McMordie Symposium Announcement

There is a symposium taking place in October at the University of Calgary in honour of recently retire architecture professor and ex-Dean of General Studies (now Communications and Culture), Michael McMordie. This event is being co-organized by the Canadian Architectural Archives and the Faculty of Environmental Design.

The details of the symposium are as follows:

Friday October 6, Lougheed House
Opening Reception, 7-9
An evening of Jazz at Beat Nik to follow.

Saturday, October 7, Rosza Centre, University of Calgary

Keynote Address, George Baird, Toronto

Panel Discussion on Architectural Heritage and Conservation
Panelists: Alan MacDonald (former Director of Information Services, UofC)
Frits Pannekoek (President of Athabasca University and former Director of Information Resources)
Trudy Cowan (Founding Director of Lougheed House, Calgary)
George Kapelos (Head of the Architecture Program at Ryerson, Toronto).
Chair, Linda Fraser, Archivist and Chief Curator, Canadian Architectural Archives.

Keynote Address, Raymond Moriyama, Toronto

Panel Discussion on Modern architecture
Panelists: Geoffrey Simmins (Fine Arts, Universuty of Calgary)
Fred Valentine (Stantec Architects)
Doug Gillmor (EVDS emeritus)
Trevor Boddy (architecture critic, Vancouver Sun)
Chair, Graham Livesey, Architecture Program, Faculty of Environmental Design.

Sponsors of this symposium include the University of Calgary 40th Anniversary Program and the Faculties of Communications and Culture,
Environmental Design, Fine Arts, Information Resources, as well as, the Alberta Association of Architects, Athabasca University, Calgary Civic Trust, and Lougheed House.

Admission $75, students $35

For additional information, please contact Graham Livesey at livesey@ucalgary.ca.
To register please contact Amanda Adams at adamsa@ucalgary.ca

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