David L.A. Gordon

Professor

SURP Queen's University

Participates in 1 Session

David Gordon FCIP AICP is Professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning of the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen’s University. He received a doctorate in urban design from the Harvard GSD. David was SURP Director for over a decade and has also taught at McGill, Ryerson, Toronto, Riga, Western Australia, Harvard and Pennsylvania, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. Prior to becoming a full-time professor, David was a principal in a prominent architecture & design firm and manager in a Toronto waterfront agency. He is Research Chair of the Council for Canadian Urbanism and a CIP Fellow, sharing their National Awards four times. Recent books include Town and Crown and Planning Canadian Communities (with Pam Shaw). David's research examines planning histories and compares Canadian, Australian and American suburbs.

Sessions in which David L.A. Gordon participates

Friday 27 May, 2022

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

11:00 AM

Everyday Neighbourhood Design in Canada’s Model Town: Oromocto NB, 1955-69

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

Part of: Architecture and heritage of the everyday II

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

Paper

David L.A. Gordon, SURP Queen's University (Presenter)

Miranda Virginillo, SURP Queen's University (Presenter)

Oromocto, NB was known as “Canada’s Model Town” in 1959. This New Town was a collaborative design between Central Mortgage and Housing’s Archite...

Sessions in which David L.A. Gordon attends

Wednesday 25 May, 2022

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

4:45 PM

Opening Event

3 hours 45 minutes, 4:45 PM - 8:30 PM

Signup required

Dawson Hall (Le Balcon) St James united - Dawson Hall

Cocktail

Prof. Martin Drouin, UQAM (Master of ceremonies)

Lucie K. Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Discussant)

Dr Jessica Mace, University of Toronto (Discussant)

Prof. Peter Coffman (Presenter)

Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Keynote speaker)

Candace Iron, Humber College (Speaker)

We propose a rich and colorful inaugural evening, in a mythical place: Dawson Hall, behind St James United Church (1887-1889, Alexander Francis ...

Thursday 26 May, 2022

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

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...

Friday 27 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

Learning from Sudbury: Reading the Sudbury 2050 Urban Design Ideas Competition

20 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Part of: Strategies for Urban Revival and Renewal in Canadian Cities and Towns I

Paper

Shannon Bassett, Laurentian University (Presenter)

Terrance Galvin (Presenter)

The Sudbury2050 Urban Design Ideas Competition was launched on 25 February of 2020 and winners were announced in December 2020. As an int...

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...

10:00 AM

Developing a ‘care-full’ approach to densification, diversification, and conservation in suburban landscapes that were ‘not built for change’

20 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Part of: Strategies for Urban Revival and Renewal in Canadian Cities and Towns I

Paper

Nik Luka (Presenter)

Michael Nugent (Presenter)

To speak of participatory conservation typically brings to mind cases where citizens mobilise to protect threatened forms of material herita...

11:00 AM

Architecture and heritage of the everyday II

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

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

Regular session

Dr Jessica Mace, University of Toronto (Chair)

Architectural history and heritage have historically been defined by superlatives. Vernacular traditions and local histories, on the other hand,...

Everyday Neighbourhood Design in Canada’s Model Town: Oromocto NB, 1955-69

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

Part of: Architecture and heritage of the everyday II

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

Paper

David L.A. Gordon, SURP Queen's University (Presenter)

Miranda Virginillo, SURP Queen's University (Presenter)

Oromocto, NB was known as “Canada’s Model Town” in 1959. This New Town was a collaborative design between Central Mortgage and Housing’s Archite...

12:30 PM

Lunch and Annual General Meeting of Members

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

Repas

4:00 PM

Chocolate and basketball

20 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

Part of: Current research B

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

Paper

John Leroux, Canada (Presenter)

Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a Canadian, at the International YMCA College in Massachusetts. As a student, Lyman Arc...

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

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...

The Frontenac Heritage Fondation @ 50

20 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Part of: Citizens, history, and heritage

Paper

Pierre Du Prey, Queen's University (Presenter)

Founded in 1972 by a citizens' group of academics and preservation activists, the Frontenac Heritage Foundation turns 50 years of age. It contin...

9:30 AM

Infrastructure as Cultural Legacy: Reading Resistance in the Toronto Transit Commission’s Spadina Subway Line Public Art Programming (1971-1978)

20 minutes, 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Part of: Citizens, history, and heritage

Paper

Alan Webb (Presenter)

During the late 1960s, the city of Toronto was facing a critical question with the potential to radically transform its urban fabric: will the f...

10:00 AM

Engaged in the valorization of the past: built heritage and the activities of historical societies on the island of Montreal

20 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Part of: Citizens, history, and heritage

Paper

Prof. Martin Drouin, UQAM (Presenter)

Nearly forty historical societies and heritage associations are active on the island of Montreal. Some are very old, bu...

10:30 AM

Break (copy)

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

11:00 AM

Designing for accessibility and inclusivity

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

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

Regular session

Menno Hubregtse, University of Victoria (Chair)

Ramps and curb cuts often first come to mind when one thinks about how the built environment is de...

12:30 PM

Lunch

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

Repas

1:30 PM

Discovery of the Soulanges Canal

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

Signup required

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

Repas

Bus tour of the Soulanges Canal and its facilities (1899-1959), currently undergoing a major enhancement project. The first stop will be at the ...

6:00 PM

Closing dinner

5 hours, 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Available

La Biosphère - Belvédère et salle panoramique

Event

Prof. Martin Drouin, UQAM (Chair)

We offer a unique experience for the closing dinner of this conference in Montreal, in the former U.S. pavilion of Expo'67 - the most popular of...