• (A) Minimum Quality Thresholds – November 7:

In each research situation, are we already in a position to define one or more quality thresholds (low quality) below which the built environment should never fall?

-Session moderated by: Terrance Galvin (Laurentian University), Susan Speigel (OAA), Morteza Hazbei (student Concordia University)

• (B) Accessibility vs. Sustainability – November 8:

Is it inevitable to bring these two major objectives of our approach to quality into tension? How can they work in synergy?

-Session moderated by : Bechara Helal (Université de Montréal), Nooshin Esmaeili (student University of Calgary), Kevin Ng (Rick Hansen Foundation)

• (C) Establishing Shared Values – November 14:

Should we reconcile value sets across various groups? (Expectations on the Partnership approach and Multiple Definitions of Quality)

-Session moderated by : Josie C. Auger (Athabasca University), Sarah Huxley (Foundation Louis & Véro), Trishtina Godoy-Contois (student Athabasca University)

• (D) Lived Experience as a Prerequisite – November 16:

How should we define awareness-raising among professionals and actors in the built environment, and how should these players be trained to integrate lived experience into the qualitative approach?

-Session moderated by :Sara Jacobs (University of British Columbia), Sonia Blank (Architecture Sans Frontière Québec), Paloma Castonguay-Rufino (student Université de Montréal)