ABOUT BEAA
BEA is a volunteer led non-profit which was formed to promote equality and inclusion in architecture and related professions through advocacy, mentorship, and networking. BEAA (Building Equality in Architecture Atlantic) strives to advance the achievements, experience, and visibility of women and groups underrepresented in architecture and related professions in the Canadian Atlantic provinces.
Following in the footsteps of Building Equality in Architecture Toronto (BEAT), BEAA was publicly launched at the 2018 RAIC Festival in Saint John, New Brunswick by a team of dedicated architects and designers under the support and guidance of established architectural practitioners and BEAT founders. In addition to BEAA and BEAT, BEA currently includes chapters in the Prairies (BEAP & BEACalgary) and Northern Canada (BEAN).
Interested in getting involved with BEAA? Reach out at hello@beaatlantic.com
Leadership
Émélie Desrochers-Turgeon
Émélie’s pronouns are she/her, she works at Dalhousie University, Kjipuktuk (Halifax), and an equality-centered piece of media that she recommends is Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde, published in 1984.
Karly Do
Karly’s pronouns are she/her, she works at Brackish, Menahkwesk (Saint John), and two equality-centered pieces of media that she recommends are the shortlist for the Women’s Prize in Fiction and anything by Bernardine Evaristo
Cassie Burhoe
Cassie’s pronouns are she/her, she works at Nine Yards Studio, Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island), and an equality-centered piece of media that she recommends is Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Caitlin Stairs
Caitlin’s pronouns are she/her, she works at Omar Gandhi Architects, Kjipuktuk (Halifax), and two equality-centered pieces of media that she recommends are CANADALAND’s Pretendians and CANADALANDBACK podcasts
Megan Burt
Megan’s pronouns are she/her, she works at Gibbons Snow Architects, St. John’s, NL, and two equality-centered pieces of media that she recommends are our own BEAA Perspectives (check them out!) and the documentary City Dreamers by Joseph Hillel