In keeping with our mandate to promote and advance the role of architecture and design in Toronto, the TSA commonly undertakes advocacy activities to express support or concern on topical issues effecting the built environment. The TSA acts as a unified voice on behalf of the profession at the local level and our members, and has been active in lobbying municipal and regional governments in the Greater Toronto Area.

Past advocacy activities have included participation on the City of Toronto’s Roundtable on a Beautiful City, involvement in the Nathan Phillips Square competition, the Modern Heritage Building Initiative to preserve the city’s modern buildings from demolition, and deputations regarding the Toronto Island Airport expansion, Drive-thru by-laws, and redevelopment of Union Station, to name a few.

Click to view past advocacy letters:

Letter to the Planning & Transportation Committee regarding Official Plan Deputation – 24 September 2002

Letter to the Planning & Transportation Committee regarding Toronto Island Airport expansion – 24 October 2002

Joint letter with OALA to the Ontario Realty Corporation regarding Veterans Memorial at Queen’s Park, designer selection concerns – 25 June 2003

Letter to Administration Committee regarding Union Station Redevelopment – November 2003

Letter to Mayor David Miller “Toward a Clean and Beautiful City Initiative – 10 Suggestions” – 10 May 2004

Letter to the Planning & Transportation Committee regarding Drive Thru bylaw - October 2004

Letter to City councillor regarding Nathan Phillips Square Revitilization Design Competition - 12 June 2007

For more information, regarding advocacy activities, email tsa@torontosocietyofarchitects.ca