Northern Ontario School of Architecture

The McEwen School of Architecture, also referred to as l'École d'architecture McEwen, is an architecture school, opened in September 2013, in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is the first new school of architecture to open in Canada in 45 years. It is also the first school of its kind in Northern Ontario, and the first in Canada outside Quebec to offer courses in French.

Formerly known as the Laurentian School of Architecture, the school adopted its current name in 2016 following a $10 million donation from former Goldcorp CEO Rob McEwen.

The school is part of Laurentian University, and was granted authorization by the provincial Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities in 2011, with the province committing $21 million toward its creation. The architecture project, which began as a community initiative in mid-2007, gained initial community support from the City of Greater Sudbury ($10 million) and the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund ($5 million). Federal support from FedNor was also requested ($5 million).

The school announced the selection of its founding director, Dr. Terrance Galvin, MRAIC, in January 2012. Galvin was previously the director of the architecture school at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In September and October 2012 interviews were to take place to fill the school's 24 faculty positions.

The school accepted its first students in September 2013. It was the first new school of architecture to open in Canada in over 40 years. It is the first Canadian school of architecture to offer a design studio curriculum in both English and French, as well as a cultural learning environment for the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities.

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