June Diana Komisar

Associate Chair, Department of Architectural Science

X University (formerly Ryerson University)

Participates in 1 Session

Sessions in which June Diana Komisar participates

Friday 27 May, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

11:30 AM

Low hanging fruit: food production in urban park design

20 minutes, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Part of: Rethinking major urban public parks, between continuity and reinvention

Paper

June Diana Komisar, X University (formerly Ryerson University) (Presenter)

The importance of parks became starkly apparent as we pivoted to new ways of socializing, exercising, eating, and all aspects of living during t...

Sessions in which June Diana Komisar attends

Thursday 26 May, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

8:30 AM

Welcome coffee and registration

30 minutes, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall

9:00 AM

Globalizing Architectural Scholarship in Canada I

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525

Regular session

Dustin Valen, McGill University (Chair)

In recognition of the fact that Canadian practitioners, scholars, and students of architecture thi...

10:30 AM

Break (copy)

30 minutes, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM

Irving Grossman: Modernist Synagogue Architect

20 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Part of: Religious architecture: new questions / new approaches II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Paper

Coby Lyons, Toronto Metropolitan University (Presenter)

Canada is home to the fourth largest Jewish community in the world, with one of its two centres being Toronto. Toronto’s first Jews originally s...

Religious architecture: new questions / new approaches II

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Regular session

Prof. Marc Grignon, Un. Laval (Chair)

Over the past twenty or so years, the architecture of churches in Quebec and across Canada has triggered new and increasingly pressing questions...

11:30 AM

Restoration and Revelations at Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver BC

20 minutes, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Part of: Religious architecture: new questions / new approaches II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Paper

Barry Magrill (Presenter)

Modernizing a religious monument that is more than 100 years old is a complex issue that invariably ...

12:00 PM

The Transmission of Designs in 19th-century church architecture in Canada

20 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Part of: Religious architecture: new questions / new approaches II

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Paper

Prof. Malcolm Thurlby, York University (Presenter)

Many aspects of the transmission of designs from British and Irish sources to what is now Canada are...

12:30 PM

Lunch and presentation of the Martin Eli Weil prize

2 hours, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Théâtre Sainte-Catherine - Théâtre

Repas

Luiza Santos (Keynote speaker)

5:00 PM

Screening of the movie "Roger D'Astous" and conversation with filmmaker Étienne Desrosiers

2 hours, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510

Roger D'Astous is one of the most important Canadian architects of the 20th century. A student of Frank Lloyd Wright, he worked all his life to ...

Friday 27 May, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Strategies for Urban Revival and Renewal in Canadian Cities and Towns I

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R515

Regular session

Shannon Bassett, Laurentian University (Chair)

Many of our Canadian cities and towns currently find themselves in need of revival and renewal. Disinvestment in the public realm, decentralizat...

11:00 AM

Rethinking major urban public parks, between continuity and reinvention

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525

Regular session

Jonathan Cha, Université de Montréal and Société du parc Jean-Drapeau (Chair)

Major parks have been part of the urban identity of Canadian cities for more than 150 years. From ...

12:30 PM

Lunch and Annual General Meeting of Members

3 hours, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Repas

4:30 PM

Walking tour in the Centre-sud neighborhood

1 hour 30 minutes, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Signup required

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)

Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Presenter)

Walking tour of the working-class housing and churches of Saint-Pierre-Apôtre and Sainte-Brigide-de-Kildare (now the Sainte-Brigide Cultural and...

Saturday 28 May, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

8:30 AM

Welcome coffee

30 minutes, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

9:00 AM

Seeing, hearing, experiencing, tasting architecture... I

13 hours 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 PM

Regular session

Guillaume Ethier, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) (Chair)

Josée Laplace, Université McGill / CRC en patrimoine urbain (Chair)

“Felt experiences” have become key components of our understanding of the world in the digit...

Citizens, history, and heritage

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Regular session

Prof. Martin Drouin, UQAM (Chair)

Since the 19th century, citizens grouped within different types of associations, from t...

10:30 AM

Break (copy)

30 minutes, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM

Heritage for Whom? Conserving Community Spaces

1 hour 30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520

Regular session

Stephanie Mah, Giaimo (Chair)

Jenni Pace (Chair)

While the relationship between architecture and community are intrinsically intertwined, the built...

12:30 PM

Lunch

1 hour, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Repas