Architecture Canada | RAIC President Stuart Howard, FRAIC, joined Dr. Frits Pannekoek, President of Athabasca University at a reception Feb. 22 celebrating the approval by the Alberta Government of a Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Architecture at Athabasca University.

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Architecture Canada | RAIC is developing a new RAIC membership portal. The new portal will provide more functional, easy-to-use, contemporary, and secure online membership experience. The new portal is scheduled for launch in summer of 2011.

The 2011 Festival of Architecture - an AIBC / Architecture Canada | RAIC partnership - takes place May 24-27, 2011 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, bringing together some 800 architects and allied professionals from across the country. Sponsorship opportunities are going fast, but a number of excellent offerings at various price levels remain including session streams, featured speakers, and food and beverage sponsorships.

To take advantage of this great opportunity to strengthen brand recognition, please contact AIBC Senior Communications Specialist Lisa Christensen (604 683 8588, ext. 331).

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Architecture Canada and Newfoundland & Labrador Association of Architects are looking for members to fill their roaster of festival committees for the Festival of Architecture 2012 taking place in St. John’s June 13-16, 2012.  Members from away are welcome!

Committees to be filled:

• Sponsorships
• Facilities & Transportation
• Tours & Exhibitions
• Continuing Education Program
• Companion Program
• Marketing & Promotions

If interested, please contact Chantal Charbonneau.

The 2011 Festival of Architecture received coverage in Canadian Architect and the Daily Commercial News. Both agree Canadian architects have a lot to celebrate. The Festival, organized in partnership with AIBC takes place May 24-27, 2011 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

On Jan. 31, 2011 his Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada (front row, fourth from right) presented the 2010 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture to recipients during a ceremony at Rideau Hall. Recipients were announced in April 2010.

The magazine Construction Canada covered the event.

Former Architecture Canada Honour Roll student and University of Manitoba graduate Samantha Lynch is the winner of the Canada Council for the Arts' Prix de Rome in Architecture for Emerging Practitioners. Lynch will use the award to design and build cameras to study the relationship between human activity, the architectural dimension and the time connection between these two elements.

The Danish Consulate General, The Danish Architectural Association and Architecture Canada | RAIC are once again this year offering a  Sustainable Architecture & Green building educational trip to Co2penhagen in May 2011.

The program offers the opportunity to meet and network architects, planners and developers, learn about Danish Architectural policy and experience sustainable and CO2 neutral buildings. The cost is $5,500 all inclusive. Registration is limited to 20 participants.

Please contact Peter Mørk for more information.

Members of the College of Fellows are invited to submit a nomination for the position of Chancellor of the College of Fellows.  The Chancellor is elected by Fellows from the list of nominations in the last year of the office of the current Chancellor. The Chancellor’s duties begin at the Annual General Meeting.

Details on the nomination process and role of the Chancellor are outlined in the nomination form [53 KB], which has been sent to every Fellow by mail. The completed nomination form and a 200-word statement from the candidate can be mailed, delivered or faxed to RAIC by March 25, 2011.

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The 2011 RAIC Fellows Convocation will take place during the 2011 Architecture Canada | RAIC / AIBC Festival of Architecture  in Vancouver on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Simon Fraser University’s Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema. Be sure to come hear our highly anticipated Keynote Speaker, Edward Mazria, Hon. FRAIC, who will deliver his address after the Convocation Ceremony.

Please contact Chantal Charbonneau or by phone 613-241-3600 ext. 214 to let her know if you are attending.

Chancellor Alexander Rankin, FRAIC, invites you to the annual College of Fellows Luncheon, Annual General Business Meeting, and Cocktail Reception at the 2011 Architecture Canada | RAIC /AIBC Festival of Architecture in Vancouver on Thursday, May 26, 2011.

This event takes place at the Vancouver Club Grand Ballroom at 915 West Hastings Street. Join us for cocktails from 12-12:30 p.m. followed by the Luncheon and AGM from 12:30 – 2 p.m.

The cost is $75.00 and seats will go fast, so please contact Chantal Charbonneau or by phone 613-241-3600 ext. 214 before Friday, May 13, 2011. Payment will not be accepted at the door.

Please join us for this rare occasion to gather as friends and colleagues.

Architecture Canada | RAIC Members and their full time staff can access preferred programs for their auto, home, life, disability, and health insurance. The plans use the buying power of RAIC Members to provide an unbeatable combination of cost and coverage.

Call Mumby Insurance Brokers at 1-800-446-5745 to find out more!

Architects licensed in the past year are eligible for one discounted year of full membership at $190. This is a savings of $157.50 off the regular member rate of $347.50.

For more information, or to claim a discounted year of membership, please contact the membership coordinator, Angie Sauvé.

Be sure to renew to keep enjoying the many benefits of Architecture Canada | RAIC membership. Members can login to the Members Section to make payments via credit card, or by mail or fax.

Any questions about renewals can be directed to membership coordinator,
Angie Sauvé.

Douglas Cardinal, FRAIC, has bestowed his entire collection from 1984 onwards of drawings, plans, files, 3D models and other information to Carleton University.

“I chose Carleton because of its outstanding school of architecture, its commitment to the arts and humanities and particularly the exemplary professional and dedicated staff serving the Archives Department,” said Cardinal.

Victoria-based firm D’AMBROSIO architecture + urbanism  has won a Special Award from the Canadian Wood Council in the 2010 North American Wood Design Awards for its achievement at the Atrium, a high-density mid-rise office building in Victoria, BC.

Read more about the building in the commissioned article [759 KB] by Gene Miller, commentator and urban activist.

In his latest review for re:place magazine, Sean Ruthen, MRAIC, reviews Ethics for Architects by Thomas Fisher, a book that presents 50 case studies representing a broad range of ethical dilemmas facing today’s architects.