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Molly Foster (BEDS 2024) received the Emerging Environmental Leader Award from Divert NS at the 2025 Mobius Awards.

Janson Chan (MArch 2025) received an honorable mention in the AIA Student Design Awards for his thesis on rail-based regionalism.

Architecture students have initiated a "Good People, Good Practice" Scholarship Fund to celebrate undergraduate secretary Susanna Morash-Kent for "shaping a culture of kindness, humour, and belonging at the School." The scholarship will recognize a Master of Architecture student who embodies those qualities. Donations from alumni are welcome. Go to Give Online > Specify a Funding Area: morash-kent.

Professor Emeritus Richard Kroeker is a Member of the Order of Canada. This was announced in early 2024 and awarded in September 2025.

Prof. Michael Faciejew has co-edited a special issue of Architecture Beyond Europe (ABE Journal) that includes an introduction entitled "Transactional Spaces: Currency in the Imperial Built Environment."

Stavros Kondeas (MArch 2024) has received a 2025 RAIC Foundation Award: The College of Fellows Centennial Fund for Graduates of Architecture and Interns.

Prof. Steve Parcell has published two websites for Halifax citizens: Your Halifax House and After You Die in Halifax.

Peter Braithwaite (MArch 2012) has received the global Best X-Small Firm Award from Architizer.

The School's Free Lab course (two weeks in late July) is open to undergraduate and graduate students from other architecture schools. To apply, start at the Visiting Students page.

Kelly Hayes-McAlonie (MArch 1994) has received the 2025 AIA Award for Excellence in Public Architecture.

Brenda Webster (MArch 1988) and Cameron Gillies (MArch 2001) have been inducted into the RAIC College of Fellows.

Paulette Cameron (MArch 2021) presented an exhibition of work on the transformative role of women in architectural design, from her Prix de Rome for Emerging Practitioners.

Prof. Roger Mullin has an article on drawing in the Spring 2025 issue of On Site.

Mya Staubitzer (MArch student) and Eric Stotts (Part-Time Academic) are working with Stephen Wilsack on the design of micro-homes for homeless people in Halifax.

Laure Nolte (MArch 2022) has been appointed as an Emerging Faculty Fellow at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.

Prof. Susan Fitzgerald at FBM Architecture received a 2024 Governor General's Medal from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada for the design of Cabot Cliffs in Inverness, Nova Scotia.

Prof. Talbot Sweetapple at MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects received a 2024 Atlantic Architectural Design Excellence Award from Canadian Architect for the design of Queen's Marque in Halifax.

Jane Abbott (Part-Time Academic) at Abbott Brown Architects received a 2024 Atlantic Architectural Design Excellence Award from Canadian Architect for the design of Highland Village Interpretive Centre in Iona, Nova Scotia, as well as a 2024 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence for the Confederation Centre of the Arts Revitalization.

Prof. Michael Putman at SUPRBLK Studio received the 2024 Compact Design of the Year Prize from Don't Move, Improve! in London for the design of The Green Machine in London.