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On December 4, the president of SSHRC, Ted Hewitt, presented the 2019 SSHRC Impact Awards to the five winners at a ceremony held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Government officials, policy-makers, academics, and other thought-leaders came from across the country to celebrate the significant contributions of these exceptional researchers to their research fields and their impact on society—nationally and internationally. As part of the awards ceremony, the 2019 winners of the annual Storytellers contest presented their winning submissions highlighting the impact of SSHRC-funded research projects.

Waterloo Architecture graduate Cameron Parkin's thesis, Coding a Biophilic Core: Digital Design Tools for Toronto’s Avian Networkswon a 2019 Canadian Architect Student Award of Excellence.

The annual awards honour design excellence for projects in the design and construction phases, as well as graduating student work. Awards are given for architectural design excellence.

Adrian Blackwell, Isonomia in Toronto? (harbour), 2019, Photo: Toni Hafkensheid.

The ancient Greek term isonomia implies political equality. Associate Professor Adrian Blackwell’s two site-responsive, non-hierarchical structures at the inaugural Toronto Biennial of Art (September 21-December 1, 2019) are spaces to gather for weekly programs and contemplate isonomia in the face of colonial governance structures that have overtaken those of Indigenous peoples.

Associate Professor Adrian Blackwell’s Anarchitectural Library (against the erasure of Chicago’s common spaces)  was commissioned by the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial: …and other such stories curated by Yesomi Umolu, Sepake Angiama and Paolo Tavares and is installed in the Chicago Cultural Center until January 5, 2020.