The hiring process has begun to find faculty for Laurentian University’s School of Architecture.

Faculty are being sought for the charter class, expected to launch in September 2013. The interviewing and selection process will take place over the next six weeks. Candidates will give public talks on architecture projects and approaches each Monday at the school’s office in downtown Sudbury, starting at 5:30 p.m.

“We are very pleased with the calibre of the applicants, and the range of experience they represent,” said Dr. Terrance Galvin, the school’s founding director, in a news release.

“We have candidates from schools and from architecture firms in Canada and the U.S., and we have people coming in from Kuujjuaaq in northern Quebec to Connecticut. This is a very good start, and an exciting step in the process of building our school.”

Visiting candidates for positions in a faculty of architecture typically deliver talks for the selection committee, according to Dr. Galvin.

“We’re just taking that tradition and extending it into the community, so that anyone interested in learning about architecture will have the opportunity to hear and to enjoy these discussions,” he said.

Laurentian Architecture faculty are expected to begin their work early in January.