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Black History Month Opening Ceremony with Keynote Shane Laptiste
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Published: 10 January 2025
This year's Black History Month will launch with an Opening Ceremony on February 6 and keynote delivered by Shane Laptiste, principal and co-founder of the award-winning Studio of Contemporary Architecture (SOCA).
Shane's architectural interests investigate community informed architecture that is responsive to the cultural and spatial needs of the impacted users. He has a particular interest in the ways in which Black communities have and continue to respond to space and the environment. He is a licensed architect in Ontario and Quebec and holds BSc(Arch) and MArch degrees from 9I制作厂免费, where he also serves as a studio instructor.听
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