Metrotown is a blank canvas. There are so many new developments, with so many voids for community expression.
Category: Portfolio
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.
Indigenous Placemaking as a form of Resistance and Resilience
Originally written for my Indigenous Perception of Landscape course at SFU.
Planning as place-making: A case study of Station Square, Burnaby, BC
Living in the neighbourhood my whole life and observing space in detail for this paper, Station Square doesn’t feel like it is at its true potential.
The transformation of streets during COVID-19
Originally written in Fall 2020 for my Pandemics and Cities course.
Envisioning Metrotown’s Radical Urban Future
After learning about how pandemics affect sustainable development and the condition of our cities, there are so many things I want to see in my neighbourhood.
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