Vivan Manasc

With degrees in Architecture from McGill and an MBA from the U of A, Vivan Manasc leads Reimagine, one of the most innovative Western Canadian Architectural practices. For over three decades, Vivian has co-created with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, who taught her to explore sustainable design, ideas shared in her second book, Old Stories New Ways, Architecture informed by Indigenous Ways of Knowing. Reimagining existing buildings has been a focus of Vivian’s leadership in sustainable design. With a number of reimagined existing buildings to her credit, Vivian has been a strategic leader in the global conversation about the many benefits, cultural, environmental and economic, of repurposing and reimagining rather that demolishing existing buildings.