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March 24, 10 AM – Guillaume Lévesque, Jean-Paul Boudreau andClaude Robert are doing a lecture at the National Home Show.
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March 25-26 – Emercency Architects is at the BMR buyers’ show
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May 27-29 – Emergency Architects is at the Montreal International Interior Design Show.
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  Manufacturers and businesses wishing to donate materials or offer services for the reconstruction of buildings, as well as for establishing a permanent centre for the coordination of Emergency Architects’ activities in Haiti are invited to contact Guillaume Lévesque.

Building professionals and contractors (architects, engineers, electricians, plumbers, builders, etc.) wishing to offer their services on a volunteer basis are invited to contact Louis Réjean Gagné.		  
     
 

 

































  
 
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BMR LE GROUPE is proud to give 20 000 $ and contribute to the Haiti reconstruction efforts by joining forces as a partner with Emergency Architects of Canada

Boucherville, February 1, 2010 — With its network of 180 merchants in Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes, BMR LE GROUPE is a natural partner of building professionals that wish to make a difference in Haiti by proudly supporting our organization and its mission in Haiti. For BMR LE GROUPE and Emergency Architects of Canada, the first stage of their partnership involves establishing solid foundations in order to provide healthy and sustainable reconstruction of housing and other buildings that will become the new built heritage of current and future generations of Haitians. BMR LE GROUPE’s contribution will help fund the deployment of an intervention team of building professionals (engineer, architect and builder) that will coordinate on the ground with Haitian colleagues and other humanitarian organizations, such as CECI (Centre d’études et de coopération internationale), Oxfam, the Red Cross,  Doctors of the World, Doctors without Borders and Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation. In addition to its contribution, BMR LE GROUPE has invited its merchants to show their solidarity and join in this initiative by supporting our concerted efforts to raise funds for reconstruction.

  
     
  Devastation in Haïti - Architects Called Upon for Mobilization and Solidarity

Haiti has been struck once again by disaster, as an earthquake of magnitude 7 struck around 5pm on January 12th causing many buildings in the nation’s capital to collapse, including the presidential palace and the UN mission headquarters. Hotel Montana, one of the most reputable tourist destinations in the country, was also destroyed, along with many homes, public buildings and hospitals. Emergency Architects is sending a team of professionals comprised of experts from France, the West Indies and Canada to evaluate the damages for the safety of the people and provide aid for the victims.
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Double your donation to Emergency Architects of Canada

Emergency Architects of Canada is a charitable organization, recognized by the Quebec and Canadian governments. Registration number is 83106 7012 RR0001

For every dollar Canadians contribute between January 12 and February 12, 2010 to a registered charity responding to the Haïti earthquake, such as Emergency Architects of Canada, the Government of Canada will put one dollar into the Haïti Earthquake Relief Fund, to a total of $50 million. This overall limit may be reviewed in light of the actual needs on the ground and the ability of humanitarian and development assistance partner organizations to address those needs.

To be counted for this purpose, donations must be:

  • monetary, up to $100,000;
  • made by an individual Canadian;
  • made to a registered charity that is receiving donations in response to the January 12 earthquake in Haïti;
  • specifically earmarked by such organizations for the purpose of responding to the earthquake;
  • made between January 12 and February 12, 2010
 
     
     
  Emergency Architects of Canada with the Algonquins of Kitcisakik



Emergency Architects of Canada, in partnership with the Algonquin community of Kitcisakik, has undertaken its first mission on Canadian soil. The village is located in the wildlife reservation Réserve faunique La Vérendrye, near Val d’Or, where the Algonquin population is living in dilapidated homes and unsanitary conditions. The project was initiated by Guillaume Lévesque and the Association of Architectural Interns of Quebec (Association des Stagiaires en Architecture du Québec) and began during the summer of 2009 with the renovation of 5 homes. This humanitarian mission has received support from the Quebec and Canadian governments to carry out the work.		  
     
  Read the latest report about this mission (French)  
  Read the latest press release about this mission (French)  
     
     
 

Emergency Architects of Canada is proud to present their professional allies!

Together, we can make a difference in the great climatic, political and economic changes which we live on our planet. We want to act in two different ways. Preventing when it is still possible, by putting together sustainable building techniques that respect the environment and its people and by acting in a concrete ways to repair and reconstruct essential buildings affected by human or environmental crises.
Thanks to our new partners for their conviction and engagement.
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Emergency Architects of Canada Information                                              
Chantal Giard, general director
Architectes de l’urgence Canada
T. 514.868.1SOS (1767)
cgiard@architectes-urgence.ca