Photo by Shiraz Ali.
Photo by Shiraz Ali.

TSA CONNECT 2024: Volunteering

Please note this session of TSA CONNECT is now sold out. A waitlist has been opened, and tickets will be released as they become available. If you have a ticket and you are no longer able to attend, please be sure to cancel your ticket so other attendees may join instead. 

For our next session of TSA CONNECT, we’re so excited to be bringing back one of our favourite topics: volunteering! Come join us for a night of networking and relationship building as our Featured Guests share their stories and advice as active volunteers in our community: from what motivates them to volunteer to how they balance their work, family, and volunteering obligations. Our Featured Guests represent a wide variety of volunteer roles and organisations working to make our industry and city better for all, from non-profits to advocacy groups, regulators to municipal committees, and you can learn more about our guests below.

So come out and meet some of the amazing volunteers making a difference in our community and to learn more about how you can get involved!

 

Schedule

6:30 PM Doors Open

7:00 – 8:00 PM Structured Networking Sessions

8:00 – 10:00 PM Mix and Mingle

 

Light refreshments will be served and a cashless cash bar will be available (debit, credit, Apple Pay, or Google Pay only).

Join Waitlist

When Wednesday, October 9, 2024
7:00 - 10:00 PM (Doors Open at 6:30 PM)

Where Centre for Social Innovation: Annex - Lounge
720 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON

Cost $15+HST General Admission, Free for TSA Members!

Host Toronto Society of Architects

Featured Guests

Our diverse lineup of guests includes professionals in the architecture and design community who volunteer with a wide variety of industry organisations, from non-profits to advocacy groups, regulators to municipal committees.

Featured Guests will be added as they are confirmed. Click on their profiles to learn more about each of them.

Afsaneh Asayesh
Afsaneh Asayesh
Treasurer
Becoming Architects Canada
Anna Owusu
Executive Member
BAIDA (Black Architects + Interior Designers Association) Canada
Janice Miyagi
Initiative Lead
Toronto Society of Architects (TSA)
Jc Elijah (Eli) M. Bawuah
Co-Founder
Mentoring Initiative for Indigenous and Planners of Colour (MIIPOC)
Jennifer Esposito
Chair, Executive Committee
Building Equality in Architecture Toronto (BEAT)
Joanne Chan
Treasurer
ARIDO Board of Directors
Joe Lobko
Volunteer
City of Toronto Design Review Panel
Katerina Bong
Member
Toronto Preservation Board
Kristi Doyle
Executive Director
Ontario Association of Architects (OAA)
Olivia Keung
Advisory Committee Member
RAIC
Pamela Bruneau
Treasurer
Toronto Society of Architects (TSA)
Patricia Milne
Executive Member
ACO Toronto
Renée Powell-Hines
Programming Administrator
BAIDA (Black Architects + Interior Designers Association) Canada
Robyn Brown
Board Member
Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) Global Advisory Board
Settimo Vilardi
President
Ontario Association of Architects (OAA)
Tatiana Soldatova
Advisory Board Member
Urban Minds
Tejasi Gadkari
Director of Outreach
Society of South Asian Architects, Canada (SOSA)
Ute Maya-Giambattista
President & Treasurer
Council for Canadian Urbanism
Veronica Madonna
Committee Member
OAA Sustainable Built Environment Committee
Weihan Vivian Lee
Board Member
Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB)
Zviko Mhakayakora
Board Co-Chair
DesignTO

About the TSA CONNECT Series

Join the Toronto Society of Architects for evenings of networking and relationship building as featured guests from Toronto’s architecture and design industry share their experiences, perspectives and advice on issues of practice, career, and life. Each session will feature new guests, topics and small group discussions, giving participants the opportunity to ask questions and form connections with our Featured Guests. Sessions, guests, and dates are announced in the TSA Bulletin as they are confirmed with limited tickets for each session, so make sure to sign up so you don’t miss out!

This event is free for TSA Members using the discount code found in the latest TSA Bulletin or on your Member Dashboard! Not a member yet? You can join here (and student memberships are free!).


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