WIA UPCOMING EVENTS
JUNE EVENT | First Nations Health Authority Webinar & Site Tour
Women in Architecture (WIA) is celebrating Indigenous People's Day with a webinar and site tour of a new office building for this first-of-its-kind, province-wide entity founded through the expression of BC First Nations self-determination and health governance. Please join us for the site tour and webinar, or just webinar, to learn about the new First […]
AUGUST EVENT | Robson Square Revisited Webinar & Site Tour
Join WIA in revisiting the iconic Robson Square project with Eva Matsuzaki for a webinar, and site tour followed by our summer social. Robson Square Revisited will be hosted by Eva Matsuzaki, a founding member of Women in Architecture (WIA), and the first woman president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). She was […]
OCTOBER EVENT | Career Paths in Architecture
Join us for our annual Career Paths in Architecture event! There are many directions one can take with one's career following an architectural education. A dynamic group of women working in and around the field of architecture will each do a brief presentation of the varying paths on which architecture has taken them. Presentations to […]
NOVEMBER EVENT | Negotiate for the Compensation You Deserve
Join us on November 22 for a workshop by The Thoughtful Co on salary negotiation. In architecture and engineering, women make on average 15% less than their male peers with the same education and experience. This workshop will enable you to feel confident in asking for the compensation you deserve.The Thoughtful Co will cover everything from how […]
DECEMBER EVENT | WIA Winter Social with WISH
Brooks Corning Showroom 380 W 2nd Ave #200, Vancouver, BCLet's jingle and mingle!! Join us on December 14th for an evening of mixing and mingling at our annual Winter Social!! This year we have partnered with WISH which is an organization based in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside that strives to improve the health, safety and well-being of women who are involved in Vancouver’s street-based sex […]
JANUARY EVENT | Zero Emissions Buildings Workshop with BCIT
BCIT Burnaby NW3 Building, 3700 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby, BCJoin us for a webinar, and a tour of the High-Performance Building Lab at BCIT to learn about emerging topics for zero emissions buildings. Buildings are currently responsible for 39% of global energy related carbon emissions: 28% from operational emissions, from energy needed to heat, cool and power them, and the remaining 11% from materials […]
FEBRUARY EVENT | WIA then and now
We are excited to host an event all about WIA. Who we are? What do we do? And how to get involved? This event will answer all of your questions. join us for a round table evening where we share about who we are from the perspective of speakers from all generations of WIA. Get […]
MARCH EVENT | Site Tour : Royal Columbian Hospital
330 E Columbia St 330 E Columbia St, New Westminster, BCJoin us for a site tour of the Acute Care Tower addition at the Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. The addition/standalone project consists of a parkade (2 floors), back-of-house and service spaces (including a morgue), 9 floors of clinical treatment and patient rooms, a dedicated mid-height mechanical interstitial floor and 2 floors of rooftop […]
MARCH EVENT | Adaptive Reuse in Architecture : Panel Discussion
Join us for an evening of insightful panel discussions with three local architectural experts, exploring the world of adaptive reuse on the West Coast of Canada. The event aims to shine a light on the nuances of integrating heritage buildings into our contemporary context, unearthing both the benefits and challenges. Bring your curiosity and questions […]
MAY EVENT | Lean In, Speak Up: Navigating Tricky Conversations
Join us Wednesday, May 22, for a workshop on navigating difficult conversations. In her inspiring TEDx talk, Sarah Crawford-Bohl, an accomplished healthcare leader, delves into the critical importance of facing difficult conversations. Sarah introduces ‘The Moral Compass’, a framework guiding us past any hesitation, helping us make the courageous step of initiating these dialogues. […]
JUNE EVENT|Serving the Underserved: Housing for Underrepresented Communities
Human Studio 68 East 2nd Avenue Unit #200, VancouverWIA proudly presents a new lecture series, Serving the Underserved Hosted tri-annually, the series aims to bring underrepresented voices and perspectives to the questions architecture likes to ask but has difficulty answering through practice. Questions like “What does it take to create a safe sp ace for everyone to call home?” and “How do […]
JULY EVENT | Summer Social at Heritage Office Furnishings
Heritage Office Furnishings - Mount Pleasant 295 West 5th Avenue, Vancouver, BCJoin us for the Women in Architecture Summer Social at Heritage Office Furnishings! This event is perfect for networking and mingling with fellow professionals while enjoying delicious food and drinks. We will also have a guest speaker, to be announced soon. Don't miss this opportunity to connect and unwind! When: Thursday, July 25, 2024, 6:00pm-8:00pm […]
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