Initiatives Announced for the First Half of 2020 

Twice a year, the OAA’s Public Awareness Sponsorship program distributes funding to help applicants carry out projects or events that fulfil the Architects Act’s object of “promoting public appreciation of architecture and the allied arts and sciences” to the public.
 
This year, a record number of applicants put forth submissions for the late-January deadline. At its March meeting, the Association’s Communications Committee agreed to fulfill the sponsorship requests for the following groups or initiatives:

• Heritage Toronto’s architecture tours;
• Bridging Scales and Disciplines: An Ecological Approach to City-Building in Toronto by International Landscape Collaborative (ILC) in partnership with Ryerson University School of Urban and Regional Planning;
• Urban Minds’ 1Up Toronto Conference;
• Toronto Public Space Committee’s webinar series, Urban Design and Public Space: Creating Equitable Built Environments;
• University of Waterloo: Architecture Master Works and Projects Review Exhibitions; and
• TimberFever 2021 by Moses Structural Engineers and Ryerson University.

The next deadline to apply for 2021 Public Awareness Sponsorship funding will be July 26. Interested applicants should contact Erik Missio, Communications Manager, at erikm@oaa.on.ca to request a form that will be distributed to members of the Communications Committee. Any requests over $10,000 require OAA Council approval based on a recommendation from the Committee.