BEAT MIXES are a platform to develop relationships across Toronto’s architecture and design communities by setting up opportunities for networking. Each MIX features guests that include principals from local design firms of various sizes, along with leaders in related professions such as construction, accounting, engineering, and academia. Participants have the opportunity to interact with the featured guests and peers in smaller focused groups. MIXES have offered an opportunity to discuss topics that are less commonly addressed in our profession, such as navigating the challenges of returning to work after a parental leave, various parental policies in offices, and discussion about the financial, social and cultural dynamics of raising a family while managing a career.
Join Building Equality in Architecture Toronto (BEAT) at Teknion for their BEAT// MIX Parenthood 2.0. This event is back by popular demand, but this time in-person with a different set of speakers. BEAT is excited to mix and mingle while discussing parenthood and the construction industry.
This event will specifically focus around issues architects and designers face when they make the decision to have children. Attendees will have the chance to ask questions related to better understanding practices in place at offices to facilitate parental leaves, navigating the field once returning to work, work from home policies, and shedding light on the financial, social and cultural dynamics of raising children while managing a career. This BEAT MIX will serve to cultivate a valuable opportunity for those interested in understanding how to manage the balance between thriving at work and home, as well as network and meet colleagues in similar stages of their career.
BEAT MIX will include five invited featured guests who are stationed in breakout rooms. The featured guests will comprise of Partners and Principals from local design firms of various sizes, along with leaders in the professions. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with the featured guests and meet a succession of individuals in small groups throughout the evening. This panel of featured guests has been curated to share their unique experience navigating parenthood and practice.
Featured Guests include:
Olga Pushkar, Architect, OAA, FRAIC | Principal, KPMB
Francis Guanlao, Partner, RAW Design
Stephanie Hosein, Architect, OAA | Associate, Omar Gandhi Architects
Siobhan Sweeny, Architect, OAA | Sweeny & Co Architects Inc.
Kyra Clarkson, Architect, OAA, FRAIC | Founder, Kyra Clarkson Architect Inc.
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Limited space available. Please purchase tickets in advance via the link below.