This photovoice exercise uses photographs from my neighbourhood, Mount Pleasant in Vancouver, to understanding the urban planning challenges and needs of the community.
Category: Portfolio
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.
Metrotown’s public art misses the mark
Metrotown is a blank canvas. There are so many new developments, with so many voids for community expression.
Half broken, half built: Metrotown in photos
At the same intersections, decades-old apartments are torn down while glittering new 'estates' go up...
SFU Environment Feature: Reflecting on SD499
This week, my writing is featured on the SFU Environment website.
Policy Brief: Cultural Diversity in Abbotsford Through Public Art
In collaboration with Cherie Enns of UFV and Abbotsford's City Studio, this is a policy brief project for SD499 "Pandemics and Cities" at SFU.
Film Review: C̓əsnaʔəm, the City Before the City
This film review was originally written and recorded in Summer 2020 for my Cities and Crisis course.
Walkabout: Indigenous Presence in my Neighbourhood
This is an excerpt from a term-long "walkabout" journal from my Indigenous Perception of Landscape course.
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