Lecture by Tiffany Shaw + Safira Lakhani

The next Laurentian Architecture Lecture Series event is scheduled for this coming Monday Oct.26:

This EVENING TALK (5:30 pm – Lecture Hall) will feature Tiffany Shaw, Métis architect and Reimagine Architects‘ Indigenous Practice Leader (Reimagine Architects is a firm based in Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Bucharest), as well as architect Safira Lakhani. Both co-wrote the recently published book “Reciprocity by Design: Architecture for Indigenous Tourism”.

Tiffany Shaw is an architect, artist and curator based in Edmonton, Alberta. She holds a Diploma in Art from Grant MacEwan University, a BFA from NSCAD University and a Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Through her work as a Métis Architect and Indigenous Practice Leader with Reimagine Architects, Tiffany founded the Indigenous owned consulting company Reimagine Gathering. She is renowned for her insightful aesthetic, weaving storytelling through craft and materials while honouring the nuances of diverse cultural landscapes. She seeks to engage methods of motherhood and caregiving into workplace practices as a way of centering care, responsibility, and reciprocity. Her work forms a cohesive narrative between past, present, and future, bringing essential cultural and relational dimensions into contemporary practice.

Safira Lakhani is an architect, activist, writer, mother, and yoga teacher. Her practice is shaped by global and local experience, including work with the United Nations Environment Programme in Afghanistan and the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat in Central Asia. Pairing research and design, Safira’s professional repertoire in North America spans Education, Post-Secondary, Housing, Non-Profit, Cultural, and Community projects, including work with many Indigenous communities. Her current practice focuses on Health and Healing with Reimagine Architects, and her ongoing research centres on matriarchal architectures.

This event is free and open to all, and it is presented by Garland Canada, with the support of the Ontario Association of Architects.

EVENING TALKS qualify for two (2) Ontario Association of Architects Continuing Education Structured Learning Hours.

We can’t wait to see you on Monday evening!