Thomas Strickland
Education
?2012 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? PhD. in Architectural History, McGill University
?2006 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Master of Architecture (Post-Professional), McGill University
1997 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Master of Architecture (First-Professional), Dalhousie University
1995 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies, Dalhousie University
Academic Appointments
2015 - present ?Assistant Professor, McEwen School of Architecture, 黑料吃瓜不打烊 Laurentienne, Sudbury, Ontario.
2015 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??Sessional Studio Instructor/Lecturer,?Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Carleton University.
2014 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??Sessional Lecturer, Department of Art History,?Concordia University.
2014 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??Sessional Studio Instructor, Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Carleton University.
2012 - 2013 ? ? ?Assistant Professor, Visiting Faculty Appointment, Department of Art History,?Concordia University.?
2012 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??Sessional Lecturer, School of Architecture,?McGill University.
2012 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??Sessional Lecturer, Department of Art History,?Concordia University.
2011 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??Sessional Lecturer, Department of Art History, Concordia University.
Awards
2016 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Ontario Public Service Human Resources Award of Excellence in Inclusion.**
2008 - 2010 ?? ?J.W. McConnell Memorial Fellowship, McGill University.
2009 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?TD Financial Bank Group - Canadian Centre for Architecture Collection Research Grants
2008 - 2009?? ??Hatch Graduate Fellowships in Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University.
2008 - 2009?? ??Max E. Binz Fellowship, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University.
2007 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?McGill Alma Mater Travel Scholarship, McGill University.
2006 - 2008 ? ? McGill University Dean's Doctoral Student Research Recruitment Award (MEDA)
2006 - 2008 ? ? Healthcare, Technology and Place Doctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto.
2006 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Maureen Anderson Prize in Architecture, McGill School of Architecture
2005 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?McGill University Graduate Studies Fellowship, McGill University.
**(with McEwen School of Architecture, Cambrian College Open Studio, Elementary Teachers?Federation of Ontario, Fierte Sudbury Pride, and The SPOT).
Teaching
ARCH1515 EL, Design Studio 2: PLACE?
ARCH1505 EL, Design Studio 1: PLACE?
ARCH3515 EL, Design Studio 6: Northern Building Studio?
ARCH3505 EL, Design Studio 5: Northern Building Studio?
ARCH3017, Writings in Architecture
Publications
Selected Publications, 2016 - 2012
Peer - reviewed
“Passive and Active: Public Spaces In McMaster Health Sciences Centre, 1972.” In Healing Spaces, Modern Architecture, and the Body. Eds. Ekici, Didem & Sarah Schrank. New?York: Routledge. 2016. 203-223.
“Biting Back: Art and Activism at the Dog Park.” Ethics + Publics, On|Site Review 30 (2013) 4-9 ? (co-authored with Cynthia Hammond).
Essays in Journals and Magazines
“Queer Diaspora - Making Places in Transition.” Weak Systems, On|Site Review 32 (2014) 70-73.
“Nun Of The Above.” Canadian Architect. May 2011. 14-19.
“Fair and Square.” Canadian Architect. Nov. 2010. 22-25.
Book Reviews
“Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture.” Journal of Architectural Education ? 68:1 (2014): 144-146.
Selected Curation and Research/Creation, 2016 - 2011
2016 - present
Curator and exhibit designer. “Photovoice.”?McEwen School of Architecture, Sudbury.?(Forthcoming) Mar. 25-Apr. 7 (with Marion Maar, Yaeji Han, Beaudin Bennett, and Northern Ontario School of Medicine).
Lead designer. “Pom Pom.” An interactive installation/comfort fence, Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Jackson, Mississippi (in progress, with Lori Brown, Syracus University, Patrick Harrop, and Dani Kastelian).
Co-Curator and Coordinator. “Avec la Nord.” An exhibition and symposium exploring architecture and place in Northern contexts. McEwen School of Architecture, Sudbury. (Forthcoming) Aug. 23 - Sep. 10 (with La Maison de l’Architecture du Québec).
Collaborator/Designer. “Crossing Alliances Transforming Perceptions: Shkwandem / Portal / Portail.” An immersive/responsive digital portal network supporting FNMI/Indigenous political reconciliation in Canada. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto and McEwen School of Architecture, Sudbury. (in progress, with Royal Ontario Museum, Shared Studio, Centre for Social and Legal Justice: 黑料吃瓜不打烊, and N'Swakamok Native Friendship Centre).
2016
Exhibit Designer. “FAAS 5: Abricadabri” Fair of Alternative Art in Sudbury. Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Sudbury. May 4-7 (with Patrick Harrop).
2015
Installation Design and Co-ordination. “Parapan Am Games Opening Ceremonies PrideHouse That Kids Built collaborative installation,” Open Studio, Sudbury, Ontario. Aug. 7-14. (with the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario and 黑料吃瓜不打烊 School of Architecture).
Video design and production, “Self/Portrait/Text,” a video art/documentary for the Faculty of Arts and Art History interdisciplinary program, Concordia University, Faculty of Fine Arts.
2014
Co-curator, “Point de Vue,” Exhibition. Sep. 24-28. Small Gallery, Darling Foundry, Jul. 26-Sep. 27, Montréal, Quebec (with Shauna Janssen, Marie-France Daigneault Bouchard, Cynthia Hammond).
Exhibitor, “Pom-Pom,” for Private Spaces/Public Choices, Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons The New School, Sep. 18 - Oct. 2, New York, NY (with Cynthia Hammond).
Co-curator/workshop leader, “The Postindustrial Landscape, Lost and Found: Archiving Urban Change,” a collaborative public art work for Points de Vue, Aug. 23. Place Publique, Darling Foundry, Jul. 26-Sep. 27, Montréal, Quebec (with Shauna Janssen, Marie-France Daigneault Bouchard).
Co-curator/workshop leader, “Espace Publique/Public Space + Accessibility,” a collaborative public art work for Points de Vue, Jul. 26. Place Publique, Darling Foundry, Jul. 26-Sep. 27, Montréal, Quebec (with Shauna Janssen, Marie-France Daigneault Bouchard).
Exhibitor, “Illuminations: Montreal’s Industrial Pasts and Post-industrial Presents,” at La déindustrialisation et ses conséquences: classe, culture et résistance, an International Colloquium on Critical Post-Industrial Heritage, May 1-4, Center for Oral History, Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec (with Cynthia Hammond, Shauna Janssen, Adeline Paradis-Hautcoeur). See: http:// storytelling.concordia.ca/deindustrialization/events.
Exhibitor, “transicions/transiciones/transitions-GLBT/LGBT Diaspora /i/y/and Barcelona,” for Construint Ve?ntages, Espai Avinyó, Apr. 29-Jul. 1, Barcelona, Spain.
2013
Exhibitor, “transicions/transiciones/transitions-GLBT/LGBT Diaspora /i/y/and Barcelona,” for Construint Ve?ntages, Sala d’ exposicions del Districte de Gràcia, Dec. 3-16 Barcelona, Spain.
Curator, “The City of...,” an exhibition of student work from ARTH374: Architecture and Urbanism in Montréal, The Vitrine, Department of Art History, Concordia University, Feb. 24 - Mar. 15, Montréal, Quebec.
Exhibitor, “dog parc gallery,” at Griffintown Selon Vous/Portes Ouvertes, Jan. 20-21, 2012, ?cole de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal, Quebec (with pouf! art + architecture).
2012
Exhibitor, “dog parc gallery,” at Griffintown Selon Vous/Portes Ouvertes, Jan. 20-21, 2012, ?cole de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal, Quebec (with pouf! art + architecture).
Artist/co-curator, “dog parc gallery,” urban and online exhibition, Sep. 2010 - May 2010, for Urban Occupations Urbaine, Sep. 2010 - Aug. 2012, Griffintown, Montreal, Quebec (with pouf! art + architecture).