Contributing to this cookbook showed me how food fits into the cultural mosaic of our community.
Category: Urbanism
Major project: Facilitating in-person engagement for community planning
After a year of planning school, I'm happy to share my major project and some reflections.
Fairy Gardens: Community-Made Magic
My classmates and I led a walking tour that asked: What happens when the mundane becomes enchanted?
Mall rats rejoice: Metrotown turns 40
It’s a slice of the community in one big, chaotic building. What will it's role be in 50 years?
Geography of the Mall Field Study
This piece is made of two combined assignments from my SFU Social Geography Class (2017). We were tasked with going to two malls and make observations based on the theories we learned in class. The geography of the mall has remained one of my favourite urbanism topics since then. Images were excluded as I don't … Continue reading Geography of the Mall Field Study
Book Review: “Reconciling” by Larry Grant
This was a powerful story delivered with straightforwardness and a calm sense of humour. Even with my prior understanding, this book taught me heaps about law, history, geography, economics, language, family, and culture.
An unexpected family-style meal
We sat across from other walk attendees and chatted like a normal Sunday dinner. We found things in common right away that we wouldn't have discovered on a normal walking tour where people don’t chat.
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.
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.
marina miller 