Initiatives

Student-led EDIJ Exhibitions

The annual student-led EDI-Justice exhibition provides a platform to engage critical issues affecting underrepresented communities in the built environment.

Coming to Light (Winter 2026)

A guest with a mask crouches down to read a poster as part of the People, Power, and the Park exhibition at the Paul H. Cocker Gallery.

People, Power, & the Park (Fall 2022)

Beyond the Wall: Architecture, Oppression, and Resistance (Winter 2025)

On the Ground + On the Walls (Fall 2023)

Indigenous Initiatives

CAFÉ 2026 Indigenous Knowledge and Design tours five schools of architecture (external link) (May 25, 2026)

Being, Knowing, Doing: Fostering Indigenous Discourse with DAS (August 26, 2025)

Onkwe’shón:’a (“All the Peoples”) Indigenous Placemaking at DAS (May 14, 2026)

Empowering Indigenous Youth in STEM (March 10, 2025)

Learning from the Land (April 28, 2026)

A large group of people are seated at round tables with green cloths, facing a stage. On the stage, a man in a blazer is speaking into a microphone, and behind him is a large, colorful mural depicting two people by a lake with a forest in the background.

Indigenous Curriculum Development (August 23, 2024)

Selected Public Lectures and Exhibitions

Lecture Series: Chris T. Cornelius

© Albert Vecerka/Esto

Lecture Series: Claire Weisz

Lecture Series: Sarah Lynn Lopez

MAXXI Close Out Panel Discussion

Lecture Series: Omar Gandhi

Buone Nuove/Good News – Women In Architecture – from MAXXI to MET

Lecture Series: Matthew Hickey

Lecture Series & Exhibition Opening: Tura Cousins Wilson & Shane Laptiste from SOCA

DAS x BEAT Lecture Series: KaaSheGaaBaaWeak | Eladia Smoke from Smoke Architects, Hamilton ON

Other Activities

Women Changing Architecture - Book Launch (July 16, 2026)

Women in Architecture Symposium: Exploring Collaboration and the Role of the ArchitectIndigenous Curriculum Development (March 12, 2025)

Taking Stock: Voices of Women in Architecture Across Canada Symposium (March 6-7, 2026)

Transforming Space for Wellness and Inclusion (May 29, 2024)

MArch Student's Philippine Architecture Research Earns ARCC Award At ACSA (April 14, 2025)

Students Design Inclusive Playground at Camp Winston (December 18, 2023)