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Rafaela Delai Sposito—MARANT Construction Limited Award
Rafaela Delai Sposito—MARANT Construction Limited Award
About the Award:
MARANT Construction Limited is a leader in the commercial interior construction industry, and committed to an inclusive and supportive work environment. The company is establishing this award to support TMU students in Architectural Science who self-identifies as an Aboriginal person in Canada (including First Nations [status or non-status], Metis or Inuit, self-identifies as Black (including those that identify as Afro-Caribbean or African-Canadian), self-identifies as a woman, including cisgender and transgender.
I decided to pursue architecture because it is a field that allows me to make meaningful changes to the environment and society. I have always been devoted to environmental causes and my goal is to make sustainability more accessible to all since sustainable architecture is inaccessible (cost and timewise) to most of society. I am also pursuing a minor in Organizational Behaviour because I wish to focus on architecture management after graduation. Research shows that only 29% of architects in Canada are women. A study from 2021 shows that women in architecture make almost 20% less than males in the same jobs. I want, as a woman and immigrant in Canada, to be able to shortage, at least in my team, that page gap. I want to inspire women to pursue architecture, and to make them see that this is a field where they can and will thrive. But I am still a first year, and that future is still a few years away. But that does not mean I will wait to start making changes. For the moment, I am looking forward to working during the summer in a Brazilian architecture firm run exclusively by women called Fiorentini Health Care Design. Their team is fully composed of women and their work inspires me to advocate and create women-friendly environments and firms.
MARANT Construction Limited is a leader in the commercial interior construction industry, and committed to an inclusive and supportive work environment. The company is establishing this award to support TMU students in Architectural Science who self-identifies as an Aboriginal person in Canada (including First Nations [status or non-status], Metis or Inuit, self-identifies as Black (including those that identify as Afro-Caribbean or African-Canadian), self-identifies as a woman, including cisgender and transgender.
I decided to pursue architecture because it is a field that allows me to make meaningful changes to the environment and society. I have always been devoted to environmental causes and my goal is to make sustainability more accessible to all since sustainable architecture is inaccessible (cost and timewise) to most of society. I am also pursuing a minor in Organizational Behaviour because I wish to focus on architecture management after graduation. Research shows that only 29% of architects in Canada are women. A study from 2021 shows that women in architecture make almost 20% less than males in the same jobs. I want, as a woman and immigrant in Canada, to be able to shortage, at least in my team, that page gap. I want to inspire women to pursue architecture, and to make them see that this is a field where they can and will thrive. But I am still a first year, and that future is still a few years away. But that does not mean I will wait to start making changes. For the moment, I am looking forward to working during the summer in a Brazilian architecture firm run exclusively by women called Fiorentini Health Care Design. Their team is fully composed of women and their work inspires me to advocate and create women-friendly environments and firms.