David Harlander holds a professional Master's of Architecture from the University of British Columbia and a post-professional Master's of Urban Design and Housing from McGill University. His research explores housing and community development in Northern Canada and has seen him contribute to projects based in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavik. His work has received various accolades including, the Cornelia & Peter Oberlander Prize in Urban Design, the Louis B. Magil Fellowship in Housing and an HLNQ research grant, among others. He played a leading role in the Kuujjuaq Hackathon, which was awarded a 2018 National Urban Design Award by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Since 2017, David has been working at McGill University as a Research Assistant at the Minimum Cost Housing Group and at the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design, where he has contributed to various educational initiatives that work to advance sustainable thinking throughout the Faculty of Engineering at McGill. David has worked in architectural offices in Vancouver and Beijing and has experience working on a range of single and multi-family residential projects. He is currently an intern Architect at RFA Inc. ( Ruccolo + Faubert Architectes Inc.)
