Winter 2022 public program

The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto is excited to present its winter 2022 public program. Through a series of book talks, panel discussions, lectures and symposia, our aim is to foster a meaningful dialogue on the important social, political and environmental challenges that confront our world today. How might we create new knowledge and leverage it as a tool for critical reflection and, ultimately, collective change?

Our programs, and the difficult questions that motivate them, address a range of topics that are central to what we do: design and social justice, building technology and climate change, urban development and real estate, community resiliency, among others. 

All events are free and open to the public. Register in advance and check the calendar for up-to-date details: daniels.utoronto.ca/events. 

January 18, 12pm ET
Forest for the Trees: The Tree Planters
Rita Leistner (author and photographer), Moderated by Sandy Smith (University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty)

January 27, 6:30pm ET
Black Bodies, White Gold: Art, Cotton, and Commerce in the Atlantic World
Anna Arabindan-Kesson (author; Princeton University, Department of Art and Archaeology)
Moderated by Jason Nguyen (University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty)

February 3, 6:30pm ET
In Conversation with Black Students in Design: Building Black Spaces
Rashad Shabazz (Arizona State University, School of Social Transformation), Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall (OCAD University, Faculty of Design), Rinaldo Walcott (University of Toronto, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies)
Moderated by Black Students in Design (University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty)

February 4, 10am ET
Sea Machines
Keller Easterling (Yale University, School of Architecture), Larrie Ferreiro (George Mason University, Department of History and Art History), Carola Hein (Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment), Niklas Maak (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), Meredith Martin (New York University, Department of Art History), Prita Meier (New York University, Department of Art History), Sara Rich (Coastal Carolina University, HTC Honors College), Margaret Schotte (York University, Department of History), Elliott Sturtevant (Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation), Gillian Weiss (Case Western Reserve University, Department of History)
Co-moderated by Jason Nguyen and Christy Anderson (University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty)

February 10, 12pm ET
Thinking Like a Mountain
Stephanie Carlisle (University of Washington, Carbon Leadership Forum), Rosetta Elkin (McGill University, Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture), Joseph Grima (Space Caviar), Scott McAulay (Anthropocene Architecture School)
Co-moderated by Kelly Doran, Sam Dufaux, and Douglas Robb (University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty)

February 15, 12pm ET 
Wigs and Women: Korean and Black Migrations and the American Street
Min Kyung Lee (Bryn Mawr College, Department of Growth and Structure of Cities)
Moderated by Jason Nguyen and Erica Allen-Kim (University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty)

February 17, 6:30pm ET
Tower Renewal and Overcoming Canada’s Retrofit Crisis: Research / Advocacy / Practice
Graeme Stewart (ERA Architects), presenting research undertaken with Ya’el Santopinto (ERA Architects)
Introductions by Dean Juan Du and Professor George Baird
The George Baird Lecture

March 3, 6:30pm ET
A Place for Life—An Archeology of the Future
Lina Ghotmeh (2021–2022 Frank O. Gehry International Visiting Chair in Architectural Design)
Moderated by Juan Du (Dean and Professor, University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty)

March 22, 6:30pm ET 
Ocean of Wetness
Anuradha Mathur (University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design), Dilip da Cunha (Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation), Michael Hough/Ontario Association of Landscape Architects Visiting Critic Lecture
Moderated by Liat Margolis (University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty)

March 29, 12pm ET
After Concrete
Lucia Allais (Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation), Forrest Meggers (Princeton University, School of Architecture)
Moderated by Mary Lou Lobsinger (University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty)

March 31, 6:30pm ET
Urban Urgencies
Marion Weiss (Partner, Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism; Professor of Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design)
Michael Manfredi (Partner, Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism; Senior Urban Design Critic, Harvard University Graduate School Of Design)
Moderated by Juan Du (Dean and Professor, University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty)

Urban Urgencies

April 2 
Design for Resilient Communities international symposium
Convenors:
Juan Du (Dean and Professor, University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty), Anna Rubbo (Senior Scholar, Columbia University, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, The Earth Institute)
In association with UIA Word Congress 2023: Sustainable Futures - Leave No One Behind

April 5, 6:30pm ET
Little Jamaica
Elizabeth Antczak (Open Architecture Collaborative Canada), Romain Baker (Black Urbanism TO), Cheryll Case (CP Planning), Tura Cousins Wilson (Studio of Contemporary Architecture)  
Co-moderated by Otto Ojo and Michael Piper with Black Students in Design (University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty)

April 7, 6:30pm ET
Reimagining ChinaTOwn: Speculative Fiction Stories from Toronto’s Chinatown(s) in 2050
Linda Zhang (organizer and facilitator; Ryerson University, School of Architecture), Biko Mandela Gray (facilitator; Syracuse University, African American Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies), Michael Chong (author), Amelia Gan (author), Eveline Lam (author; University of Waterloo, School of Architecture), Amy Yan (author and illustrator; Ryerson University, School of Interior Design) 
Moderated and Facilitated by Erica Allen-Kim (University of Toronto, Daniels Faculty)