Finding Our Place in the Field
Among the many celebrations and inaugurations at May?s RAIC Festival of Architecture in Saint John, New Brunswick, one event stands out to me as particularly special: the official launch of the Atlantic chapter of Building Equality in Architecture (BEA).
Full force: supporters launch BEAAtlantic at the RAIC Festival in Saint John in May.
The mission of BEA is to ?leverage opportunities for women, men, students and practitioners to engage with women leaders and mentors in our profession.? In doing this, BEA recognizes the excellence of women professionals, but also our importance as role models.
As a fourth-generation Saint John native, I found it poignant to attend the inaugural events of BEAAtlantic in this historic city. Although I studied architecture at Dalhousie University in Halifax and have taught for many years at the architecture school at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I became an architect in Saint John, completing my professional internship and writing my architectural licensing exams in the city. Compared with other parts of the country, the Atlantic region has a meandering and less centralized geography, smaller communities and only one school of architecture. Hence the new chapter is being mentored generously in its beginning phases by its sister organization BEAToronto (BEAT), founded in 2015. BEAT hosts public lectures, mentoring groups, networking and leadership opportunities; recognizing the importance of a multiplicity of voices, hands an...
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