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From Commodity to Community?
The planet is the client
22 December 2016
The planet is the client
Led by architect Farida Abu-Bakare and her team at WXY, participants will work in small groups with tools that represent community priorities, municipal frameworks, and spatial trade-offs to collectively map Montréal, and test the possibilities that arise when different forms of knowledge come together.
31 October 2026, 1pm to 4pm
Community Capital: What We Build Together
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Led by architect Farida Abu-Bakare and her team at WXY, participants will work in small groups with tools that represent community priorities, municipal frameworks, and spatial trade-offs to collectively map Montréal, and test the possibilities that arise when different forms of knowledge come together.
Join us on Thursday, 29 October for a lecture by Farida Abu-Bakare.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 October 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Community Capital: People, Place, Practice, with Farida Abu-Bakare
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Join us on Thursday, 29 October for a lecture by Farida Abu-Bakare.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
This free two-hour workshop with Vanessa Owusu-Piameng invites participants to develop their ideas for community spaces, breathing new life into the NCC and offering youthful insights, ideas, and opinions.
Reimagine Community Architecture
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This free two-hour workshop with Vanessa Owusu-Piameng invites participants to develop their ideas for community spaces, breathing new life into the NCC and offering youthful insights, ideas, and opinions.
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Community Center
AP145.S1.D17
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File documents a student project for a building complex comprising a school, a technical school, a library and a cinema. Material in this file was produced in 1952 and 1953. File contains presentation panels.
[1952-1953]
Community Center
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AP145.S1.D17
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File documents a student project for a building complex comprising a school, a technical school, a library and a cinema. Material in this file was produced in 1952 and 1953. File contains presentation panels.
File 17
[1952-1953]
textual records
Man In the Community
ARCH255530
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Man In the Community - promotional booklet on the pavilion with information and photographs published by the Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition
1967
Man In the Community
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ARCH255530
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Man In the Community - promotional booklet on the pavilion with information and photographs published by the Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition
textual records
1967
What can be done to support Indigenous experiences of the built environment? Join landscape architect Naomi Ratte and architect Jason Surkan to learn more about the projects they are pursuing as the inaugural Indigenous-led Design Fellows at the CCA. Over the course of the week of February 20, Naomi and Jason will engage with CCA staff to create moments of learning and(...)
Shaughnessy House and online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation, historical Métis housing
23 February 2023, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Indigenous-led Design: Methods, Practices, Communities, Experiences
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What can be done to support Indigenous experiences of the built environment? Join landscape architect Naomi Ratte and architect Jason Surkan to learn more about the projects they are pursuing as the inaugural Indigenous-led Design Fellows at the CCA. Over the course of the week of February 20, Naomi and Jason will engage with CCA staff to create moments of learning and(...)
Shaughnessy House and online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation, historical Métis housing
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Ideas of living
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AP022.S1.1974.PR02
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File documents a study for a community centre (not built), Langley, British Columbia. File contains textual records.
1974
Brookswood-Fernridge Community Centre
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AP022.S1.1974.PR02
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File documents a study for a community centre (not built), Langley, British Columbia. File contains textual records.
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1974
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AP096.D11
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File documents a proposal for a community centre in Vancouver, British Columbia. Material was produced in ca. 1950. File contains a presentation drawing.
[ca. 1950]
Vancouver Community Centre Proposal
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AP096.D11
Description:
File documents a proposal for a community centre in Vancouver, British Columbia. Material was produced in ca. 1950. File contains a presentation drawing.
File 11
[ca. 1950]