The Emerging Curator Residency Program offers the opportunity to propose and curate a project at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) related to contemporary debates in architecture, urban issues, landscape design, and cultural and social dynamics while completing a residency at the CCA.
Proposals must bring an innovative curatorial model to the contemporary discourse on architecture. The output of the proposal may follow many trajectories and interdisciplinary and collaborative practices are encouraged.
The CCA will select three finalists who will be mentored remotely by the CCA curatorial team over a two-month period in September–October 2026. At the end of this two-month period, the CCA will re-evaluate the three projects and choose one. The selected candidate will be asked to complete a three-month residency at the CCA. The residency should take place between January 2027 and June 2027. The project should be completed by the end of 2028.
Architects, journalists, designers, critics, historians, photographers, artists, and other scholars and professionals thirty (30) years of age or younger on 1 January 2026 are eligible, regardless of citizenship and place of residence. Collective or collaborative projects are welcome; however, CCA’s financial support will remain the same. All submissions must be new projects.
The three finalists will receive a support fee of 1,000 CAD for their participation during the mentorship period (approx. 10 hours/week over two months). The final recipient will receive 12,000 CAD to cover travel, housing, and living expenses for a three-month residency in Montréal. The production cost of the project will be funded by CCA.
