McEwen School of Architecture Laurentian University Architecture Program Report for Initial Accreditation Submitted: September 15, 2020 MSoA Revised: December 3, 2020 Acknowledgments The McEwen School of Architecture acknowledges the Robinson-Huron Treaty of 1850 and recognizes that our School in Downtown Sudbury and the Laurentian University campus are located on the traditional lands of the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek. The City of Greater Sudbury also includes the traditional lands of Wahnapitae First Nation. We are truly honoured to have been able to work with so many inspiring Indigenous communities, partners, and colleagues throughout Northeastern Ontario since the School opened in 2013. Miigwech. This report has been compiled from a collective effort over many years, by a committed group of faculty, staff, students, university administrators and colleagues, as well as community members, who have played pivotal roles in the founding of not only a new school of architecture, but one that challenges the way we think about architectural education in relation to our Northern Ontario context. Many people from the School and the University have contributed to this report. I would like to offer special gratitude to our Administrative Assistants, Victoria Dominico and Tina Cyr, for devoting their time to this effort. Our Founding Director, Dr. Terrance Galvin, has provided invaluable guidance and devoted significant energy into the accreditation process since the School’s inception, and this report is no exception. Dr. David T Fortin, Director McEwen School of Architecture (MSoA) Laurentian University (LU) Architecture Program Report for Initial Accreditation Submitted to the Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB) Dr. David T. Fortin Director & Associate Professor Dr. Terrance Galvin Founding Director & Professor Submitted: September 15, 2020 Revised: December 3, 2020 4 MSoA First-year StudentMSoA Design-Built - Architecture Ice Station, Program 2017. Report, Professor September Mark Baechler. 2020 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction to the Program 9 1.1 Program Identity and Mission 9 1.1.1 Unique Features of the Program 9 1.1.2 Strengths of the Program 12 1.1.3 Challenges to the Program 12 1.1.4 Program Mission Statement 15 1.1.5 Mission of the MSoA 16 1.1.6 Institutional Context 17 1.2 Program Action Plan and Objectives 21 2.0 Progress Since the Previous Site Visit 23 2.1 Summary of Responses to Team Findings 24 2.2 Causes of Concern and Team’s Recommendations 25 2.2.1 Response to the 2018 Visiting Team Report 25 3.0 Compliance with the Conditions for Accreditation 27 3.1 Program Self-Assessment 28 3.1.1 Program Self-Assessment Process 29 3.1.2 Faculty, Student and Alumni Assessments of Strategic Plan and Mission Progress 30 3.1.3 Faculty, Student, Alumni and Employer Assessments of Co-operative Education Program 42 3.1.4 Faculty, Student and Alumni Assessments of Program’s Overall Curriculum and Learning Context 46 3.1.5 MSoA Faculty Retreats 47 3.2 Public Information 48 3.3 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 51 3.3.1 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion within LU 51 3.3.2 Communication to Students, Faculty and Staff 52 3.3.3 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion within the MSoA 53 3.4 Student Composition, Well-Being, and Enrichment 55 3.4.1 Description of Student Cohort 55 3.4.2 Safe, Positive and Respectful Learning Environment 65 3.4.3 Enhanced Learning Opportunities 66 3.4.4 Field Trips and Off-campus Activities 69 3.4.5 Student Professional Societies and other Campus- Wide Activities 72 3.4.6 Guest Lecturers and Visiting Critics 73 3.4.7 Student Support Services 84 3.5 Faculty and Staff Resources 87 3.5.1 Full-Time Faculty and Sessional Roster 87 3.5.2 Distribution of Responsibilities and Workload 89 3.5.3 Full-Time Faculty FTE and Sessional Overview 90 3.5.4 Support Staff 92 3.5.5 Human Resources Development 93 3.5.6 Hiring and Tenure and Promotion Procedures 94 3.5.7 Faculty Activities that Encourage Currency in Practice 94 3.5.8 Faculty Research Activities 95 3.6 Space and Technology Resources 100 3.6.1 Physical Resources 101 3.6.2 Changes to the Facility 103 3.6.3 Workshop and Fabrication Resources 105 3.6.4 Information Technology 108 3.7 Information Resources 111 3.7.1 Library Collections, Digital and Visual Resources 111 MSoA - Architecture Program Report, September 2020 5 3.7.2 Staff 112 3.7.3 Facilities 113 3.7.4 Library Statistics Report 115 3.7.5 Library Current Action Plan 115 3.8 Financial Resources 116 3.8.1 Details of the MSoA Program Operating Budget 117 3.8.2 Research Funding 119 3.8.3 MSoA Endowments 120 3.8.4 LU Scholarships 120 3.8.5 BAS Program Awards, Scholarships and Bursaries 120 3.8.6 MArch Program Awards, Scholarships and Bursaries 122 3.8.7 Government and FGS Scholarships Available to MArch Graduate Students 123 3.8.8 LU Graduate Teaching Assistantships 123 3.8.9 LU Development & Advancement Activities 123 3.9 Administrative Structure 124 3.9.1 MSoA Governance Structure 125 3.9.2 School Autonomy 125 3.9.3 The McEwen International Advisory Board 127 3.10 Professional Degrees, and Curriculum 130 3.10.1 Specifications of Degree Offered 130 3.10.2 Overview of the 4-Year Bachelor of Architectural Studies plus 2-Year Master of Architecture Program 131 3.10.3 Summary of the Co-operative Education Program 140 3.11 Performance Criteria 144 3.11.1 Program Performance Criteria 145 3.11.2 Student Performance Criteria 153 (SPC Graphic Matrix, p.154) 4.0 Supplemental Information 165 4.1 Introduction to the Institution and Program History 167 4.1.1 History, Description, and Mission of the Institution 167 4.1.2 Brief History of LU 167 4.1.3 Program History of the MSoA 169 4.2 Student Progress Evaluation 177 4.2.1 Student Transfer Credit and Advanced Placement 179 4.2.2 Student Progress 181 4.3 Current Course Descriptions 183 4.4 Current Faculty Resumes 223 4.5 Visiting Team Report from the Previous Visit 265 4.6 Annual Reports (Not Applicable) A.0 Appendices A - IQAP External Reviewer Report for MArch (4 May 2016) N - Co-op Reports B - Letter from VP Academic to CACB (6 March 2017) O - Co-op Handbook C - Letter confirming Approval of Grad Program (6 March 2017) P - Letters of Support D - MSoA Eligibility CACB Decision (14 June 2017) Q - Email to MSoA Regarding Accreditation Process E - MSoA Eligibility Visiting Team Report (May 2017) (10 August 2020) F - MSoA Candidacy CACB Decision (14 June 2018) G - LU President Memos regarding Accreditation (4 July 2018) H - Letter from CALA regarding internship (24 March 2019) I - LU VP Admin Cost Containment Memo (24 August 2018) J - MSoA BAS Academic Policy K - MSoA Draft of Promotion and Tenure Guidelines L - MSoA Constitution Draft M - MSoA Excerpts from 2020-21 LU Viewbook 6 MSoA - Architecture Program Report, September 2020 N - Co-op Reports O - Co-op Handbook P - Letters of Support Q - Email to MSoA Regarding Accreditation Process (10 August 2020) Introduction to the Program 1.0 MSoA - Architecture Program Report, September 2020 7 Photo: Bob Gundu. 1.0 Introduction to the Program Birchbark Canoe Building Sharing Circle with Elder Marcel Labelle, 2016 8 MSoA - Architecture Program Report, September 2020 1.0 Introduction to the Program comprise our downtown facility (costing over $30 million) 1.0 Introduction to the Program complete an innovative complex that is both intentionally didactic and environmentally sustainable. These buildings 1.1 Program Identity and Mission are our first teaching tools and their design has influenced the formation of the School’s curriculum. The APR must: • include summary of the Program’s identity, 1.1.1 Unique Features of the Program uniqueness, strengths, and challenges; • include the Program’s current mission statement, Co-op Education the date of its adoption or revision, and the date of its endorsement by the institution (if such a statement Strongly rooted in a Co-operative education model that and objectives do not exist, the Program’s plans for integrates theory with practice, the first work-term in the completing one must be outlined); and BAS Program takes place in industry and related fields, • demonstrate that it benefits from and contributes while the second work-term in the BAS Program takes to its institutional context, including the Program’s place in an office for architecture or a related design field. academic and professional standards for both faculty The Master of Architecture (MArch) program continues and students; the interaction between the Program this philosophy with an eight-month long Co-op term in and other programs in the institution; contributions architectural offices locally, nationally, and internationally. by the students, faculty, and administrators to the governance as well as the intellectual and social life Design-Build and Hands-On Learning of the institution; and contributions of the institution to the Program in terms of intellectual and personal The MSoA Design Studio sequence has consistently resources emphasized the importance of working with material at a 1:1 scale to learn about material properties and potentials. The philosophy of the McEwen School of Architecture In the 1st year of the BAS Program students have built ice (MSoA) is founded upon pride of place. This philosophy fishing huts or ice stations every year since the School embraces the resiliency of northern people and the opened. Similarly, every cohort of 2nd year students have unique beauty of the northern Ontario landscape. Located built birch bark or carbon fiber canoes, and, the past two at the crossroads of the City of Greater Sudbury in the years have constructed a collaborative wigwam project on downtown core, the MSoA marked Canada’s first new LU campus.