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Oct. 26, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Walkinar: Great Partners & Creative Approaches for Promoting Safe Walking

Walking is an activity that’s part of daily life and is recognized as a healthy transportation choice. In fact, walking…
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Oct. 18, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Local Strategies for Equitable Transit Oriented Development

In 2004, the Fairmount Indigo CDC Collaborative was organized in southwest Boston to help make housing more affordable, improve access…
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Oct. 14, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Nina-Marie Lister, Winner of 2021 Margolese Design for Living Prize

  Next week there is a free hybrid live-online event that UBC School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture is hosting…
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Oct. 05, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Three Day Conference: Chinatown Reimagined

Vancouver’s Chinatown has displayed remarkable resiliency and is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Vancouver, as well as the largest…
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Oct. 01, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Three Day Conference: Barcelona, The AfterCovid City October 5-7

If you ever wanted to hear how Barcelona became such a great city, here’s your chance. This is a three…
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Sep. 29, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

America Walks Free Webinar: Taking on Harmful Jaywalking Laws

Register for our next webinar! Join us for our next webinar, How to Take on Harmful Jaywalking Laws, happening Friday, October…
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Sep. 28, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Connecting Resources to Community-Based Planning

Connecting Resources to Community-Based Planning Join the Smart Growth Network as planners and community leaders from Indianapolis share the success…
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Sep. 22, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

University of British Columbia Tribute to Cornelia Oberlander at Chan Theatre

  Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (1921-2021), LMBCSLA, FCSLA, FASLA, CC, was an extraordinary landscape architect and ardent environmentalist who led by…
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Sep. 21, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: The Harvard University Global Design Impact Lecture Series

Here’s a tremendous opportunity that Eleanor Mohammed, Founder of Strategic and Resilient Together Ltd has passed on. The  Harvard University…
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Sep. 16, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Building Housing Knowledge Workshop

The Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC) Okanagan Interior Chapter with BC Housing and the Community Development Institute present a…
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Sep. 07, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Proposal for the Ideal City & Free Webinar on Planning from Science Fiction

No need to check if it is truly September or the first day of April. There’s plans to find a…
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Sep. 01, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: From Grey to Green: Learning from Melbourne

Gil Penalosa in his podcast series “A Walk in the Park with Gil” speaks with Rob Adams, City Architect, of…
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Aug. 30, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Parks as Community Infrastructure During and Beyond the Pandemic

Smart Growth Online presents with the Maryland Department of Planning “Parks as Community Infrastructure During and Beyond the Pandemic: Building…
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Aug. 24, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Call for Papers: Reimagining Public Spaces & Built Environments in Post-Pandemic World

The University of Alberta is hosting a Symposium on  December 10th and 11th, 2021. There is a call for papers…

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