Join Dr Tammy Gaber as she explores her extensive research on muslim spaces of worship in Canada. Her recent publication, “Beyond the Divide” takes a wide look at what it means to build for faith and belonging in modern Canada. How have Canada’s muslim communities shaped spaces for worship, reflection, education and civic life, and what does this architecture of community hold for the future? About the speaker: Dr. Tammy Gaber is Director and Full Professor at the McEwen School of Architecture, at Laurentian University in Canada. Dr. Gaber joined as Founding Faculty in 2013 and helped create new curriculum for the undergraduate and graduate programs. Dr. Gaber has won awards for the impact of her teaching and research, won several federally funded grants, and has published extensively and taught in architecture programs for the past two decades. Dr. Gaber’s groundbreaking book, Beyond the Divide published by McGill-Queen’s press was profiled in the Globe and Mail and various journals, periodicals and television. In 2019, Dr. Gaber won the Women Who Inspire Award from the Canadian Council of Muslim Women, in 2020 she was awarded Laurentian University’s Teaching Excellence Award for a Full-time professor, and in 2025 Dr. Gaber was awarded Laurentia University’s Research Excellence Award.
