What is lived experience?
“Lived experience” refers to personal knowledge, perceptions, and feelings about the built environments in which we live, work, and play. Responses reflect meaningful personal opinions rather than expert, scientific, or even formal descriptions.
Mapping positive lived experiences in Canada
Share your lived experience
Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Je me souviens de ce musée comme un lieu de refuge à mon adolescence. Un lieu où je pouvais retrouver […]
Cinéma Beaubien
My experience with the Cinéma Beaubien is a way of reconnecting with Québécois cinema. I feel so happy to be […]
Quais at Bassins Peel
The MURAL Festival at Bassins Peel …
One House Many Nations
“In my community, I witnessed, in entirety, caring and selflessness. Working together to build a safe space for our growing […]
Big River First Nation
“My positive living experiences is learning my culture from elders as well as living off the land and learning to […]
Sharon Temple – Sharon, Ontario
“As an example of a specific positive experience of quality in the built environment, I remember visiting Sharon Temple in […]
City Creek Center – Salt Lake City
I particularly remember walking through the City Creek Center in Salt Lake City. Unlike a typical mall in the United […]
Bar Milton Parc – Montreal
“The first thing that comes to mind is Bar Milton Parc, a co-op bar set up in the heart of […]
Charts Café – Wolfville, Nova Scotia
“I particularly remember visiting a charming little coffee shop called Charts Café, just off the Harvest Moon Trailway bike trail […]
Loafe Café, campus of UBC – Vancouver
“I particularly remember visiting Loafe Café on UBC’s campus. For me, an ideal space in the built environment should offer […]
Addition to the Hospital for Sick Children – Toronto
Like many architects, I’ve visited a wide variety of buildings, studied drawings and photographs of many more, and made my […]
Blusson Spinal Cord Centre – Vancouver
My experience with health care and having a spinal cord injury (SCI), goes back four decades. Finding a doctor or […]
Blusson Spinal Cord Centre – Vancouver
I particularly remember visiting the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre in Vancouver when it first opened in 2008. It was built […]
Dandy Brewing Company – Calgary
“We particularly remember visiting the Dandy Brewing Company in Calgary, Alberta – which is a micro-brewery that was built in […]
Saint-Michel Flea Market – Montreal
“I know nothing of how the flea market is managed or administered, but it seems to be organized in a […]
The Slayte – Ottawa
“I particularly remember visiting The Slayte at 473 Albert Street in Ottawa. The Slayte is one of Ottawa’s first office-to-residential […]
Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel – Banff
“I particularly remember visiting the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel (Banff, Alberta). It is located in in the mountains on the […]
Clegg-Feller Building – Ottawa
I have visited the Clegg-Feller Building (155-159 Rideau Street) in Ottawa, innumerable times over the years. Completed around 1864, it […]
Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel and Nose Hill Park – Alberta
As I reflect on spaces and places of positivity, a few examples come to mind – and they can be […]
Wychwood Barns – Toronto
“Wychwood Barns is a community hub located in Toronto’s Wychwood neighbourhood. It is a multi-use space that was once a […]
Guidelines
Typically, between 500-1000 words.
Positive Lived Experience should touch on at least one of QUALITY IN CANADA’S BUILT ENVIRONMENT goals.
Should aim to include at least one good quality image accompanied with a caption.
Should be accessible and understandable to a wide audience, e.g. everyday language, and explain any more complex concepts with which not everyone will be familiar.
Contributions in EN-FR
Include a short author bio.
Process will include submission, review and edition.