Pug Ed 2011: The Role of the Landscape Architect
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Mark Hartley
Principle, MHLA Inc.
Pug Ed 2011: The Role of the Architect
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Marianne McKenna
Partner, Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects

Marianne McKenna, OAA, OAQ, FRAIC, is a founding partner of KPMB Architects, one of Toronto’s leading design studios. She was born in Montreal and educated at Swarthmore College in Philadelphia and at Yale University. She was the partner-in-charge of the recently completed Royal Conservatory of Music and is currently working on the Minnesota Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
Pug Ed 2011: The Role of the Interior Designer
Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011
Gail Krieger
Associate, Cecconi Simone
Pug Ed 2011: The Role of the Developer
Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011
Alan Vihant
Senior VP of High-Rise, Great Gulf Homes

Pug Ed 2011: The Role of the Planner
Wednesday, Apr 06, 2011
Margaret Goodfellow
Project Manager, Planning & Design, Waterfront Toronto
Pug Ed 2010: The Role of the Landscape Architect
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Sandra Cooke
Janet Rosenberg + Associates

Sandra Cooke is a Toronto Landscape Architect who graduated from the University of Toronto Master of Landscape Architecture program in 2006. During her academic career, Sandra’s research was focused on the integration of economic, social, cultural, and ecological systems into landscape-based process through design. Since graduating, Sandra has worked for the award-winning Toronto firm, Janet Rosenberg and Associates (JRA). At JRA, Sandra has led multi-disciplinary teams on urban public realm projects such as the Jarvis Slip Public Space Competition in Toronto (with Ned Kahn and Charles Waldheim/Urban Agency), and Community Common Park in Mississauga.
Pug Ed 2010: The Role of the Interior Designer
Thursday, Apr 22, 2010
Jude Thomson
Associate, Cecconi Simone

Jude Thomson is an Associate with Interior Design firm Cecconi Simone Inc. and has been with the company since 1996. Jude studied Interior Design at Dawson College in Montreal. She was a part-time Interior Design instructor at The International Academy of Fashion & Design both in Montreal and Toronto from 1990 until 2008. Jude is currently working on a number of large scale multi-unit residential and hotel projects including Number One Bloor [Toronto, Ontario], FIVE St. Joseph [Toronto, Ontario], Re Hotel + Residence [Ottawa] and M3M Golf Estate [New Delhi, India].
Pug Ed 2010: The Role of the Architect
Thursday, Apr 15, 2010
Gianpiero Pugliese
AUDAXarchitecture, Architect / Principal

Gianpiero Pugliese, OAA, is an architect and founder of AUDAXarchitecture inc and is the director of the Pug Talks. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California Berkeley and did his Master Degree in Architecture at Harvard University. Prior to founding AUDAX, Gianpiero was a project architect of numerous large scale mixed use developments including the Hullmark Centre at Yonge and Sheppard for Tridel. Currently he is the design architect for the redevelopment of the Shops of Summerhill in the Rosedale neighborhood of Toronto for Woodcliffe Properties.
Pug Ed 2010: The Role of the City
Thursday, Apr 08, 2010
Adam Vaughan
Councillor, Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina

Before being elected to City Council as representative of Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina in 2006, Adam Vaughan worked as a political journalist at CityTV, CBC Radio and TV, CKLN, and has also written for various publications such as Toronto Life, the Toronto Star, and Eye Weekly. He has always lived in the downtown Toronto area, where he continues to live with his wife in the Queen and Bathurst neighbourhood. Adam has two children aged 6 and 12.
Pug Ed 2010: The Role of the Developer
Thursday, Apr 01, 2010
Gary Switzer
President and CEO of MOD Developments Inc.

Gary Switzer is the President and CEO of MOD Developments Inc. A graduate of the University of Toronto School of Architecture in 1978, Mr. Switzer founded the high-rise division of Great Gulf Homes in 1988 and was responsible for a number of successful and award-winning developments in Toronto, including The Saint James, The Morgan, The Hudson, 18 Yorkville, X and Charlie. MOD’s first development will be released soon, a 45-storey mixed-use project at 5 St. Joseph, near Yonge & Wellesley in downtown Toronto.