04/16/2026
Our current M2 cohort will be defending their theses throughout the school on April 16th and 17th. You can find a schedule of the defenses attached to this publication or posted around the school. All are invited to attend!
The thesis at MSoA is a self-driven research project making up an important part of our M.Arch program. Working with a full-time faculty member as their advisor, students spend 8 months exploring an architectural topic or question of their choosing. The process can involve research, hands-on making, fieldwork and site visits, interviews, community work, and design.
Students present their work for 25 minutes, followed by a period of questions and discussion from the thesis jury consisting of an External Examiner and a Second Reader. These visiting readers are seeing the thesis for the first time, and will help us determine if the thesis is an acceptable academic work. Information about these jury members can be found on the posters.
04/15/2026
Congratulations to Professor Steven Beites on being featured on CBC’s The National.
The interview focused on Canada’s housing crisis and the need to rethink construction approaches to meet growing housing demand. The feature highlights how research at the Institute for Northern Housing Innovation addresses these challenges through the integration of automated construction practices and robotic programming on construction sites to improve efficiency, accelerate construction timelines, and support workers.
This recognition reflects the MSOA’s commitment to advancing accessible, sustainable and affordable housing for communities in Northern Ontario.
You can watch the full feature here: ‘Canada housing crisis: Who will build 4 million new homes?’
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Félicitations au professeur Steven Beites pour son intervention dans l'émission ‘The National’ de la CBC.
L'interview portait sur la crise du logement au Canada et la nécessité de repenser les méthodes de construction pour répondre à la demande croissante en matière de logement. Le reportage met en avant la manière dont les recherches menées à L’Institut pour L’innovation en Habitation Nordique relèvent ces défis grâce à l'intégration de pratiques de construction automatisées et de programmation robotique sur les chantiers, afin d'améliorer l'efficacité, d'accélérer les délais de construction et de soutenir les travailleurs.
Cette reconnaissance reflète l'engagement de la MSOA à promouvoir des logements accessibles, durables et abordables pour les communautés du Nord de l'Ontario.
Vous pouvez regarder le reportage dans son intégralité ici : ‘Canada housing crisis: Who will build 4 million new homes?’
04/08/2026
The MSoA is proud to announce that Prof. Steven Beites has received the award for Best Full Paper at the 2026 ACSA Annual Conference in Chicago for his research entitled: Technology, Ecology and the Housing Crisis.
This award, selected by the ACSA College of Distinguished Professors, along with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) which represents all accredited professional degree programs in the United States and Canada, recognizes the Best Full Paper on outstanding peer-reviewed research and on its contributions to research, scholarship, and creative excellence.
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Le MSoA est fier d'annoncer que le professeur Steven Beites a reçu le prix du meilleur article complet lors de la conférence annuelle 2026 de l'ACSA à Chicago pour ses travaux de recherche intitulés : Technologie, écologie et crise du logement.
Ce prix, décerné par le Collège des professeurs émérites de l'ACSA, en collaboration avec l'Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) qui représente tous les programmes d'études supérieures accrédités aux États-Unis et au Canada, récompense le meilleur article complet pour ses recherches exceptionnelles évaluées par des pairs et pour sa contribution à la recherche, à l'érudition et à l'excellence créative.
