Dr. Henry Tsang is a Canadian architect, educator and editor practicing in Canada, South Korea and Japan.

Henry is a registered architect, member of the Order of Architects of Quebec (OAQ), the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Architectural Institute of Korea (AIK). Certified as a LEED and WELL accredited professional, he provides consultation services for green building design and healthcare facilities’ design & planning. He practiced as a design architect for 6 years with the Japanese architecture firm Nihon Sekkei Inc. in Tokyo, Japan.

As an educator, Henry is currently an assistant professor at the RAIC Centre for Architecture at Athabasca University (Canada), teaching design studios, professional practice and technical courses. Previously, he also taught at Keimyung University Department of Architectural Engineering in South Korea, and the Department of Sustainable Architectural Technology at Herzing College (Canada), as well as a visiting lecturer & design critic at the McGill University School of Architecture (Canada). He acts as education advisor to the Canada Green Building Council and ambassador of the Living Building Challenge program to the International Living Future Institute. Henry received the 2015 Educator of the Year award by the National Association of Career Colleges in Canada and the 2016 KDAIA Design Professor Award in South Korea.

He has published many academic papers and articles on the topic of sustainable architecture and is a member of the Editorial Board for the International Journal for High-Rise Buildings by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and the Asian Journal of Canadian Studies by the Korean Association of Canadian Studies (KACS).

He holds a B.Sc.Arch and M.Arch from McGill University (Canada) and a Ph.D. in architecture from the University of Tokyo (Japan) as a Japanese Government Monbukagakusho Scholar. In 2017, he was also appointed as the National Leader to represent Canada in the Next Generation Global Leaders / Ship for World Youth Leaders Program hosted by the Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan and the United Nations. He's also been invited as a speaker for the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), TEDx, and international conferences in China, Greece and Korea.

Professional Affiliations:

• Order of Architects of Quebec
• Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
• Canada Green Building Council
• Living Building Challenge Collaborative / International Living Future Institute
• Architectural Institute of Korea
• Emergency Architects of Canada
• Korean Association of Canadian Studies

Awards & Grants

• 2019 Faculty Research Incentive Grant | Athabasca University (Canada) $15,000
• 2018 Robert Fung International Award of Distinction | McGill University (Canada)
• 2017 Next Generation Young Leader Fellow | Government of Japan (Japan)
• 2016 KDAI Design Professor Award | Korea Digital Architecture & Interior Association (Korea)
• 2016 BISA Faculty Research Grant II | Keimyung University (Korea)

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• 2015 NACC Educator of the Year Award | National Association of Career Colleges (Canada)          
• 2015 BISA Faculty Research Grant I | Keimyung University (Korea)
• 2015 Herzing Faculty Scholarship Award | Herzing College (Canada)
• 2006 Monbukagakusho Scholarship | Government of Japan (Japan)

Languages:
English / French / Cantonese / Mandarin / Japanese / Korean