Alumni Your colleagues from Tech, TUNS, and Dalhousie are only a click away. Architecture and Engineering students collaborate on lanterns for the 2011 Halifax Parade of Lights, for which they won a first-place prize. Past Alumni Events Alumni reception in New York (April 2013) Alumni reception in Toronto (March 2013) Alumni reception in Vancouver (February 2013) Hot Wheels Reunion in Halifax (July 2012) Members of TUNS Architecture classes from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s re-enacted a favourite Friday activity: building a giant Hot Wheels track down the front stairway, then racing the cars. This was one event during a multi-day reunion that attracted alumni from near and far. With alumni, their children, and current students participating, a great time was had by all. Contact Anne Swan to plan your own unique reunion! Alumni reception in New York (April 2012) Alumni reception in Toronto (March 2012) Reception for Keystone Awards in Halifax (November 2010) presented to J. Philip Dumaresq, Charles A. E. Fowler, Keith L. Graham, Andrew B. Lynch, and J. Grant Wanzel Class of 1980 Architecture reunion in Halifax (July 2010) Alumni reception in Vancouver (May 2010) Alumni reception in Bermuda (April 2010) Alumni reception in Toronto (March 2010) Alumni reception in New York (February 2010) Oral Histories For the Faculty's fiftieth anniversary celebrations in 2011, previous faculty, staff, and alumni reflected on their experiences at the school. 1960s Ernesto Armenteros (BArch 1966): Early years at Tech felt like an experiment (4:29) Ernest Clarke (BArch 1965): Intimacy with instructors (3:12) Ernest Clarke (BArch 1965): Dynamic place compared to U of T (2:20) Tony Cook and Peter MacDougall (BArch 1965): Entrance test, tensions, and Dal master plan project (4:08) Jamie Wright (BArch 1967): Tech was a school with a hands-on Maritime personality (3:10) Jamie Wright (BArch 1967): One piece of advice for a young architect (2:40) Jamie Wright (BArch 1967): What Tony Jackson taught me (4:53) 1970s-1980s Jill Bambury (BArch 1982): Student strike (4:52) Doug Pitcairn (staff member, 1977-2008): What is an acoustic flashlight? (2:50) Doug Pitcairn (staff member, 1977-2008): Explanation of "comfy meter" (2:13) Doug Pitcairn (staff member, 1977-2008): Peter Manning leaned to the technical side (2:28) Larry Richards (faculty member, 1975-1980): Teaching at TUNS started out very well (4:15) Larry Richards (faculty member, 1975-1980): Study abroad in Communist China (2:03) Stephanie White (faculty member, 1980s): Sheer avalanche of teaching (3:53) 1980s-1990s Essy Baniassad (Dean, 1981-1994): A monastic air at the school (1:20) Essy Baniassad (Dean, 1981-1994): Gathering places (3:11) Ishmael Mosinyi (MArch 1998): Botswana and the Dal Architecture connection (3:07) Patricia Cuttell (MURP 1999): Planning school has a strong connection with the province (1:48) Newsletter Download the Faculty's Spring 2012 Newsletter. Alumni news Architecture and Planning alumni are invited to submit items to the newsletter. Tell us where you are and what you're doing by contacting Anne Swan (newsletter editor): anne.swan@dal.ca, phone (902) 494-1378, or fax (902) 423-6672. Subscriptions Please stay in touch with us! To add your name to the mailing list or to update your address, please visit Alumni Update or send an e-mail to alumni.records@dal.ca. If we have your e-mail address you will receive an electronic copy of our newsletter. Post your portfolio If you are looking for work and would like to post your design portfolio for prospective employers on the School of Architecture's Alumni Portfolios page, please send a request to Paula Costello. Contact other alumni Have you lost track of a former colleague? If you would like the Faculty to forward your address or e-mail address to someone who may be on our alumni mailing list, please contact Susanna Morash-Kent.