PIBC Planning West Spring 2016
- Some classmates and I from the Langara Applied Planning Program talked about the program and our experiences in this quarter's PIBC magazine
- Completed my Introduction to Tea class at VCC and did a short presentation staring the voice of an adult from the Charlie Brown show.
- I went to the SFU City Program's lecture called 12 New Affordable Housing Ideas for Vancouver by Michael Geller and subsequently viewed his 02/02/2015 presentation of 12 Affordable Housing Ideas for Vancouver (he gives a good presentation!)
- I went to the BCCSW's Annual General Meeting which included Dr. Ellen Wiebe's presentation on assisted death from the point of view of the health care providers. Quite a complex and thought provoking area
I attended:
- ULI's webinar on Sustainable buildings developed with Health in Mind: How Green Buildings Improve Occupants' Cognitive Functions
- Tamarack's webinar called Introduction to Collective Impact in anticipation of the Champions of Change event in Halifax with Sylvia Cheuy
- BC Department of Economic Development's webinar on Working with Aboriginal Businesses: Building Partnerships in Tourism
- NEARI Press' webinar on Treating Adult Sex Offenders by Jill Stinson, Ph.D.
- Charity Village's webinar on Managing Conflict in the Workplace with Eileen Chadnick
- ULI's webinar on Active Transportation and Real Estate: The next frontier as a part of their Building Healthy Places Initiative with Stuart Ackerberg, Wade W. Lange, Rachel MacCleery, Matthew Norris, & Jeremy Stephenson
- Muriel McQueen's Fergusson Centre for Family Violence webinar on Family Violence from an Intercultural Perspective
- Tamarack's Milton Friesen hosted Part 1 of four-part learning series on resilient communities and cities on Resilience and Relationships by Liz Rykert
- Tamarack's webinar on Citizen-led Innovation for a New Economy with Brianne Peters, Alison Mathie, and Jean Panet-Paymond
- BC Economic Divison's webinar on The Power of Buying Local with Katja Macura, Katja Macura and Val Gafka
- BC Housing webinar on Provincial Investment in Affordable Rental Housing (PIAH) focusing on EOIs for self-sustaining business models