معرفی
Thomas Strickland serves as Assistant Professor at Laurentian University's McEwen School of Architecture. His academic foundation includes a PhD from McGill University, supported by Max Binz and J.W. McConnell fellowships, alongside Masters degrees from McGill and Dalhousie Universities. With over 12 years of teaching experience at McGill, Carleton, and Concordia Universities, he previously practiced architecture for a decade across Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Israel.
His research operates at the intersection of health and the built environment and critical pedagogy. Current flagship projects include Making Time: Enabling an Architecture of Palliative Care (focusing on elder wellbeing design) and the SSHRC-funded Partnership Grant Quality in Canada’s Built Environment. His creative practice manifests through public art exhibitions like Indigenous Ingenuity (Science North, 2022-2024) and Nuit Blanche installations addressing public space dynamics.
Strickland’s scholarly output reveals consistent engagement with spatial justice, evidenced by publications analyzing urban renewal in Sudbury, gender inequity in design pedagogy, and interactive public installations. His work demonstrates interdisciplinary convergence between architectural theory, healthcare infrastructure, and social equity frameworks.
- Awards & Fellowships
- Max Binz Fellowship
- J.W. McConnell Fellowship
- Canadian Centre for Architecture Fellowship (2009)
- CIHR Strategic Research Initiative Alumnus
As co-investigator on major SSHRC grants, he directs significant research funding toward built environment equity. His teaching practice integrates professional experience with critical spatial theory across architectural design, history, and theory courses. Strickland maintains active engagement with architectural discourse through public exhibitions and collaborations with institutions like Science North.
