Firstly thank you for your patience during this transitional period for NextGen. Now that we’ve had a few months to establish ourselves in our new roles we’re excited to begin engaging with our members and show off what we've been working on! ACO NextGen Board 2024-26 Hayden Bulbrook, ChairAmal Shawar, Vice ChairJoshua Chan, Director of … Continue reading March 2025 Newsletter
ACO NextGen Job Shadow 2025
Participant registration will open in mid-to-late January 2025. Host applications are now open! REGISTER NOW! The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario’s NextGen is excited to offer its 13th annual Job Shadow Program, taking place during Heritage Week, February 17- 21, 2024. This program provides students with an opportunity to network and make key professional connections in … Continue reading ACO NextGen Job Shadow 2025
Call for ACO NextGen Executives: 2024-2026
ACO NextGen is currently seeking several students, recent graduates or emerging professionals with an interest in heritage conservation to join us on the ACO NextGen Executive Board until 2026. The following positions are available (details below): ACO NextGen Chair NextGen Vice Chair Director of Programs and Events Program and Event Coordinator(s) Director of Public Outreach … Continue reading Call for ACO NextGen Executives: 2024-2026
ACO NextGen Job Shadow 2024
Participant registration is extended until February 2nd 2024 at 11:59pm EST. REGISTER NOW! The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario’s NextGen is excited to offer its 12th annual Job Shadow Program, taking place during Heritage Week, February 19- 23, 2024. This program provides students with an opportunity to network and make key professional connections in their area … Continue reading ACO NextGen Job Shadow 2024
ACO NextGen Design Charrette 2022
The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario’s NextGen is excited to offer its 10th annual Design Charrette, taking place on Sunday, November 13th at Charbonnel Lounge, Toronto. 81 St Mary St, Toronto, ON M5S 1J4. The Design Charrette provides future designers the opportunity to reimagine the adaptive reuse and rehabilitation of some of Toronto's under-appreciated urban spaces. This year, emerging … Continue reading ACO NextGen Design Charrette 2022
The Original Schoolhouses and the “Reuse Culture” of the North
By Laurel Wilson Growing up in the rural logging communities of Central Almaguin taught me a lot about being resourceful. Using every bit of what you have is a learned habit that is deeply ingrained in the culture of rural communities. As a by-product of this “reuse culture,” the built environment of Almaguin is nearly … Continue reading The Original Schoolhouses and the “Reuse Culture” of the North
The Race to Save Heritage Buildings
Regardless of such preventative measures which might buy a building more time and perhaps change the future of a structure, the demolition of a heritage building will always be a race against time.
Hidden Canada: The Gathering Circle and Indigenous Place-Making in Ontario
The Gathering Circle is an important place of assembly for the city’s residents and provides an inclusive space to celebrate, reflect, and protest. It also sets a precedent of Indigenous place-making that is long overdue.
The Cookstown Collaboration: A Heritage Consultant Opportunity at a Glance
The April edition of the ACO NextGen newsletter brought with it genial wishes for a happy spring and an unexpected prospect: An emerging heritage consultant opportunity. It was a request for applicants on behalf of a concerned community group – the Cookstown Community Development Team (CCDT).
Hidden Canada: Indigenous Design and Sustainability in the First Peoples House
The First Peoples House frames Indigenous culture, spirituality and environmental consciousness within the modernist sphere of materiality, form, and contemporary engineering technologies.
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