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A Look at Various Initiatives Taking Place Thus Far This Year The OAA’s Policy and Government Relations (PGR) team has had a productive first half of 2023. Working collaboratively with the...
The RAIC recently issued a statement on long-term care and inadequate standards and codes. “The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has revealed profound weaknesses in the way Canadians are accommodated as...
Anewly released University of Toronto study says there is a direct correlation between how long-term care (LTC) homes are planned, designed and constructed and the health of residents in those...
Ontario Association of Architects and Jacobs Canada Support Much-Needed Research from UofT The University of Toronto (UofT) Centre for Design + Health Innovation has released a new, comprehensive...
The University of Toronto’s (U of T’s) centre for design and health innovation has published ‘Reimagining Long-Term Care Architecture in Post-Pandemic Ontario—and Beyond,’ a comprehensive study...
In the case of residents with cognitive impairments, traditional approaches have used the built environment as a means of keeping residents’ movements carefully controlled. However, the effort to...
If there was any doubt as to the role the built environment plays in safeguarding public health, it’s surely been erased by now. Over the last two years, Canadians from coast to coast witnessed the...
COVID-19 has amplified existing cracks in the long-term care (LTC) system in Canada. We need socially innovative solutions to help seniors age safely and with dignity. From co-housing to community...
Looking Back at OAA Activities in Late 2021 The OAA has had a busy second half of 2021 with respect to policy and government relations (PGR). From a record-breaking World Architecture Day...