The SFU City Program: Upcoming Courses and Programs

1. New Public Lecture, April 11 – Pricing Our Roads: What Can Metro Vancouver Learn from Seattle?

2. Featured Courses:

Designing Integrated Neighbourhoods, April 13-14

Community Food Systems, April 20-21

3. Complete Course Listing – April to June

4. Urban Design Program in Ottawa (May 9-12)

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Wed, April 11, 7pm

Location: Simon Fraser University Vancouver, 515 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver 

Admission: $10 (cash only at door)

 

 

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$600 / SUST908–VA1121 
Friday-Saturday, April 20-21, 2012 
9am-5:30 pm, SFU Vancouver 
To register, call 778-782-5254 

Food isn’t just what we eat. Eating is only one part of a vast global system to grow, process, package, market and ultimately discard food. Regrettably, the industrial food system of today is failing not only our communities, but our environment and our bodies too. But there is an alternative recipe for food – a sustainable one – that promises to bring food and agriculture back into our communities so they are more vibrant, vital and healthy for all. Taught by leading food system practitioners and drawing from best practices from across North America, this practical course will explore a broad scope of community food system opportunities – from land use planning and urban design strategies, to bringing food into land and economic development efforts, to successful grassroots initiatives. An emphasis on implementation will explore topics such as how to get local decision-makers on board and using social media and other communication techniques effectively. Presentations and panels involving a range of guest speakers will be combined with large and small group discussion and activities so course participants from diverse backgrounds can consider the role of food in their communities, organization or sustainability efforts. This is an essential course for mid-career professionals in the emerging field of community food systems – the next big ‘thing’ in sustainability. 

 

Instructors/speakers:

• Janine de la Salle, planner, food, and agriculture systems specialist, HB Lanarc.
• Erik Karlsen, past executive director of the Agricultural Land Reserve
• Mark Holland, vice-president, New Monaco Enterprise Corporation
• Peter Ladner, Business in Vancouver; associate, SFU Centre for Dialogue
• Tara McDonald, executive director, Vancouver Farmers Markets
• Joaquin Karakas, urban designer, HB Lanarc
• Brent Mansfield, co-chair, Vancouver Food Policy Council

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Studio II: Synthesis of Urban Form (Core)

9 am–5:30 pm, SFU Burnaby
Details/Register 

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4. Urban Design Program in Ottawa

Public space and places, especially street space, are essential elements of the public realm in cities, towns, and villages. They are also the most valued spaces from a neighbourhood perspective. The design of urban, suburban, and rural places for meaningful public use and enjoyment is the focus of this urban design course. The course will be highly interactive, mixing presentations with discussions and exercises, so that you can develop effective ways to approach the design or redesign of the public realm. You’ll develop the fundamental urban design skills of observation, analysis, documentation, idea generation, design development, and effective graphic presentation.