lake Cree Nation, is the director and founder of the Indigenous Design Collaborative, a community-driven design and construction program. Indigenous Design Collaborative brings together tribal community members, industry and a multidisciplinary team of students, and faculty to co-design and co-develop solutions for tribal communities. Her practice, Tawaw Architecture Collective, is based in Phoenix, Arizona.
Wednesday May 19, 2021
RAIC Podcast on Architecture S01E02
Wednesday May 19, 2021
Wednesday May 19, 2021
In this season’s second episode RAIC Congress on Architecture Steering Committee member Bianca Dahlman talks with Dr. Harriet Harriss about the publication Architects After Architecture and the Climate Crisis curriculum at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture.
Dr. Harriet Harriss (RIBA, ARB, Assoc. AIA, Ph.D., PFHEA, FRSA) is a qualified architect and Dean of the Pratt School of Architecture in Brooklyn, New York. Prior to this, she led the Architecture Research Programs at the Royal College of Art in London. Her teaching, research, and writing focus upon pioneering new pedagogic models for design education, and for widening participation in architecture to ensure it remains as diverse as the society it seeks to serve. Dean Harriss has won various awards including a Brookes Teaching Fellowship, a Higher Education Academy Internationalisation Award, a Churchill Fellowship, two Santander Fellowships, two Diawa awards, and a NESTA (National Endowment for Science Technology and Art) Pioneer Award. Dean Harriss was awarded a Clore Fellowship for cultural leadership (2016-17) and elected to the European Association of Architectural Education Council in summer 2017. Dean Harriss' public consultancy roles include writing national construction curriculum for the UK government's Department for Education and international program validations and pedagogy design and development internationally. Across both academe and industry, Dean Harriss has spoken across a range of media channels (from the BBC to TEDx) on the wider issues facing the built environment, is a recognized advocate for design education and was nominated by Dezeen as a champion for women in architecture and design in 2019.
Bianca Dahlman
M. Arch Candidate, B.Env.D, B.A., LEED® AP BD+C
Bianca works for DFS Inc. Architecture and Design in the field of adaptive re-use and architectural conservation. She strives to preserve resources through honouring and celebrating existing structures. Her student design work at the University of Manitoba was recognized in 2019 by Corporate Knights’ Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders and the Canada Green Building Council’s Students Leading Sustainability Award. This work was guided by Indigenous Architect, Shawn Bailey, and Bianca’s careful application of listening and empathy. While working for Alberta Infrastructure, she promoted net zero energy and net zero carbon design and performance.
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
RAIC Podcast on Architecture S01E01
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
In this season’s first episode, RAIC Congress on Architecture Steering Committee member Louis Conway talks with Seth Klein about mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency.
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