Technical Challenges and Solutions for Far-North Aboriginal Housing - Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Thursday, November 28, 2019
2:10pm-3:30pm

Room 3154, Medical Sciences Building
1 King's College Circle

This event is open to the public, but registration is requested

Part of the Indigenous Speaker Series coordinated by Jason Bazylak.

Over the past few years, housing conditions in remote northern Aboriginal communities have repeatedly made national news. Prevailing approaches to design and construction have resulted in many buildings plagued with moisture issues, poor indoor air quality and premature deterioration. This presentation will explain the technical challenges concerning the design and construction of healthy, durable and efficient housing in the far north and describe the critical role of Building Science in addressing these issues. Several on-going research projects addressing these issues will be presented along with some of the early results and lessons learned.

Trevor Trainor, building enclosure expert with RDH Building Science and member of the Thessalon First Nation

Traditional Land Acknowledgement

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.