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China and Canada: wood trading
The Globe and Mail published an article in early December 2017 entitled Ottawa holds up venture capital deal to highlight benefits of Beijing ties. The…
Size matters
I was happy to read that the sale of Aecon was recently scuttled. It was a bad idea from the start. PCL, Ledcor and others…
Travelling to understanding
A layman’s view (not an architect) I was in my forties the first time I visited Europe. My family emigrated from Europe, mostly France and…
The future of architecture: valuing and expanding on our heritage
In August of this year, I graduated for the second time. After having spent four years deep in academia at the University of Toronto –…
Expect the unexpected
I’m going to start off by saying I have no direct, hands-on, experience with this subject. But I know of it, and that this is…
OAA Annual General Meeting: Spring 2018
This is an abridged text of my (short) speech at the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) annual general meeting, held in Toronto May 2018. Those…