Ian Chodikoff is an architect and the editor of Canadian Architect magazine. With a background in political science, Ian holds graduate degrees in architecture and urban design from the University of British Columbia and Harvard University respectively. His professional interests focus on enabling mechanisms to foster change in the urban environment. He has undertaken projects ranging from the relationship between the natural and man-made influences of Vancouver's Stanley Park to the effects of transnational migration. Since May 2006, he has helped facilitate a series of charrettes and presentations with the City of Toronto and the Design Exchange with the goal of improving the built environment in several priority neighborhoods across Toronto. He is currently working on a project entitled Fringe Benefits: Cosmopolitan Dynamics of a Multicultural City where he wil be curating an ongoing exhibition exploring the effects of multiculturalism on Toronto's suburban communities. As an affliate of IIUD, Ian directed fieldwork in Senegal for the Institute's study of migration, remittances and housing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ian has lectured in various schools and cities across North America and has written in a variety of magazines and journals on issues related to planning and sustainability.
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