Mission & Mandate
Mission
Develop, implement, and maintain high-quality certification programs and standards for the practice of architecture in Canada.
Vision
To mobilize the Canadian architecture community towards an inclusive and sustainable future.
Values
Our values are paramount in all that we do to achieve our mission, deliver our mandates and provide our services to the architecture community.
Excellence
We strive to deliver high quality programs and services to our applicants and Members through outstanding administration.
Collaboration
We believe that collaboration is essential and we practice it in our collegial engagements with members and partners. Our inclusive approach strengthens our focus on common issues, builds consensus, and contributes to our culture of mutual respect and trust.
Leadership
We endeavour to improve our leadership role in the Canadian architecture community through facilitating dialogue and consultation between academic, professional and government sectors.
Integrity
Fairness and ethics are foundational to our way of operating and administrating our programs and services. We hold ourselves, Staff and Board, to a high level of integrity in our work.
Mandate
The CACB receives its mandate from the Regulatory Organizations of Architecture in Canada (ROAC) and the Canadian Council of University Schools of Architecture (CCUSA) to:
⦁ Certify educational qualifications of individual architectural graduates;
⦁ Accredit professional architecture programs at Canadian universities;
⦁ Certify professional qualifications of broadly experienced foreign architects; and
⦁ Collaborate and conduct research, nationally and internationally, as it relates to architectural accreditation and academic certification.