Barry Johns is the newly elected Chancellor of the College of Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. His three year term begins June 2011. He succeeds Alex Rankin of GRC Architects in Ottawa (formerly Griffiths Rankin Cook Architects). Barry plans to build an active platform for the College and this site will provide regular news, updates and links to Architecture Canada www.raic.org

Read the announcement at Canadian Architect.

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