Our public programs are platforms that allow us to reflect on and impact how the built environment is designed, produced, and understood. As occasions for dialogue, debates, and discoveries, these programs explore architecture, the built environment, and our living spaces. They are conceived in dialogue with our research, exhibition, and publication projects as well as with our evolving Collection.

Through discussions, seminars, book launches, and film screenings, we invite a diverse range of voices to question traditional definitions of architecture, of the city, of the landscape and of the architect’s role in society. Find our complete programming on our calendar page.

Guided Tours
In our guided tours, groups of all ages can discover our exhibitions, our building, and our sculpture garden, and discuss the various questions they pose.

For Youth and School Groups ages 5 to 17
We offer programmes and workshops that introduce youth to architectural ideas on subjects like ecological challenges and social changes. We encourage participants to develop critical ways of understanding and acting upon our built environment.

For University and College Students
In addition to our public events, we offer programs specifically for university and college groups, including open sessions around a selection of objects from our Collection, the Interuniversity Charrette (a three-day competition for architecture students), and an open house night during which students can discover our activities, meet members of the CCA’s various departments and learn more about the opportunities that we offer.

Special Programs
Diverse Pasts and Near Futures is a program for youth aged 13 to 17, developed in partnership with Scotiabank, to increase accessibility to architectural education and museum spaces for youth—where Black, Indigenous, and POC narratives are often underrepresented. These community-focused workshops and discussions take place at the CCA and in Little Burgundy.

We offer special holiday programs, such as our Summer Day Camp and Kids Days (during school breaks), for youth ages 7 to 10 to come, play, and learn about architecture.

We are open to collaborations for special projects. Contact us at public@cca.qc.ca or at +1 514 939 7002 to begin a discussion.

To browse our past public programs, see our timeline.