For this assignment we were tasked with picking a development application which required a public hearing. We were asked to document the details and public opinion, then provide recommendations on the planning process.
Author: Marina Miller
Communications professional in Vancouver and Urban Planning student after hours. I love writing, urbanism, fashion, food, and family.
Official Community Plan Update Proposal
This group project was an exercise in understanding how OCP's are updated. We posed as a consulting firm pitching our process to a small, hypothetical town called Bountiful, BC.
Public Engagement Survey
For this Social Planning assignment, we were tasked with creating a basic survey.
Sample Public Engagement Poster
For this Social Planning assignment, we were tasked with creating a poster advertising a hypothetical public engagement event.
Social Planning Photovoice
This photovoice exercise uses photographs from my neighbourhood, Mount Pleasant in Vancouver, to understanding the urban planning challenges and needs of the community.
Environmental Planning Policy Model
This simplified policy framework aims to address the issue of greenhouse light pollution in the City of Delta, British Columbia.
Burnaby needs more pubs: policy analysis and research proposal
Once I started researching the lack of nightlife in Burnaby, I realized I had enough evidence to build a viable policy and research proposal.
Lower Lonsdale before colonial settlement: planning history
This is an excerpt from a school assignment. The whole group paper can be found on LinkedIn. Human settlement in what is now called Lower Lonsdale goes back millennia. From both Oral Traditions and written accounts, we know about a couple of village sites in this area which existed before colonization. There were several hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ … Continue reading Lower Lonsdale before colonial settlement: planning history
Not too cool for school
My career in Communications over the past five years has been diverse and given me skills I am proud to flex at my current job. Moving forward, I want to meld these skills with my love for cities.
How I got out of a 10-year reading rut
That feeling of wanting to eat up every book in a series is hard to describe, and I never thought I’d feel it again in adulthood.
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