TSA CONNECT 2024: Newcomers

We know it can be difficult to make connections when moving to a new place—let alone an entirely new country—but don't worry, the TSA has your back! For this upcoming TSA CONNECT, we are excited to once again put our focus on internationally-trained professionals and newcomers seeking to establish their career paths in Canada. And who better to answer questions about moving to a new country, than our Featured Guests who have all successfully navigated transitioning their lives and careers to Canada—each in their own unique way!

With degrees, licenses, and professional experience from South Africa to Costa Rica, Italy to India, our amazing lineup of guests will share how they have managed to translate their experiences into a wide variety of career paths in their new home in Toronto, including traditional architectural practice, boutique design firms, urban design, and so much more.

Join us for a fun and insightful evening, make some connections, and hear some of the many stories and advice on career paths, job searching, and more from our amazing Featured Guests!

6:30 PM Doors Open

7:00 - 8:00 PM Structured Networking Sessions

8:00 - 9:00 PM Mix and Mingle

Light refreshments will be served and a cashless cash bar will be available (debit, credit, Apple Pay, or Google Pay only).

For this session, we have a diverse lineup of internationally trained Featured Guests who represent a wide variety of paths and industry careers in the architecture and city-building community. Featured Guests will be added as they are confirmed. Visit to learn more about each of them.

• Afaf Naseem, Stantec
• Alejandra Martinez Gomez, Superkül
• Ali Kafaei, A& Architects
• Amer Obeid, Arcadis
• Arancha Gonzalez-Bernardo, Odami
• Bharti Vithal, architects—Alliance
• Bojana Ralevic, GHD
• Carlos Morell, GBCA
• Chioma Onuegbu, CORE Architects
• Ehsan Zareian, Q4A Architects
• Haleh Ghodsimaab, MJMA Architecture & Design
• Leeviana Dsouza, Gensler
• Mariella Amodio, SvN Architects + Planners
• Miren Etxezarreta-Aranburu, Hariri Pontarini
• Pradnya Mahajan, DTAH
• Rosie Meza, Adamson
• Saachi Padubidri, Arcadis
• Sneha Kadam, Q4A Architects
• Stefan Abidin, HOK

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About the TSA CONNECT Series

Join the Toronto Society of Architects for evenings of networking and relationship building as Featured Guests from Toronto’s architecture and design industry share their experiences, perspectives and advice on issues of practice, career, and life. Each session will feature new guests, topics and small group discussions, giving participants the opportunity to ask questions and form connections with our Featured Guests. Sessions, guests, and dates are announced in the TSA Bulletin as they are confirmed with limited tickets for each session, so make sure to sign up so you don’t miss out!

This event is free for TSA Members using the discount code found in the TSA Bulletin and on your Member Dashboard! Not a member yet? Membership is open to everyone and you can join here (student memberships are free!).

Above photo by Kurtis Chen.

This event is made possible thanks to the generous support of Arcadis.

Host or Publisher Toronto Society of Architects