DAS x BEAT Lecture Series: KaaSheGaaBaaWeak | Eladia Smoke from Smoke Architects, Hamilton ON
- Date
- November 16, 2023
- Time
- 6:00 PM EST - 8:00 PM EST
- Location
- Department of Architectural Science, 325 Church St, ARC 202
- Open To
- Public
- Contact
- alexandra.berceanu@torontomu.ca
To qualify for 1 OAA Structured Con Ed hour, please sign-in once you arrive.
Eladia Smoke | KaaSheGaaBaaWeak
MArch | OAA | OAQ | MAA | FRAIC | LEED®AP
Principal Architect, Smoke Architecture Inc.
KaaSheGaaBaaWeak | Eladia Smoke is Anishinaabekwe from Obishikokaang | Lac Seul First Nation, with family roots in Alderville First Nation, Winnipeg, and Toronto. Eladia has worked in architecture since 2002, and founded Smoke Architecture as principal architect in 2014. She is the first Anishinabekwe architect in Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, as well as the third Indigenous woman licensed as an architect in Canada. She taught as a Master Lecturer at Laurentian’s McEwen School of Architecture from 2016 to 2022. She serves as a founding member of RAIC’s Indigenous Task Force. Eladia represented Canada at the 2018 Venice Biennale Unceded exhibition as part of an international team of Indigenous designers and architects. Current professional work includes community-based and institutional projects working alongside Indigenous stakeholders, collaborating with First Nation communities, and listening closely to our Elders.
This lecture is co-hosted by the Department of Architectural Science (DAS) and Building Equity in Architecture Toronto (BEAT) (external link) .