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Montreal and Toronto. He first
joined the RAIC as a Carleton
University student in 1982.
“Our goal is to increase the
number of younger people in
our organization, as well as
interns who are working their
way up to becoming regis-
tered,” he says. “They have
different ideas, educations
and a different way of looking
at things.”
Becoming an architect is chal-
lenging and students entering
architecture school tend to be
top students in math, science
and art. Education in univer-
sity is typically six years, fol-
lowed by at least three years
as an intern, plus professional
registration exams, and it usu-
ally takes 10 to 12 years to be-
come eligible to register.
Canada’s more than 8,000 li-
censed architects not only de-
sign buildings, but also land-
scapes, lighting, interiors,
furnishings and infrastruc-
ture. They manage projects,
coordinate a design team and
work with different consul-
tants. Architects guide clients
through the complex regula-
tory building process of zon-
ing bylaws, building codes,
and contractors’ bids.
Architectural services can in-
clude site evaluation, construc-
tion documentation, feasibility
studies, contract administra-
tion, planning, specification
writing and LEED consulting.
The RAIC was originally
founded to create closer ties
between provincial groups
of architects. Together, they
work to influence government
policy on causes to do with
the profession and the built
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